EOTC Expectations

MAGS Outdoor Education EOTC Expectations for Students

The underlying principle of Outdoor Education at MAGS is…

"To give young people the opportunity to discover who they really are and what they are capable of in an environment that is free from the issues they may deal with in their daily lives.

Issues include: consumerism, drugs, alcohol, violence, obesity, etc…"

While our classroom location may change our school rules and expectations still apply.

Anything not appropriate for a classroom or school setting, is not appropriate on an Outdoor Education trip.

Please read carefully the following expectations regarding Outdoor Education Trips:

Borrowing school equipment and/or clothing

• Please clean and return any borrowed items immediately following your trip.

• If you are unable to return an item in the same condition as supplied you will need to replace the item.

• If you cannot replace the item, you will be invoiced for a replacement.

Clothing

• You are not permitted to wear clothing displaying alcohol brands or offensive images.

Devices

• No devices (i.e. phones/speakers) are permitted on any trip.

• Devices will be confiscated.

Jewellery

• School rules regarding jewellery rules remain in place.

Chewing gum

• School rules regarding chewing gum rules remain in place.

• No chewing gum is permitted.

Non-submission of school work

• If you do not submit school work prior to a trip, you will not be allowed to attend the trip nor any subsequent trips until you have submitted the work to a satisfactory standard.

Lateness

• If you will be late to a pre-departure meeting, you need to communicate this to your teacher

• Trips are not required to wait for late students.

Poor language

• Swearing is not acceptable at school and therefore the same rules apply on an Outdoor Education trip.

Vehicles

• Safety belts must be worn at all times.

• Non-compliance is gross misconduct, and unlawful, and you will be removed from the trip.

Meal breaks

• Visiting food outlets will not occur until the final leg of a trip i.e. on the way home from a multi-day trip.

• Food planning will have occurred in class prior to departure and therefore there is no need to visit food outlets prior to the final leg of a trip.

Excessive noise

• Excessive noise will not be tolerated.

• Individuals will be separated and/or given an appropriate consequence.

Shelter

• Tents/bunks are for personal storage and sleeping only.

• Tents are to only be shared by the same gender.

• Bunk rooms if needing to be shared by all genders will be set up with a gender on the top bunk row and another gender on the lower bunk row.

• Students can only socialise in designated communal areas - NOT in other people’s tents/bunks.

Accidental damage to property

• If damage occurs, please inform your teacher so that the property owner can be informed and we can arrange the repair or replacement.

Bullying

• Bullying will not be tolerated.

Gross misconduct

• The following will be considered to be gross misconduct with the individual(s) removed from the trip:

  • • violence

    • crime

    • vaping

    • smoking

    • use/involvement with the use of drugs or alcohol

    • any behaviour of a sexual nature