OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Discover Outdoor Education
Ready to infuse a sense of adventure into your students' learning experience? Look no further than Stillwood Camp's Outdoor Education Program! Designed with the utmost care to engage students in a meaningful experience with the outdoors, our program is a safe and engaging space for students of all ages. Outdoor Education is a chance for exploration in a nurturing learning environment while connecting with the the outdoors. We offer Outdoor Ed modules, teambuilding, camp activities, and overnight options! See below for more details.
To inquire or book your event, please email outdoored@stillwood.ca- we would love to explore with you and your students!
Our Program
Our Outdoor Education Program is designed to get your students outside, learning how to interact with the outdoors safely, and engaging in games and activities to make them want to keep coming outside! We offer a range of lessons and programs designed and facilitated by Mark Northey of Panentheos Outdoor Education to inspire your students’ love for the outdoors. Lessons can be tailored to ages K-Gr.6.
Stillwood houses multiple habitats and resources that allow your students to see first-hand the incredible nature our part of the works has to offer. These include: A B.C. wildlife taxidermy collection where students can get up close and personal with the elusive lynx and powerful moose, a verdant forest filled with creatures and critters to uncover, and a beautiful waterfall and gorge to marvel at (and maybe even cool off in).
Read below for an overview of our Outdoor Education options, which include single-class field trips, multi-class field trips, and standalone sessions that can be integrated into your Stillwood retreat alongside our other well-known activities.
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Forest, Field, and Stream: Animals in their native habitats
Explore our taxidermy room, field, forest, and stream habitats to discover how animals are suited to their environments, learn how predator/prey relationships interact, and uncover the journey that water takes from cloud to ocean.
Duration: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Grades: K-Gr.6
Capacity: 20-30 students + 3-5 adult supervisors
Cost: Please contact outdoored@stillwood.ca to request a booking and receive an estimate
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COMING SOON
Duration:
Grades: K-Gr.6
Capacity: 40-60 students + 6-10 adult supervisors
Cost: Please contact outdoored@stillwood.ca to request a booking and receive an estimate
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Include Outdoor Education as a part of your retreat at Stillwood alongside our other activities like archery, high ropes, and zipline. Choose from either Lesson 1, Lesson 2, or include both in your group’s activity rotation. Activity blocks are facilitated by a trained Stillwood Staff member.
Lesson 1 - Taxidermy Room & Teambuilding
Lesson 2 - Guided Nature Hike
Duration: 1 Hour
Grades: K-Gr.6
Capacity: 15 students + 1-2 adult supervisors per group/lesson.
Cost: Please contact outdoored@stillwood.ca to request a booking and receive an estimate
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Please ensure that all students are equipped with the following:
Water Bottle
Snack/Lunch
Appropriate footwear such as hiking boots or sneakers.
Weather appropriate clothing for extended outdoor activities
Get to Know Mr Northey
“Mr Northey, founder of Panentheos Outdoor Education, has nearly 20 years experience teaching outdoor education in BC public schools, homeschool collectives, and independent school cohorts. Sometimes he “brings the outdoors indoors” for hands-on leaning in a typical classroom setting. But his true passion is introducing students to nature in context, with outdoor learning. Nature guards her secrets from the inattentive and casual observer and students who are used to immediate gratification facilitated by screens and devices must first learn how to tune their senses correctly to nature’s frequencies. As students are taught how to perceive what is hidden in plain view, they discover access to the wonders of living things in their native habitats, along with the wilderness-web of fascinating interrelationships that form an ecosystem. After this eye-opening the wilderness becomes a places of joy, surprise, play, and discovery. Following outdoor education with Mr Northey, students take with them a new way to cope with life’s anxieties and distractions. Nature becomes a safe place for students, who will be able to return to green spaces throughout the rest of their lives, to find peace in a forest walk and a refreshing, emotional soothing environment to think and feel differently though life’s problems and challenges.”
