At Emmaus Christian College, camps are integrated into the College Calendar from Year 2 to 12. Class camps provide important experiential learning opportunities as well as strengthening inter-class friendships.
Each year, beginning in Year 2, our students have opportunities to enjoy overnight stays away from home. The students have a chance to experience a variety of trips and experiences that are dependent on the Year level and the educational objective. School Camps are an exciting way for students to learn outside the classroom and develop deeper friendships with their peers and teachers.
Camps provide a myriad of benefits and opportunities including:
- Experiential learning
- Application of knowledge that develops a deeper understanding of classroom assignments
- Opportunities to serve and support underprivileged communities
- Development of team work and communication skills
- Increase self-confidence through personal challenges
- Participate in new and interesting physical activities and sports
- Development of social skills
- Deepen understanding of history, geography and our national heritage
Emmaus Camps
Our camp calendar is reviewed each year. Below are the camps held in recent years.
Junior School Camps
Year 2 | Sleep over at Emmaus Christian College | 1 night |
Year 3/4 | Mylor Baptist Youth Camp at Mylor | 1 nights |
Year 5 | CU@Wallaroo at Wallaroo | 2 nights |
Year 6 | Kingscote, Kangaroo Island | 3 nights |
Middle School Camps
Year 7 | Wirraway Camp at Strathalbyn | 2 nights |
Year 8 | El Shaddai Camp at Wellington | 2 nights |
Year 9 | The Rite Journey Camp Adelaide Hills / Mylor | 4 nights |
Senior School Camps
Year 10 | Social Justice Camp at Nunyara, Belair | 3 nights |
Year 11 | Port Hughes Camp | 2 nights |
| Year 12 | Year 12 Retreat @ Adare | 2 nights |
Non Compulsory Camps
Year 7 - 12 | 2 nights | |
| Year 11 | Lands Trip, Ernabella (optional, by application) | 8 nights |
Year 10 - 12 | Vietnam Cambodia Trip | 15 nights |
Year 10 - 12 | Snow Trip, Mt Buller | 7 nights |
Find out more
If you would like more information about a specific camp or program, please contact us on 8292 3888 or email enquiries@emmauscc.sa.edu.au
Celebrating our relationship with Ernabella Anangu School on the APY Lands
Emmaus Christian College has had a 30-year relationship with Ernabella Anangu School on the APY Lands. This is a result of one of our teachers, Neil Blenkinsop, having taught in Ernabella in the 1980's. This included annual exchange trips between the two schools (Year 11 Lands Trip).
Nami Kulyuru was one of the Pitjantjatjara teachers who worked each year with our students in Ernabella. In recent years, Nami lived in Adelaide and worked with Emmaus students in workshops and on the commemorative mosaic between the South Plympton campus flags.
In 2022, Emmaus commissioned Nami to create a painting celebrating the long relationship of our two communities, which is now displayed at our Brooklyn Park campus. This video is a celebration of Nami, her painting, and the long relationship between our two communities.
