Great Vic
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Great Vic Schools Info Night 2024
Teacher testimonials
What's included
Bicycle Network takes care of everything including campsites, food, medical and mechanical assistance and comprehensive on-route support, so all you need to worry about is having an amazing time with your students, parents and teachers.
Campsites combine special entertainment, sporting equipment, food trucks and retailers to create an environment like no other.
Activities for students
- Games – once students arrive back at the campsite they can continue the fun with one of the many games Bicycle Network’s Ride2School team provide, with everything from cricket to bocce.
- Pilates and stretching – daily classes for students to relax and unwind.
- Entertainment – students can unwind from the day’s ride watching a movie or two on the Big Screen or they can kick back and listen to some tunes under the big marquee!
Outcomes and learnings
As a school camp, Great Vic is unique. We take care of the food, campsites, medical and on-route support allowing you to focus on educational and developmental goals. Great Vic is beyond an outdoor experience, we give students the opportunity explore Victoria, learn about themselves and what they’re capable of.
Benefits for students
- Practical bicycle maintenance skills.
- Road cycling skills including balance, signalling and pedalling techniques.
- Spatial awareness skills honed from riding and communicating in groups.
- Better physical fitness, from preparing for and undertaking the ride.
- Improved mental and emotional wellbeing.
Life skills and experiences
- The sense of achievement from completing the ride
- Can lead to improved confidence, resilience and personal growth.
- Improved teamwork skills from working in groups to achieve both a personal and joint challenge of completing the ride together with peers.
- Exposure to greater social diversity by mixing with a large group of students from other schools as well as riders from the general public.
- Improved social skills from living in a dense and closely knit moving community.
- Time away from technology and instead, exploring what the outdoors has to offer.
Teacher testimonal
“There’s a really strong sense of achievement that they (the kids) get out of that challenging experience.”
“It enabled us as teachers to develop a rapport with some of the kids for whom school was a bit challenging. This was an event where they could get in there and be really physical and really active. That had a spin-off in terms of getting alongside those kids and getting engaged with them more.”
Kevin Purvis – Old Orchard Primary School
Getting ready
Resources
2024 schools guide
A handy guide with all key ride details for students, teachers and parents.
Download nowSchools registration guide
Your guide to registering your school on our online booking system Race Roster.
Download NowGetting started checklist
Your step-by-step checklist to tick off before you get to the start line.
Download nowSchools packing list
A handy guide with all key ride details for students, teachers and parents.
Download nowTraining plan
We are excited to introduce our very own Great Vic schools training coach, Kate Perry, who will help prepare you and the students for the ride.
Kate’s tailored schools training plan is designed to help get you and the students get to the start line trained up, prepared and ready to roll.
The six-month training plan runs from June to December.
Download Training planGot a question?
Chat to the Great Vic Schools team
Phone: (03) 8376 8888
Email: greatvicschools@bicyclenetwork.com.au
Contact: 9am – 5pm (Monday – Friday)
You can also register your interest to receive the latest Great Vic schools information.
Chat to a School Champion
We understand it’s beneficial to ask questions directly to teachers, so we’ve put together some seasoned teachers who attend Great Vic each year who are more than happy to for you to get in touch for any Great Vic questions. Click the schools below to see how many students they bring and how to get in touch.
Frankston High School
Typically brings 30-50 riders for 9 days.
Organising teacher: Mal Burt
Email: mburt@fhs.vic.edu.au
Phone: 0401 402 109
McKinnon Secondary College
Typically brings 80-130 riders for 9 days.
Organising teachers: Liam Adlington & Paul King
Email: gvbr@mckinnon.vic.edu.au
Surf Coast Secondary College
Typically brings 20 students for 5 days and 10 students 9 days.
Organising teacher: Megan Wyatt
Email: megan.wyatt@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 5261 6633
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