• ABOUT ‘THE LAND’
By Tim Berryman, FCS Principal

• FCS KIDS AT THE LAND
By past student Alessia Castello (2008)

• THE ORIGINS OF ‘THE LAND’
By Philip O’Carroll, co-founder of FCS

ABOUT ‘THE LAND’
By Tim Berryman, FCS Principal
I am often asked by parents what I do, and what the children do, on camp. My part is really easy, I cook, and clean, and if it is wet, I dry clothes. Pasta, soup, jaffles, 2-minute noodles, lots of cups of tea,
dumplings, and the occasional sandwich. And I sit, constantly interrupted by a stream of tales of wonder, of water bugs, walks, games,
swings and the million wonders of the bush. Over the course of the camp, there will be perhaps one organised activity, and that is nearly always wood collecting. At night, I may organise a game of spotto, or a
quiz after dinner.

So what do the children do? They learn… in the true sense of learn. They discover themselves, what they like, what they want to do. This is nearly an anathema to modern schooling and child-raising, leaving them alone, without hints, prompts and games, to discover for themselves what they like.      MORE>>