The Peninsula School Cadet Unit was established in 1964 and since that time has operated most successfully within the School apart of the Activities Programme. There is a weekend bivouac in Term 2 and an annual camp at the end of Term 3.

The Unit is formed on a voluntary basis. This flexibility means that we are able to construct an exciting and adaptable training program. If your child decides to join, he/she is expected to remain in the Unit for two years.

In the first year, the cadets learn the basics of living and surviving in the field. Training at this stage includes hygiene, survival, living in the field, cooking, basic first aid, accepting responsibility for others, learning to function as part of a team, basic field engineering, etc.

In the second year and beyond, cadets service and run the Unit. They choose a specialist activity and train, according to their choice, as a signaler, a medic, an adventurer, a field engineer, Q-store or intelligence.

Involvement in the cadet corps including training of a military but strictly non-warlike nature. No live firing weapons are issued to cadet units.

Students may, if they wish, continue their involvement through Years 10, 11 and 12. By this time they have usually attended promotion courses and are activity involved in the leadership and administration of the unit, serving as Non-Commissioned Officers (COs) or Cadet Under Officers (CUOs). This training greatly assists them in leadership roles in other positions of responsibility within the School and it is no coincidence that each year, the School's Prefect Body consist of a large number of cadets and former cadets. It must be emphasised that a cadet in The Peninsula School Cadet Unit is not, in anyway, a member of the Australian Army.

Each cadet is issued with clothing and other equipment to the value of $400 (approx.). All issued items become the responsibility of the cadet and are to be well maintained. An annual levy of $320 will be charged to each Cadet to recover some of the equipment costs and to help defray the costs of rations and transport for the Bivouac and Annual Camp.