Nature’s Classroom:

The benefits of outdoor learning

The Forest-Beach School programme is based on a philosophy of child-led learning, with a focus on all five senses. Nature, the outdoors and open spaces become the children’s temporary classroom.

The basic aim is to give children the freedom to learn in an exciting environment, which they may have had little previous exposure to, particularly in a dense city landscape like Hong Kong.

Jacqueline reflects on a recent visit: “I was at our Forest-Beach School and the children were using carpentry – hammers, nails and tools – and making ziplines, pullies, using swings. They were learning about momentum and all those scientific concepts we know are so important.”