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Outdoor learning is essential to child development and may be difficult to find time in the fast-paced lifestyle of the city. All children have access to a minimum of 1.5 hours of outdoor play. They are encouraged to explore a wide range of stimulating activities from water play and planting, to making dens and visiting the local fire station. We endeavour to mirror our outdoor spaces using the same imagination as our indoor ones. We believe that by doing this, we are offering the ideal environment to inspire movements such as climbing, balancing, riding, playing ball games and completing obstacle courses.
This allows our children to develop crucial skills such as navigating uneven surfaces, running safely on their whole foot, squatting with steadiness, throwing, and kicking balls, and even using tools and racing! We believe it is important for our children from a young age to take an eager interest in the environment and we endeavour to encourage this. Children learn to care for their world, and even grow some of their own food, our outdoor areas include planting stations and vegetable patches. The natural world and the environment we live in, is a fundamental part of our learning and children are given opportunities to explore seasonal patterns, weather and the many changes that can be noticed in the world around them.
This is reinforced by our nature walks, where we learn all about plants and other living creatures with activities observing local ponds and collecting natural materials. As children grow in their understanding of the natural world, it gives them the opportunity to explore the ways that we can protect and preserve our environment. Children are introduced to the impact of climate change and encouraged to feel passionately about their global responsibility and the positive actions they can take to reduce their carbon footprint.
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