Important lessons in the great outdoors

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Nature offers children an exciting playground and an excellent classroom. And recognising that has prompted an increasing number of schools in Hong Kong to introduce programmes which take students into the great outdoors, so they can experience the wonders of the natural world. 

For instance, Malvern College Hong Kong, which will open in late August 2018 for primary and secondary students from Year 1 to Year 9, is rolling out a special programme for pupils to learn from and about the woodland environment, which is more or less on the doorstep.

“Put simply, the Forest School programme incorporates regular outdoor learning experiences into normal school life,” says founding headmaster Dr Robin Lister. “Children will spend a morning or afternoon per week or fortnight in a woodland setting near to the school, and will do that over a significant amount of time.”

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