At the GAP, our teachers don’t wait for Outdoor Classroom Day to take our eager students outdoors to learn. We spend time outdoors every day!
Apart from our own playground, we often have picnics and take walks into Haig Park (adjacent to our hall), or further afield to the local playground. Getting there is half the fun, as we encounter cyclists, dog-walkers, pedestrians, and stop to examine sticks, tree nuts, leaves, grasses and insects, along the way. We walk across bridges, learn to walk together as a group, hold hands, keep to the side of the path, and become more aware of our surroundings.
Apart from the obvious benefits for children being outside, it is also great to increase our awareness of our environment and what we can do to care for it.
When we return to the GAP, we get to have a big race for the last 100 meters or so, which always brings a lot of cheers and smiles to our faces.