Curriculum Enhancement

The Role Of Outdoor Provision

At DBIS, the outdoor learning environment is as valued and important as the indoor learning environment. Young children often demonstrate their learning and understanding differently between the two contexts. We ensure that our children have access to high-quality outdoor environments in Years 1 and 2, linked to the curriculum foci, the children’s interests and the opportunity to develop and demonstrate the attributes of our Learner Profile. As with the indoor environments, the outdoor environments are carefully planned to ensure their purposeful use. In addition, the climate here in Hong Kong provides a wonderfully rich and dynamic environment for exploration, play and discussion.

Experiential Learning

Our experiential learning opportunities help our children to:

• Develop a positive sense of themselves and others;

• Develop the confidence to use their communication, language and literacy skills for a range of situations and purposes;

• Explore, enjoy, learn, practise and talk about mathematical ideas in a broad range of contexts;

• Work at making sense of their world, encountering and exploring creatures, people, plants, tools and materials in natural and real-life situations;

• Be active and interactive, developing sensory integration, movement, coordination, control and manipulation;

• Nurture their creative curiosity, exploration and play, using a full range of experiences to explore and share creative thoughts, ideas and feelings.

Forest School

DBIS was the first school in Hong Kong to adopt the principles of the Forest School programme. The children visit the forest every week, giving them a unique opportunity to investigate the natural world, to collaborate, to construct and to begin to develop an awareness of sustainability and of our ecologically diverse world. Forest School enhances authentic learning opportunities for our children and is an important part of our Key Stage 1 curriculum.