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AGES 3 TO 8
FOREST SCHOOL AT COLLÈGE CHAMPITTET
Forest School is an innovative approach to education that inspires a love of outdoor learning. Featuring an exciting range of activities, our unique programme is a breath of fresh air for pre-school and primary children at Collège Champittet.
FOREST SCHOOL: GRADE 1 and 2
Our pre-school and primary students (ages 3 to 5) develop their language, numeracy, and motor skills through a range of fun and immersive activities.
Grade 1 and 2 activities include:
- Finding, counting, and comparing objects of a certain shape or colour.
- Listening to and describing natural sounds.
- Telling a story inspired by their surroundings.
- Observing nature with a magnifying glass, tweezers, and other handheld tools.
- Gathering and arranging natural materials to create letters, numbers, and art.
- Playing games that exercise balance and coordination.
FOREST SCHOOL: GRADE 3, 4, AND 5
Primary students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 (ages 6 to 8) refine their skills in maths, literacy, geography, environmental studies, and more through stimulating outdoor education experiences.
Grade 3, 4, and 5 activities include:
- Writing a postcard, story or description of the natural landscape.
- Taking measurements and identifying geometry in nature.
- Practicing multiplication and division using natural objects.
- Classifying natural elements by categories, such as mineral, animal, or vegetable.
- Drawing a detailed illustration of a tree, leaf, or fruit.
- Designing a map of the surrounding area.
WHY IS OUTDOOR EDUCATION IMPORTANT?
Collège Champittet’s Forest School curriculum invites children to exercise, explore, invent, initiate, and dream, as well as to concentrate, observe, marvel, listen, and work.
Our goal is for students to view learning as something that happens both inside and outside the classroom. By regularly taking children outdoors, we start to create a positive habit that’s an alternative to digital screens. Reconnecting with nature also brings many lifestyle and learning benefits. An outdoor education encourages calm, agility, better health, socialisation, cooperation, trust, autonomy, and creativity.
Spending time outdoors is not only playful; it also nurtures a child’s holistic development. From maths to science, nature is a place for learning, too. By observing, imitating, and discovering, using both their senses and their mind, our children develop a deep connection to the world around them.
Our goal is for students to view learning as something that happens both inside and outside the classroom. By regularly taking children outdoors, we start to create a positive habit that’s an alternative to digital screens. Reconnecting with nature also brings many lifestyle and learning benefits. An outdoor education encourages calm, agility, better health, socialisation, cooperation, trust, autonomy, and creativity.
Spending time outdoors is not only playful; it also nurtures a child’s holistic development. From maths to science, nature is a place for learning, too. By observing, imitating, and discovering, using both their senses and their mind, our children develop a deep connection to the world around them.
AN INNOVATIVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION IN SWITZERLAND
Our spectacular position on the shore of Lake Geneva provides the ideal environment for children to learn, discover, and grow.
A UNIQUE GLOBAL EDUCATION
Inspired by world-class teachers and engaged in the very best international curricula, your child will enjoy an outstanding global education that’s steeped in Swiss traditions and standards.
OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
