Outdoor Learning

At Fort Hill Integrated Nursery we provide our children with daily access to our secure and stimulating outdoor environment.  

Providing a rich learning, child-led curriculum through outdoor play, encourages the holistic development of children and has been proven to provide many health benefits.

Outdoor learning......

• Provides positive health benefits, physically and mentally. It has also been proven to relieve stress and anxiety.

• Develops self-awareness, confidence and self-esteem.

• Encourages a lifelong love of the outdoors.

• Develops collaborative team-work skills.

• Assists the development of motor skills, balance, co-ordination and spatial awareness.

• Aids the development of reflective and inquisitive thinking through investigation, problem solving and risk-taking.

• Provides opportunities to engage in each area of the nursery curriculum including Mathematics, The World Around Us and The Arts.

• And......it's just so much fun!!!!!!