Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning and play! Join Nature Play and thousands of schools around Australia in taking learning and play outdoors, and by celebrating on and Thursday 18 May and Thursday 2 November 2023!
What is Outdoor Classroom Day?
The Outdoor Classroom Day movement is a day to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning and play. More than just one day, our aim is to get as many children as possible playing and learning outside, every day, with a celebration of outdoor learning and play on Thursday 18 May and Thursday 2 November 2023.
Why? Outdoor learning improves children’s health, engages them with learning and leads to a greater connection with nature. Play not only teaches critical life skills such as resilience, teamwork and creativity, but is central to children’s enjoyment of childhood. With increasing pressures on childhood, children today are too often overprotected, overscheduled, and overly attached to screens, which is why it’s more crucial than ever before to help get children outdoors.
Get Involved
It’s easy to get involved and there is something everyone can do!
If you’re a teacher, educator or school administrator and new to outdoor learning, why not use Outdoor Classroom Day to try it out? Or, if you’re already involved in outdoor learning, use the day to celebrate what you do and inspire other teachers around the world to join in.
If you’re a parent, talk to your child’s school about the importance of outdoor learning and play. Ask them how they will get involved and offer to help out on the day if they need a bit of extra support.
If you work for an organisation that cares about children, nature, education or the environment, speak to us about how you can get involved.
We've got lesson plans, posters, inspiration, hints and tips - everything you need to celebrate taking part in the amazing Outdoor Classroom Day movement! Find out more and sign up today at: www.outdoorclassroomday.com.au
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Join Us!
The campaign is led globally by SEMBLE. Nature Play WA and our sister organisations are proudly leading the movement in Australia! Play for today, prepared for tomorrow.
Sign up to Outdoor Classroom Day!
We’re five months away from Outdoor Classroom Day, and we’d love to hear about all your plans for the big day! If you’re in the north of Australia, you’ll be enjoying beautiful sunny days, and if you’re in the south you’re probably swathed in your winter woollies! Whatever the weather, it’s always great to be learning outdoors! Have you registered your class or school yet?
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What a gorgeous video from Mount Annan Christian College of their Outdoor Classroom Day adventures! Please share your learning and play in the outdoors with us, and tag Outdoor Classroom Day Australia! ... See MoreSee Less
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Tomorrow is National Simultaneous Storytime - and we want you to try it outside! 📖 🌳
"The Speedy Sloth" is the wonderful book we're reading this year. It's all about trying your best and celebrating the simple but sometimes daunting act of just having a go!
We're encouraging educators and parents to take part in National Simultaneous Storytime and read "The Sleepy Sloth" to kids outside this year. Reading outdoors is calming, can increase focus, and sparks creativity and imagination - plus all the benefits of simply being outside!
Don't have a copy of "The Speedy Sloth"? You can still get involved! Tune into our Australian delivery partner Nature Play WA's socials at 11:00am tomorrow to see Sarah, their Learning and Engagement Manager, reading this lovely book aloud.
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Find out more about National Simultaneous Storytime: www.alia.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=NSS2023
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There's just six months until Thursday 2 November 2023, the day when thousands of schools around Australia celebrate outdoor learning and play!
Outdoor learning improves children’s health, engages them with learning and leads to a greater connection with nature. Play not only teaches critical life skills such as resilience, teamwork and creativity, but is central to children’s enjoyment of childhood.
While every day should be spent outdoors in learning and play, we've chosen November 2 to celebrate, and we hope you'll register your school to join us. When you register, you can sign up for our monthly newsletter, where we share lesson plans and resources to support taking your students outdoors, every day! ... See MoreSee Less
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Outdoor Classroom Day is a day to celebrate and inspire learning and play outside the classroom, and we want YOU to get involved!1 CommentComment on Facebook
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A refreshing splash in the creek topped off a wonderful Outdoor Classroom Day for Treetops - A Montessori and International Baccalaureate School 💚 ... See MoreSee Less
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Exploring and discovering the outdoors, St Thomas' Primary School, Claremont spent a day of wonder outside for Outdoor Classroom Day! Thank you for sharing your story with us. 👍 ... See MoreSee Less
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Berrinba East State School spent Outdoor Classroom Day doing what they do best, learning in, through, with and about nature and play. 🍃💚 ... See MoreSee Less
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South Padbury Primary School spent a packed day outside for Outdoor Classroom Day creating citrus sensory mobiles, taking part in science experiments, debating, leaf art, map making, nature walks, word finding, scavenger hunts and much more! ... See MoreSee Less
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