Outdoor Education

Outdoor learning in the SCDSB is hands on to engage learner. It provides practical applications for future understanding of the curriculum. Outdoor learning is easily customizable to meet the needs of all learners from where they are at. 

Outdoor learning is:

About the environment

  • matching learning with the curriculum, we use the environment as the vehicle for hands on learning or as the destination to showcase concepts in the outdoors

In the environment

  • in school yards, in the community, in our watersheds

For the environment 

  • taking the skills for healthy, active living and learning beyond the school and into the community and our students’ futures
We value taking students outside – it’s the best way to #beoutdoorable!