An independent NSW school with a focus on nature and outdoor learning is in such high demand that it is taking on the challenge of expanding into secondary education.
The Nature School, based in Port Macquarie, follows the standard national curriculum but aims to deliver it in a different way.It now has 140 students and has this year started its first year 7 class, with a waiting list for almost every year level."Our secondary classes will remain small. We think that's a strength of our school, so only 20 students in a year group."
Scott Upston is the father of three boys who attend The Nature School and says they value the different teaching approach. Students are regularly taken outside the classroom to learn. In primary, students go on off-site "adventure days" while the secondary school will incorporate regular "field study days"."They still have classrooms … but we embrace the rest of the world for our classroom as well, the beach can be your classroom, the bush can be a classroom," Ms Shaw says.
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