At ICHK, the way we teach students is just as vital to the learning experience, as the content we deliver. Our innovative outdoor education programme is evidence of this, and in recent years has been firmly established as one of the central pillars of our school.

Our unique outdoor learning programme introduces students to the ICHK Secondary philosophy, helping to develop the key skills of confidence and resilience which are central to our approaches, and our approaches have won acclaim and been shared at global conferences.

Our school is just a short distance away from the stunning Plover Cove, with the whole area rich in opportunities for outdoor learning. Students are able to make use of the beautiful Nam Chung Valley, Bride’s Pool, Luk Keng and Starling Inlet. Outdoor learning is built into the fabric of the curriculum, and students are able to walk, exercise, cycle, canyon, measure, think about literature, explore history and work in our beautiful surroundings.

The great outdoors allows them to put learning into a real world context. Being able to use trigonometry to measure one side of a triangle is useful to answer a maths problem. But out in a canyon when you need to know the height of a wall you will abseil down it is vital.

Students are able to conduct fieldwork and science experiments in their surroundings. Solving problems, working as a team, spotting difference, making, reviewing and developing plans- all are more immediate and real when you are doing them in the real world.

At ICHK, we believe that the right education requires the right environment – and ours ensures that all students are given unique outdoor experiences which help them to thrive.