What it is: Forest School at Mill Hill International School Thailand is a regular, curriculum-led outdoor programme at our Doi Saket campus in Chiang Mai, where children learn through hands-on play in a natural woodland setting.

Why it matters: Outdoor learning helps children develop creativity, teamwork, resilience, and communication skills that classroom lessons alone cannot deliver.

Children as builders, not just learners

Step into our woodland and you will find pupils fully immersed in their environment. Some are constructing a mud kitchen from scratch. Others are experimenting with water flow at our forest stream table. Each child is an active creator, shaping the space and the learning around them.

Skills built through Forest School

Through regular outdoor learning, our pupils develop:

• Creativity, through open-ended natural materials
• Teamwork, as they plan and build together
• Communication, sharing ideas and negotiating roles
• Problem-solving, by testing, failing, and trying again
• Stewardship of nature, by caring for the environment around them

Part of an authentic British education

Forest School is a long-established part of British early years and primary education, and at Mill Hill it sits alongside our wider curriculum to nurture confident, curious, and resilient children. It is one of the ways we bring the Mill Hill Mindset to life every day.

When you see our pupils covered in a little mud and a lot of joy, they are not just building structures out of nature. They are building their futures.