""The noise inside a classroom is really loud. A decibel meter shows it's louder than sitting next to a switched on vacuum cleaner all day," said Gemma Goldenberg, who has spent years studying the impact of learning environments on children's wellbeing and focus."
""Walls covered in colours, patterns, and displays can overwhelm some children.""
""It feels a lot less intense as well, because we haven't got that reverberation. The noise levels are just much easier to manage.""
More than 600 lessons covering maths, phonics and reading in four schools were monitored during indoor and outdoor sessions. Noise levels outdoors fell by about three decibels compared with indoor lessons. Heart rate monitors showed children's average heart rates were about three beats per minute lower outdoors, indicating reduced stress. Classroom hard surfaces and high ceilings increase reverberation, amplifying sound intensity, while walls covered in colours and displays can visually overwhelm some children. Outdoor settings reduce reverberation, lower physiological stress, and create a calmer, less intense learning environment that is easier to manage.
Read at www.bbc.com
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