Hey Folks! A big welcome to all our new students this year and a big welcome back to all our Forest School returners! Every week, we’ll be posting a summary and photos here of all the adventures our Snowy Owls and Painted Turtles get up to. It is our hope to try and capture …
What an AMAZING season we had at Forest School! Your child was able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of concepts learned throughout our Forest School in our culminating Amazing Race Challenge. Using their compasses and orienteering skills, they navigated through various team building exercises, survived a terrible storm in a shelter, and indulged in …
Hey Everyone, We spent our days this week with two classical elements: Fire and Water (and I suppose the Earth and Wind as well). After measuring our tomato plants for growth, it was time for the much anticipated attempt at the Fire Bead. After a review of the basic needs of fire (heat, oxygen, and …
Hey Folks, We had the great opportunity to explore off property this week with a trip down the Beaver river. Though we had two drastically different weather days, the result was the same: lots of laughs and some new hard skills. We were treated to an abundance of wildlife – birds galore, fish, so many …
Hey Folks, Another fun-filled week of productive play and learning at Forest School, with a special contribution from Collingwood’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge who brought us their mobile Imagination Playground. We spent a solid portion of our day working collaboratively using the block-based system to build, smash and recreate various castles, towers, bird’s eye views …
Hey Folks! At Forest School, we develop a lot of skills: physical and emotional intelligence, ecological literacy, and much more. In more traditional school terms, we’ve had a heavy focus on Science, Physical Education, and English, with some Art and even Math included in there. Usually, we pick a topic and focus our lessons around …
Hey Folks, What a couple of beautiful sunny days we had at Forest School. Our focus this week was learning about water, the water cycle and some creatures that call water home. We started off the day “becoming” frogs with a visualization (turned into acting out) activity to set the tone. After an inevitable frog …
Hey Folks! Our Forest School day this week was spent on our first all day outing. Early in the morning, we loaded up the van and headed out to Metcalfe Rock, in the Kolapore Uplands. This beautiful area in our own backyard runs along the Bruce Trail and smack dab in the middle of the …
Hey Folks! We had another fun week at Forest School, with two unique days unfolding. We’ll start with the similarities. Our focus this week was on seeds and plants, so we spent a bit of time in the classroom. In a nutshell, the students learned and recorded the life cycle of a plant (sunflower) in …
Hey Everyone! We are once again happy to welcome new students to our program this week, and a big thanks to current students for being so welcoming. Given that this is Earth week culminating with Earth Day on Friday, we thought what better way to celebrate than understanding how to minimize our environmental impact through …
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