Hi Friends, As most of you know we went off property this morning and headed to one of Forest Schools favourite area – Metcalfe Rock! Located just beyond Blue Mountain we tucked ourselves away right beside natural rock formations and some of Ontario’s best rock climbing. Our students challenged themselves through rock climbing and caving, …
Imagine yourself a sly fox, tiptoeing through the dewy grass, senses on high alert. A flash of movement catches your attention, you take off, sprinting after the small mouse. It dives into a tiny hole just as you are closing in on it! Foiled this time, but you know it won’t be long before you …
Hey Folks, We had a fun week again in Collingwood that saw us venturing all over the map – building fires, eating pears and grape jelly, getting stuck in mud, running from hail, epic burr battles, new songs (Aster and Goldenrod – maybe you’ve heard it?!) and even some archery. It was a jam packed …
Have you ever pretended to be a raccoon, exploring the world around you in the dark? Or embodied a fox, chasing mice through the fields? Or spent valuable time with a tree, getting to know it personally? All in a day’s work at forest school! As the leaves begin to change, the students are getting …
Hi Friends, This week we welcomed the rain, and while some of us may stay inside to stay dry, our students embraced the rain and discovered our soil ecosystem, which was full of life! We even learned a new song called Young and Wild – ask your child to sing it for you! While some …
Hey Folks! What a week of sunshine we had! And to celebrate the changing of seasons and prepare for the Fall Equinox next Monday, we took advantage of this warm weather and created a new ritual we like to call “Fall into Fall”. It’s simple – take a ride in our giant voyageur canoe on …
Hi Folks, Thanks for stopping by for another great day at Forest and Nature School, and with all this beautiful weather we didn’t waste any time. We welcomed all of students with the sound of ukuleles, which led to lots of singing and our students even playing their own tunes this morning. We are always …
The sun was out and so were the critters, both the children and the animals that is! We worked on finding stillness and sharpening our senses while playing camouflage, skills that came in handy while searching for life in the forest later on. A salamander, toads, many caterpillars and bugs, and even two pileated woodpeckers …
……..All were a major part of our day as Chickadess at Forest school today! Serious construction got under way as soon as we got to Lakeside, where the students spent time looking for frogs, fashioning fishing apparatus, digging rivers and burying pipes to observe the water flow. Teamwork was abundant in carrying the heavy buckets …
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Hey Folks! A big welcome to all our new families, and welcome back to our old friends at FSFNS this year! It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come and how much we’ve grown since day one, and as we enter our 5th year as a school we are more excited than ever! At the …