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Category: Spring Fun

Welcome Summer!

by Fire Building, Plants, Spring Fun, Teamwork, ThornburyPosted on One Comment

Hi friends, We welcomed our last day of Forest School with positive vibes and though all students were sad to leave, we knew summer break had to come at some point – and who doesn’t love summer!?  Last week we asked our students “What would you love to do for our last day?” which was a …

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Kayak or Canoe…..

by FSFNS Blog, Past Stories, Spring Fun, Teamwork, WaterPosted on One Comment

Hi Everyone, We enjoyed another awesome field trip this week to the Beaver River located in Heathcote. This river is a local favourite of ours, especially if we want to see an abundance of wild life!   Each week at Forest School we are reminded of how much of a caring community we have, and …

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Row, row, row your boat!

by Paddling, Spring Fun, Teamwork, Thornbury, WaterPosted on No Comments

Hi Friends, This week we welcomed Collingwood’s Forest School students  to join us on our adventure down one of our favourite rivers – the Beaver River. Sadly, no actual beavers were spotted today. However, we would like to send out  a huge thank-you to Brian – our local plant ID expert, for showing the students …

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Hiking, lookouts and reflections

by Animal Tracking, Hiking, Spring Fun, Teamwork, Thornbury, UncategorizedPosted on No Comments

Hi All, Another great day in the books with our amazing students, this week at Forest School was all about reflection and hiking! After our morning smudge circle, our class raced to the van and headed to one of our favourite Brue Trail hike spots – Loree Forest. The past two rainy days gave us a great …

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You Rock.

by FSFNS Blog, Past Stories, Physical Literacy, Rock Climbing, Spring FunPosted on No Comments

Hey Everyone, We had an awesome field trip this week to Metcalfe Rock in the Kolapore Uplands.  This is one of our favourite places to visit for hiking, caving and best of all, CLIMBING!  This week rocked! There’s not much for us to write about this week except how proud we are of our students …

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Wild edibles and plants

by Fire Building, Hiking, Plants, Shelter, Spring Fun, Teamwork, Thornbury, Trees, UncategorizedPosted on No Comments

Hi Friends,     It is amazing what rain, sun, and a few weeks  will do for our Heathcote property. The shrubs and flowers have grown so much that we almost couldn’t find some of our sit spots. Our day consisted of the learning and widening our knowledge about wild edibles and plants! With so …

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“Bee”ware!

by Bees, FSFNS Blog, Past Stories, Spring FunPosted on No Comments

Hey Everyone! We had a good week celebrating and exploring the wonderful lives of bees with all the students.  After our core routines (and some lessons on Poison Ivy ID – that time of year…) we jumped into discussion on bees.  There was a lot of prior bee knowledge from our students.  We looked at …

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“Water” you waiting for?

by Fish, Insects, Spring Fun, Teamwork, Thornbury, WaterPosted on No Comments

Hi Everyone, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” – Chinese proverb We enjoyed another awesome day at Forest School, and with the highly anticipated fishing day, our students were all super excited to get their day …

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Bee-ware of the Bee’s

by Bees, Fire Building, Sit Spot, Spring Fun, Teamwork, Thornbury, WaterPosted on No Comments

Hi Friends, We had an amazing dose of vitamin D while enjoying the summer weather today, and all the heat and humidity didn’t slow our kids down one bit! This week we touched on the topic of bee’s, while still enjoying our regular routines. We started our day with a student led game “Bee-ing Human” …

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Hikes for days..

by FSFNS Blog, Hiking, Insects, Past Stories, Plants, Spring Fun, TreesPosted on No Comments

Hi everyone! While Matt and Kim are away, Forest School gets off property to play! Through out our week all of our students embarked on two brand new trails located on the Bruce Trail called the Pretty River Trail and Loree Forest. We also welcomed with open arms our substitute teachers Carly and Noa. We …

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