Hey Everyone!
This week at Forest School we took on the Suzuki Superhero Challenge… the goal of which was to gain a deeper understanding of certain rights that everyone in the world should have. The day was broken down into different parts: the Right to Clean Water, the Right to Clean Air, the Right to Nutritious Food and the Right to a Healthy Environment. This led to many thoughtful conversations combined with experiential activities.
Students participated in a visualization activity to connect with their prior knowledge of Earth, leading into collaborative presentations used to reflect a healthy environment and brainstorm ways to protect it. They were then challenged to a water relay race (intentionally unfair) that shed light on water issues throughout the country and abroad. This experience led to a particularly thoughtful debrief and many wonderful insights from the students. Our air quality lesson had students juggling ping pong balls and balloons to represent various modes of sustainable transportation and pollution, while our (again unfair) apple relay brought awareness of the significance of local consumption and the energy required to bring food to our table.
Of course throughout the day we had our core routines, including free-play and time spent in our sit spots. Students created their very own Enviro-Superheroes and powers (“Mud Man”, “Wonder Water”, “Flamingo Girl”!). Finally the end of the day had us experience first hand how animals fit into the environment by playing “Survival” – a new favourite game that we’ll be playing again for sure in the future!
Congrats to our first Reflection Bead recipient this week for 15 journal entries, and 1 craft bead!
Next Week:
Travel day!!! We’re gonna have some fun learning about mapping, compasses and the GPS!
Parent’s Reminder:
The days are getting much colder and the weather can change quite quickly. Please ensure your child is dressed for anything and has back-up clothes! In the near future we will be building our fire kits. If you could please bring in small plastic containers with lids, that would be very helpful!
Thanks,
Matt and Kim
