Everyday was a full day in which our school, the community of Argyle, and the surrounding boreal-prairies provided inspiration, motivation, and joy. From the daily morning walks to the sacred K-3 time heading south on the trail, we discovered so many gifts.
Our theme this year was Seasons. Last August when I was planning a general outline and direction the year would take, I couldn't have imagined the discoveries we would make as the months went on. This past year, time and time again, proved the advantages to inquiry-based learning. From harvesting the gardens in fall, researching and writing about prairie animals in winter, and measuring ditch water in the spring, we have now reached summer with stronger minds and hearts. There is a part of me that wishes our journey could continue on through the summer, but instead I will wish you all a wild, wonderful, happy, and healthy holiday; may you stop and smell the (wild) roses.
Our theme this year was Seasons. Last August when I was planning a general outline and direction the year would take, I couldn't have imagined the discoveries we would make as the months went on. This past year, time and time again, proved the advantages to inquiry-based learning. From harvesting the gardens in fall, researching and writing about prairie animals in winter, and measuring ditch water in the spring, we have now reached summer with stronger minds and hearts. There is a part of me that wishes our journey could continue on through the summer, but instead I will wish you all a wild, wonderful, happy, and healthy holiday; may you stop and smell the (wild) roses.
Ms Hadfield
P.S. Here are a few photos from our last week at school...
Ahhhhh.... our field trip to Storybook Farms, where we met animals, felted soap, played, and ate goat's milk ice cream. If you get the chance this summer, find our friend LeVerne with her homemade soaps, lotions, potions, wool, and fibre art at the Winnipeg Folk Festival or check out her website for CSA information, workshops, and more nice things to take home. This farm is a special place nestled right in the Interlake.
Strange, floppy mushroom,
another orange mushroom, but with a cap and a thick stalk.
Ahhhhh.... our field trip to Storybook Farms, where we met animals, felted soap, played, and ate goat's milk ice cream. If you get the chance this summer, find our friend LeVerne with her homemade soaps, lotions, potions, wool, and fibre art at the Winnipeg Folk Festival or check out her website for CSA information, workshops, and more nice things to take home. This farm is a special place nestled right in the Interlake.
And here we are with another interesting Interlaker, Mr. Gross. Below he is fixing a sticking out nail on Caleb's birdhouse, but I want you to know that the k-3's did ALL of the hammering by themselves! (Well, we had a little help from a few of our friends in grade 6-8 and Nic's mom.) Due to the rain that morning, we had to work upstairs, but a noisily good time was had by all. And no one nailed their finger- hey oh!
The clouds parted by noon, and we were able to stain the birdhouses outside. They will make a colourful addition to the trail and our school yard, won't they?
During the last week, with all the rain, mushrooms were popping up everywhere. Caleb brought in this huge mushroom that beside his driveway. We used my grandpa's mushroom book to try and identify it but we found three of four possibilities. The guidebook came in handy again as we found more mushrooms right on the trail. I have to admit, I don't remember the names of the mushrooms, and I have lent out the book for the summer.
Strange, floppy mushroom,
foragers,
a very flat, smooth, orange mushroom,
another orange mushroom, but with a cap and a thick stalk.
