Please see attached media release regarding the registration process that took place this morning. Registration is still open.
Please see attached media release regarding the registration process that took place this morning. Registration is still open.
Please follow the link for an update on registration day guidelines. Applications for Nature Kindergarten will be accepted at the Sooke School District Board Office beginning 8 am Monday, February 6th.
Our next planning meeting is on Monday, February 20th at 3:15 pm at Royal Roads University, Room 228.
More research regarding the benefits of being outdoors. This is a 48-page summary entitled Parks and other Green Environments: Essential Components of a Healthy Human Habitat.
Last week, Enid Elliott, Jim Cambridge, Toni Hoyland, Bev Smith and I had a chance to present the Nature Kindergarten project to staff at the Ministry of Education. Thank you to Carolyn Henson for making this presentation possible! We met Connie Cirkony, who works at the Ministry of Education, at the meeting. The links below are to the Green Schools Newsletter that Connie produces. The Nature Kindergarten project is highlighted in both editions.
Several people at the parent information sessions expressed an interest in articles related to the benefits of Nature Kindergarten and outdoor learning. Please see links below for more information on the research supporting this model of learning …
Thank you to everyone who came out to the parent information sessions! Here are the BC Kindergarten program links that were mentioned at the session.
Kindergarten curriculum
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/welcome.php
Ready, Set, Learn
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/early_learning/rsl/
Full Day Kindergarten
Tonight’s Nature K Parent Information Session will be taking place at Sangster Elementary School from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
The next Nature Kindergarten planning meeting will be held on Monday, January 23rd at 3:15 pm at Royal Roads University.