Division 8, led by Ms. Young, capped off their wondrous learning experience about the life of salmon with a fun trip to Beaver Lake at Stanley Park in April of this year. Two van loads of children, along with Ms. Young and volunteer parents transported the junior salmon (fry) to the park and released them in the stream that connects the lake to the ocean. In prior months, the children watched the salmon grow, hatched from 51 Coho eggs in a fish tank in the classro
om. They also created cuddly "salmon stuffies", and learned all sorts of information about salmon and their environment, they even learned to sing the "Sammy the Salmon" song! The day at the park finished off with an amazing visit to the Vancouver Aquarium! A fun learning experience for everyone involved!Division 8 now has caterpillars in their classroom that will grow into Painted
Lady Butterflies! The caterpillars spend their days eating and eating, eventually forming a chrysalis and then emerging as butterflies - all in front of the children's eyes. The Kindergartens are very excited to watch the butterfly life cycle and look forward to releasing their butterflies into the school grounds.From learning about salmon and butterflies, the Kindergarten students have learned amazing things about how animals grow, where they live and what healthy habitats look like. They have also become keen observers!
Next month the Kindergarten class will head over to the Hastings Park Sanctuary for the second time this spring. Since Division 8's first spring nature walk the Kindergarten students have been researching birds (ducks, eagles, or owls) with Mr. Campbell, the school librarian. They are excited to see the ducks at the pond, the eagle nest across the street, or even find some more owl p
ellets lying at the bottom of trees. Hastings Park Sanctuary provides students with an incredible environmental educational opportunity right in their own neighbourhood! Through walks sponsored by the Hastings Park Conservancy, led by a biologist from Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society, Kindergarten and Grade 3 students will participate in bird watching, water quality testing, pond peering, nature appreciation as well as plant and invertebrate identification.
