Sustainability is a big concept. Thinking about future generations when making everyday decisions doesn’t come naturally for most of us, but it is an important idea if we are to live within the limits of our one planet Earth. Mrs. Turcon’s class got to practice this concept while trying to keep their “village” alive in … Continued
Steph Spensley and Jaimee Pichette’s grade 5/6 class is diving into the Beyond Recycling program again for 2021/2022. The students are one of two McKim Middle School classes embarking on multi-month learning journey where they will learn all about energy, water, food, transportation from a middle school kid’s perspective. The first unit is all about … Continued
This year at McKim Middle School, two grade 5/6 classes are going Beyond Recycling. The students are embarking on multi-month learning journey where they will learn all about energy, water, food, transportation from a middle school kid’s perspective. But before going beyond, Mrs. Turcon’s class spent some time learning about recycling and other types of … Continued
The students in Ms Ronalea’s grade 6/7 class at KIS in Kimberley had their last Beyond Recycling class. We decided to take it to the Kimberley Nature Park, where we started with the “We are Nature” class in the fall. Students shared with the group their favourite lessons and experiences from the program. Lessons like … Continued
Students at Kimberley Independent School had the chance to apply many of the lessons learned throughout the Beyond Recycling program into beautifully designed Eco communities. Students were given the challenge to create a community that demonstrated the eco footprint concept as well as share their Cities of the Future with their classmates and cohort classes. … Continued
Crafty action projects for a crafty class! One of the classes’ favourite parts of Beyond Recycling so far was turning waste into art. So, when it was time to choose an Earth Action Project, we did it again! This time, we used old t-shirts and sewed them into re-usable bags. Some students brought their own … Continued
The students in Ms Ronalea’s class at Kimberley Independent School had the opportunity to have some silly fun and get really creative with the Waste Eco Challenge and designed recycled bags from old T- shirts. As you can see the creativity was abundant and students created arm bands and scrunchies.
The grade 5 and 6s are back for another year of Beyond Recycling! After taking a look at what ends up in a typical class garbage bin, the students in Spensley/Gunn’s class travelled back in time to look at how waste has changed over the years. To keep socially distant from the educator, this class … Continued
The students in Mrs. Spensely/Ms. Gibbard’s gr 5/6 class have been talking a lot about waste. Food waste in particular. The Beyond Recycling program starts with a unit on waste, and how waste has changed in type and amount over the years. The gr 5/6’s have been applying this learning to the delicious topic of … Continued
As a final wrap up celebration, Mrs. Spensely/Ms Gibbard’s class had one more food related activity: a Real Food Potluck! Real Food is defined as: · Nutritious: healthy · Near: local · Now: seasonal · Naked: not packaged in disposable wrappers · Natural: whole foods or not heavily processed The students did a great job … Continued
