What animals do you have on the farm? What vegetables do you grow? How do you water your crops? These questions, along with others, were being asked in the first five minutes of our tour of the Earthy Organics farm in Fruitvale. Grade 6/7 students from Glenmerry Elementary were excited and ready to experience farm … Continued
This is a little story about some absolutely scrumptious apple and carrot muffins made by some seriously talented students! Our class recently embarked on an eco challenge to reduce our food waste and create our own snacks using ingredients sourced from within 200km of our school. To kick off the challenge, we visited the Revelstoke … Continued
Our grade 6 class at Columbia Park has been working hard on an Eco Challenge to reduce waste and promote sustainability. As part of this challenge, we’ve been collecting recyclable materials and counting them on a weekly basis. For Earth Day, we decided to take things up a notch by participating in our local ‘Trashion … Continued
The Gr. 6/7 classes at Kinnaird, Twin Rivers, and Glenmerry Elementary schools celebrated Earth Day 2023 by making their own Eco Friendly All Purpose Cleaner. We first started the lesson by learning about Earth Day and why we acknowledge this global event, followed by some very inspirational videos about our amazing planet. Students then had … Continued
Ms Cooper’s grade 4/5 class were treated to tour through the fields of Cartwheel Farm, a small family farm at the heart of the Creston Valley. Cartwheel Farm grows certified organic vegetables and herbs for the community. As the class toured the farm, Laura and Nigel shared their perspective on farming: “We don’t grow vegetables, … Continued
Our first fieldtrip! It was a brisk winter morning with crunchy ice on the ground as we excitedly boarded the bus! We were greeted by Clayton the most enthusiastic bus driver in Revelstoke! He was just as excited as us to be heading across the Columbia River to take us to Revelstoke’s waste facility and … Continued
The grade 5/6 class at St Mary’s School in Cranbrook, had the chance to try a new game that highlights the “Solutions” to Our Changing Climate. Using real world and researched solutions, the students worked together as a team to try to select climate strategies that would lower the global temperature before 2050. The game … Continued
The grade 5/6 class at St Mary’s school in Cranbrook, had an opportunity to explore the process of making recycled paper. Students ripped, blended, poured, pressed, patted and rolled to finally create some very interesting looking paper. The students were energetic and busy and worked well together. The final product will be used to create … Continued
On Thursday 2nd of February 2023, Miss Davidson’s Grade 6 classroom at Columbia Park Elementary underwent an extensive transformation! The location was previously a functional, large and bright classroom. When the grade 6 students arrived for their school day they found the room they once learned in, had overnight been turned into a paper making … Continued
In Beyond Recycling we take a closer look at the story behind all the stuff we use everyday. Sometimes that involves looking at the raw materials of an ordinary object like a t shirt, and finding out how cotton is grown. Sometimes it involves learning how electricity is produced and how it powers our homes … Continued
