Outdoor Education
Every child at our Junior School, from our newest JK students all the way through our seasoned seventh graders get out into the forest, rain or shine, with their classmates and teachers.
The Junior School Outdoor Education program is designed to integrate teaching that is already happening in the classroom into a setting where students can learn meaningfully and authentically in their local environment. The water cycle comes alive with meaning when they see a dry stream bed. Mapping makes more sense when we use a compass to set off through the forest in search of way points. And local Indigenous culture is made authentic when a First Nations guide takes students on a walk through Stanley Park to talk about the traditional uses of flora and fauna.
![Forest School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667261012/collingwood/hkjfqyxxdpqhs1s8jtj0/Shed-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667261012/collingwood/hkjfqyxxdpqhs1s8jtj0/Shed-1.jpg","width":500}])
![Local Adventure]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667262119/collingwood/fpm5xdx0zpw7f2umrc3c/Snowshoe-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667262119/collingwood/fpm5xdx0zpw7f2umrc3c/Snowshoe-2.jpg","width":500}])
![Overnight Trips]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667273718/collingwood/zbbbspyoat5j3fkomlsc/trips.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667273718/collingwood/zbbbspyoat5j3fkomlsc/trips.jpg","width":400}])
A note about our First Nations:
Our Outdoor Education philosophy and pedagogy is modelled after the First Peoples Principles of Learning found here. Our program is centred on our sense of place and connectedness with our local environment and this provides direction and access to many of the other First Peoples Principles including storytelling, patience, and well being. Furthermore, with meaningful partnerships with elders and knowledge keepers from our local first nations we are building meaningful and authentic connections with the land, the original inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest, and our students' future stewardship of our environment and ecosystems.
Key Contacts
Jeff Stacey
Outdoor Education Teacher
James Manning
Outdoor Education Teacher