Author: mahimasubc

“T To enhance the community, I will start with a school garden.   There are endless opportunities to learn, teach and collaborate there.  Hands-on gardening experience is an excellent way for students to learn responsibility and patience and appreciate the importance of nature in our community. “K As I begin …

“T Today, we explored the outdoors at the Pacific Spirit Park through our five senses. We saw layers of vegetation; we heard sounds of nature and artificial; we smelled the scent of trees; we tasted the bitterness of huckleberries; we felt the breeze on our skin. By immersing ourselves in …

“T I did an Inquiry unit on community helpers (and started with Elders). Then I did school community, and started with the custodial engineer – need to build respect and appreciation for these helpers. Everyone wrote a letter to a community-helper and wrote a thank-you letter. Community was very connected …

“T Today’s visit to the Beaty Diversity Museum reminds me of the term holistic community, an ecosystem in which different species are related and interdependent. When Jackie explained the sturgeon harpoon knowledge web, the key message that resonated with me was, “When a link in this web is broken, it’s …

We engaged in some risky play ourselves during our tree walk, and got to see how such natural surroundings can lend themselves so easily in the middle of an urban environment.