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COVID-19 means more classes could be held outside Could outdoor classes be a buffer for SD43 schools? DIANe STRANDbeRG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Mural artist Ola Volo is completing her mural on the east wall of the Rocky Point Ice Cream production facility. It will likely become a Port Moody landmark with its images of Port Moody wildlife, such as the bear, pigeons and deer. For more, see page 11. Patrice lacroix PHoto
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Parents and teachers scrambling to adapt to new COVID-19 health and safety protocols for learning outdoors can relax. With as little as a pair of rubber boots, a rain poncho and a keen eye for observation, classes can begin on the school grounds as soon as school resumes next week. There will be challenges with supervision, calming fears of those not used to being outside, physical distancing and, of course,
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the weather. But outdoor education is not new in School District 43 and there are plenty of successful examples. Over the years, dozens of programs have evolved, from the COAST outdoor education programs at Gleneagle to Indigenousbased education programs at Suwa’lkh, in Coquitlam, where a horticulture and nature classroom was started. There have also been school food gardens for elementary children, where they learn to plant and grow vegetables and a project-based nature learning for middle school aged students, where they test water and chart creek systems.
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