Looking into the past and seeing where we came from!

Late in June our class will be visiting the Fort Heritage Precinct, one of the best field trip opportunities, in my opinion, with it's connection to the past and the hands on child entered activities.

With a connection to Social Studies, the students and I looked into why the name of our community is Fort Saskatchewan.  The students were amazed to learn that the RCMP (back then known as the NWMP) had actually built a fort along the river, and that lead to the community that exists today.

We read books, watched a few little movie clips, brainstormed, created lists and were ready to write!

What a fine job the students did!  They wrote about our own Canadian police force,

demonstrating their knowledge

and pride in being part of Canada.  You must read them!

What else were the students proud of? They were proud to get to bring home candles in a teacup, which they chose especially for their moms!

Small Crawling and Flying Animals

Thanks again to the parents (and grandparents) who were able to join us and make this in school field trip a success again. Our leader, Bugsy, put the students onto a real dilemma, in which they had to become Crime Scene Investigators to solve the mystery of who stole the honey from the hive.

Each station allowed the students to learn about different aspects of insects, as they tried to figure out which of the six suspects was the real criminal.  

At this station, the CSI explored the different types of mouths that these creatures have.

At this station, body parts were looked at ....very closely!

The students worked their way through 5 different stations one of which allowed them to decorated a bug catcher house.  It was a lovely Friday afternoon full of learning and fun!