Despite the fact that there was no Fall Yard Day community event this year (due to construction and permit issues) the Yard Committee had a very busy fall in the schoolyard.
1) The Green Teacher program allowed classes to enjoy the long, beautiful fall with some outdoor exploration and learning.
Grade 2 classes studied basic animal needs (water, air, shelter, food) in the Hillside Garden.
Grade 4 classes created ecologist notebooks and learned about living and non-living parts of an ecosystem and more.
Grade 6 classes explored the concept of biodiversity in their very own schoolyard and nature garden. They did a “biodiversity blitz” to identify and classify canopy tree species.
The Green Teacher will return for winter sessions in early 2017…
2) The school Green Team and Yard Committee volunteers planted special bulbs to commemorate Canada’s 150th Birthday in 2017. These bulbs were provided to Runnymede via the Eco-School Program and we look forward to seeing them at the front of the school next spring.
3) The Yard Committee organized a Saturday morning of construction work to build some much-needed retaining walls in the Hillside Garden. Thank you to the parent and student volunteers who helped out with this task. We look forward to maintaining the nature garden with the entire Runnymede community at Spring Yard Day 2017.
Want to get involved?
Contact us at runnymedeyard@gmail.com to volunteer with any of these initiatives!
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