LearningJourney

Learning ​JOURNEYS

Becoming a lifelong learner, adventurer, and communicator.
  • Home
  • Food Waste Studies
  • Water Studies
    • STEAM Challenges
    • Snowflake Math
  • Science -Art Connections
  • Quilt Study
  • Bird Studies
  • Park Study
  • Inspiring Landscapes of Canada
    • Your Connection to the Land
  • Jazz Art
  • Explorer Exchange
  • Arts Commons - Open Minds
  • Energy Diet Challenge
  • External links and Resources
  • Wetland STUDY through GIS
  • Teaching in Bhutan
  • Outside Learning
    • Journaling
Our classroom journeys to learn and explore ​...


Providing rich learning opportunities. Learners take ownership by discovering and developing their potential, passions and gifts. As life-long learners and deep, critical thinkers, they are able to make significant contributions within a complex and changing world.
I feel it is important that students should always work with authentic ideas.

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​How are canadians connected to water?

A year long Grade 5 study into how people of today and the past are influenced, impacted and custodians of water. Students created an interactive teaching exhibit to showcase their chosen water issue.
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​ZEB HOGAN 
EXPLORER- EXCHANGE

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What happens when National Geographic Educators and Explorers connect?
 What a meaningful connection that inspires students! 
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​Where is the mathematics in snowflake formations?


Connecting to our grade 5 water studies, we looked into the mathematics of snowflakes and made these beautiful designs.
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​ART -SCIENCE CONNECTIONS 

​A grade 5 class represents science through art to better understand data.
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​A Quilt Study

​"WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELONG?" 
​While looking at,
a grade 1-2 combined classroom's study of quilts.
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BACKYARD Bird Studies 

   
​    A Grade 1-2 combined classroom's study of birds for the year by connecting with experts
and doing field studies.

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Park Study
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"WHAT ARE THE CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY?"  
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A grade 1-2 study of our local park. We visited the park for a full day, each month and observed the changes we saw.
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Inspiring Landscapes of Canada



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​A grade 5 study of the geography of Canada through sounds and songs.


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"WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF Food WastE?" 
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​A grade 3/4 study of food and how it impacts us globally and locally. 
 
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We looked at: "What is the impact of food waste?"




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​STEAM Challenges

​The students in Grade 5 participated in STEAM challenges to build skills in communication, cooperation, critical thinking, and much more!
Skills were used for a final design task connecting to our years studies about water.
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Arts Commons 
​Open MInds

Grade 5 students spend a week downtown visiting and learning about art. We returned to create out own art instillation in our school to create positive change.
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​Shadow Art
 

Grade 1-2 Students explored Jazz music. We used different art mediums to represent the sounds of Jazz. We had a jazz band visit us and help us create our own school jazz song. We then created a book that that has poems about different instruments and sounds. 

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​ESRI MAPPING THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL WETLANDS


Students in Grade 5 researched our local wetland to see how healthy it is through data collection and GIS.




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outdoor Provocations

This year the value of getting students outside and connected to the outdoors seems more important than ever. 

Check back again to see how grade 5 students do a GeoInquiry about the naturalization space at our school.




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Energy Challenge

Students in Grade 5 participate in the Royal Canadian Geographical and Shell Energy Challenge.

The Canadian Diet Energy Challenge is to reduce the amount of energy students use through classroom and home challenges.
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​Neighbourhood Stories


Through a Public Arts Grant, community member participated in sharing their stories that were created into a fence mural.  Schools in the neighbourhood, after school programs, senior's groups and community artists all participated.

Students created a map of where in the community some of the stories took place (including thunder mountain and turtle hill) 


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Teaching in Bhutan



​Students in Bhutans share how their school is a green school and how their country is known as the country for National Happiness.








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I hope you will join my class on our journey of learning and understanding.
This website is not an official school website. 
The views and/or information presented are the grantee's own and do not
represent anyone else.
This website is not an official school website.  The views and/or information presented are the grantee's own and do not represent anyone else.
Copyright 2020 Alison Katzko
  • Home
  • Food Waste Studies
  • Water Studies
    • STEAM Challenges
    • Snowflake Math
  • Science -Art Connections
  • Quilt Study
  • Bird Studies
  • Park Study
  • Inspiring Landscapes of Canada
    • Your Connection to the Land
  • Jazz Art
  • Explorer Exchange
  • Arts Commons - Open Minds
  • Energy Diet Challenge
  • External links and Resources
  • Wetland STUDY through GIS
  • Teaching in Bhutan
  • Outside Learning
    • Journaling