Following our seasonal geographical focus we immerse the kids in the culture and history of each region we study.

With a community focused approach we use visual and audio stories, open-ended and professional-led crafts, authentic regional recipes, art study, music, and videos to explore the people, geography, history, food, and celebrations of each region.

We will explore mathematical reasoning and patterns through games, scientific observations, art projects and STEM projects including building and engineering. Math will be easily integrated into the context of what we are observing, building, or playing with. We’ll also learn about mathematicians throughout history and how mathematics continues to evolve.

We will be exploring language and literature as we read great stories and poetry from around the world. Students will enjoy doing literary projects together like group reading, writing and performing skits/short movies, and doing creative writing projects. Some of our favorite projects so far have been collaborative movie scripts, comic books and mad libs.

Through local expeditions we will learn about biology, zoology, chemistry and technology. Individual and group projects will follow the scientific process of observing, hypothesising, testing their speculations through experimentation, analyzing their results and drawing an informed conclusion from their experiences.

We believe that through engaging with our community to reflect on our seasonal focus will allow our Honeybees to make practical observations about how various populations live(d). Therefore creating an opportunity to solve a new or ancient conflict in an innovative way.

Project based learning calls for our students to be hands on creators of their education. We will provide the opportunity for experiential learning with technology at our local libraries and by partnering with fantastic community partners who are professionals in their field.

This may include, but is not limited to stop motion animation, videography and film-making, 3-D printing and scanning, image editing, robotics, illustration, and building with power tools.

We believe that nature and environment is the most important teacher for our students. Nature immersion is a priority in our days spent together regardless of the weather. Having the time and space to freely explore and engage with the elements is vital in processing the varied levels of learning through the year.

Spending time outdoors provides the most nurturing environment for us to challenge our bodies through hiking, climbing, biking and team games.

We will implement art into each subject by providing open-ended materials to manipulate and model the learning happening each day. Students will have to opportunity to learn about regional art, art history and local artists through weekly workshops.