At long last, we have an almost-completely-confirmed CFE schedule! Here it is:
Monday April 24
Meet 9 AM, Orchard Garden with Landed Learning & UBC Farm CFE students
Monday April 24
Meet 9 AM, Orchard Garden with Landed Learning & UBC Farm CFE students
- Intro to each other, the Orchard Garden and the CFE (Susan, John, Tsubasa, Julian, Liz)
- Health and safety in the garden (Susan)
- Brainstorm: Why and how to teach in a garden? (Liz)
- Walk and bike to UBC Farm Children's Garden
- Intro to Landed Learning. The school garden planting year (Stacy)
- Landed Learning tour (Stacy and Kailee)
- Hands-on work in the garden (Julian)
Tuesday April 25
Meet 9 AM, Scarfe Room 1209
- Food systems, food sovereignty, food security, food justice workshop (Julian)
- Discussion (Julian, Liz, Susan)
- Join Wild About Vancouver (WAV) Beach Adventure Walk, led by Hartley Banack & Marina Milner-Bolotin (Julian, Tsubasa)
- Lunch, write reflections/ blog posts
Meet 9 AM, Scarfe Room 1209
- School gardens in other countries and cultures -- Ghana (Kwesi)
- Bus and carpool to Windermere Secondary School, 3155 East 27th Ave., to arrive by 11:30 AM. Meet in front lobby of school.
- 11:35- 12:35: Student-guided tour of Windermere school gardens, greenhouse, composting and orchard -- Brandon, Gaelen & Kobie
- Lunch, write reflections/ blog posts.
- Homework: read Green Teacher 'Roots of Diversity' article (password: 109sped) to discuss in CFE Thurs. April 27!
Meet 9 AM, Scarfe Room 1209 (Eric Hanson visiting?)
- 9-10 Discussion of Green Teacher 'Roots of Diversity' article (John)
- 10- 10:15: Break
- 10:15 - 10:30: Walk to Orchard Garden
- 10:30 - noon: Soundscaping in the garden (John)
- noon- 1:00: Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00: Hands-on work in the Orchard Garden (Julian)
Meet 9:30 AM, UBC Botanical Garden, 1895 Lower Mall
Be sure to bring your UBC Card for free admission!
- Intro to Botanical Garden
- Walk to Food Garden. Brainstorm: How is a botanical garden different from a school garden? What are the different affordances of each for teaching and learning? (Susan)
- Medicinal herb basic primer (Susan, John)
- Visit the Physic Garden -- finish 11:00 AM
- 11 - noon: Time to walk around the Botanical Garden before lunch. (Those who wish to buy a $10 ticket for the Greenheart Canopy Walk have the option of doing this 1 hour walk at this time).
- noon - 1:00: Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00: Hands-on work in the Orchard Garden (Julian)
Monday May 1
Meet 9:10 AM, University Hill Elementary School, 5395 Chancellor Blvd.
Be sure to bring your UBC Card for free admission to Nitobe Gardens!
(For those hardy souls who want a special adventure, Susan and Tiddley Cove Morris/ Vancouver Morris Men will be meeting at 5:30 AM at Trimble Park , 2250 Trimble Street near 10th & Sasamat. We will dance the sun up for the start of the summer, and then go to the Café Zen in Kits for breakfast 7-8 AM with more singing. All CFE people are welcome to join us!)
- 9:15 - 10:00: Assist Morris Dancers in working with K/1/2 classes at UHill Elementary in demonstrating dances connected with the agricultural seasons, and leading kids in a spiral dance and Maypole dance.
- 10:00 - 11:00: Walk/ bus to Nitobe Garden, 1895 Lower Mall (opens at 11)
- 11:00 - noon: Learning about the traditions of Japanese gardens while walking in Nitobe (Tsubasa)
- noon - 1:00: Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00: Hands-on work in the Orchard Garden (Julian)
Tuesday May 2
Meet 10 AM, Orchard Garden
TBC: Mathematics in the garden with guest dancer/ math and science educator from Toronto, Nicole Fougère. (Susan)
Afternoon: Hands-on work in the Orchard Garden (Julian)
Wednesday May 3
Meet 9 AM, Scarfe Room 1209
- 9 - 11: Education for Sustainable Development as a general approach to education (Margaret)
- Brainstorm: ideas and organization for Saturday May 13 Orchard Garden workshop
- Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00: Hands-on work in the Orchard Garden (Julian)
Thursday May 4
Meet 9 AM, Orchard Garden
- 9-noon: Introducing musical storytelling related to your subject area(s) and to the garden: Narrative, poetry, co-design, drawing and more! (John)
- Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00: Planning time in groups for May 13 Orchard Garden Workshop/ Hands-on work in Orchard Garden (Julian)
Friday May 5
Meet 9 AM, Orchard Garden
- 9-10: Outdoor education: Creating a 'field of play' (Margaret)
- 10-10:15: Break
- 10:15 - noon: Garden-based poetry workshop (Margaret)
- Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00: Planning time in groups for May 13 Orchard Garden Workshop/ Hands-on work in Orchard Garden (Julian)
Monday May 8 & Tuesday May 9
Let Susan know where and when your group will be meeting
Planning/ work time to prepare for Saturday May 13 Orchard Garden workshop
We will make plans to communicate as questions arise with your group during these two days!
Blogging: report back on your plans and how they are progressing. Photograph and post brainstorming sheets, schedules, lists, etc. on the blog.
Wednesday May 10
- Meet 10 AM at the Orchard Garden to bring together all groups' planning for the May 13 workshop.
- Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00 PM: Guest leader John Mason, Open University, England to lead workshop on Mathematics in the Garden
Thursday May 11
Meet 8:45 AM at the First Nations Longhouse, 1985 West Mall
- Volunteer and participate, 8:45AM - 3:15 PM in the 7th Aboriginal Math K-12 Symposium (Kwesi, Susan, Tsubasa,...)
Friday May 12
No meeting time today, as we will be leading the Orchard Garden Workshop on Saturday May 13!
- Time to rest up & do any last-minute preparations for the Saturday workshop!
Saturday May 13
Meet Scarfe Room 1214 (Home Ec Room) 8:30 AM
- Set up for workshop 8:30 - 10 AM
- 10 AM - 2 PM: Lead the workshop you have been planning!
- 2 - 3:30 PM: Clean up from workshop.
- Thank you to all the teacher candidates, Orchard Garden student team and guests for a terrific CFE experience together!
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