A Commitment to Sustainability in Our Community
Members of our Environmental Club sketch our Peace Garden in hopes of learning about what lives and flourishes on our landscape. ...
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Birdfeeder Dilemma
Our SK’s noticed that the squirrels have been stealing all of the birdseed! What can we do? “We could cover the birdseeds with other seeds the squirrels don’t like, then they won’t know...
Mother’s Day Celebration
On the sunny afternoon of May 11th, Richland students honoured their special Moms at our annual ‘Mother’s Day Celebration.’ It was a truly memorable event, where students and their Moms enjoyed the...
Experiential Learning Beyond the Classroom
Richland parents are actively involved with Reggio experiential learning in their own backyards! Recently, one JK parent shared an image of "something magical" that she and her son saw right outside of...
SK-Grade 4 Classes Visit the Toronto Zoo
On May 1st, our SK-Grade 4 classes visited the Toronto Zoo for an educational field study. As part of their Investigative Research, our students observed, sketched, and measured animals (both new and...
Looking for ‘Life’ in the Stream
At Richland, our students regularly participate in Nature Hikes, allowing them to be comfortable in the outdoor environment and become aware of the plant and wildlife habitat communities in the Richmond Hill...
Celebrating Mother Earth
In celebration of Earth Day, Richland’s PK, Grade 3 and Grade 5 classes prepared an informative and entertaining Earth Day assembly for the Richland Community. The collaborative awareness-building presentation was a blend...
“…And Millions of Butterflies Will Come”
After paintings of butterflies began appearing in the SK classroom, the children began to explore and share their existing knowledge of butterflies: “Butterflies eat leaves. I’ll pick them and Jerry can help. Butterflies...
Saving Our Children from ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’
“In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls...
Experiential Inquiry-Based Learning
What is Experiential Inquiry-Based Learning? A process that engages students in direct and active interactions with objects or phenomena in the immediate environment, usually through the use of one or more senses (observing,...
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