Outdoor Land-Based Learning Program/EKOLogy (K-7)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Through daily outdoor land-based learning experiences, children will have the opportunity to develop a sense of wonder and appreciation for the beauty, diversity, and complexity of our world to become environmentally and socially responsible people with a passion for lifelong learning.
In alignment with the competencies, skills, and understandings outlined in the B.C. K-7 curriculum, children will learn to become stewards of the land within which they live, and that encompasses the rich culture, language, and history of the Coast Salish peoples.
The Outdoor Land-Based Learning Program will:
- provide daily outdoor experiences that integrate B.C.'s curriculum with children's innate wonderings and curiosity;
- allow teachers to facilitate emergent, experiential, inquiry-based, play-based, and place-based learning;
- align with the First Peoples Principles of Learning and integrate Coast Salish culture, traditions, and history throughout the curriculum;
- be rooted in Indigenous Coast Salish culture and traditions as stewards of the land;
- allow teachers to help children to identify, co-manage and navigate risk. Opportunities to experience risk are seen as an integral part of learning and healthy development;
- develop students' core competencies by providing experiential learning in the outdoors, fostering children's competencies as creative and critical thinkers, effective communicators, and people who are personally, socially and environmentally aware;
- provide the opportunity for children to learn in a small school setting
Outdoor Land-based Learning Program Location:
| East Kensington (EKOLogy) Elementary 2795 - 184 Street Phone: 604-541-1257 Email: eastkensington@surreyschools.ca | Xw'epiteng Elementary 18035 8 Avenue Phone: 604-538-1083 Email: xwepiteng@surreyschools.ca |
How to Register:
- Kindergarten Lottery: Families will have a 3-week window of opportunity to apply for up to 3 choice programs through an online application process. Please refer to the How to Apply Online page for application procedures.
- Grades 1-7: To register students in Grades 1-7, please contact the school location that you are interested in.
