Peace Day Flags and Forest Fridays

The whole school community turned out on September 21st in the Old Orchard playground to add wishes of peace to the fence around the school. A favourite wish was pickles….or was that prickles. It was a day to celebrate the larger community that the families of the children who are in care at the Old Orchard building bring to this space. It is a truly dynamic place.

Orchard’s elementary class began their six week series of Forest Fridays with the High Park Nature Centre. This term, we are working on a High Park nature guide with two other groups. We spent a blustery day Friday learning about leaves (shapes, arrangement on a stem, compound and solitary groupings) on the trees in the park. This is a great way to bring the Montessori botany curriculum to the source!