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When planning your inquiries, consider including a field trip to the Vancouver Art Gallery. This past fall, classes explored the gallery created by Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin, and featuring 6 other celebrated artists who inspired and mentored them. In this exhibit, place and culture were explored and shared between the artists and with us. Experiencing their art and stories, helped us to understand their cultures, and explore important themes of Canadian history. Then, together, we created a collaborative art piece, in which we changed and reclaimed space in the art gallery, which previously had a been a court room. A final layer of performance art was added, as our process was filmed and then turned into a time-lapse video. Our experience at the art gallery was beautifully composed. This was one of many incredible exhibits that the Vancouver Art Gallery offers, so often exploring themes of place and diverse ways of knowing.
http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/
“Going outside gives you freedom to think.
It’s peaceful. You can use
your imagination and build with it.” Austin, grade 3
At Aubrey, every student in the school experienced outdoor community activities at the school and at Burnaby Lake during their school’s first ever Outward Bound day. The goal was to create a sense of community within the school and provide the opportunity for every student to experience a range of local outdoor activities. Students had several stations both at the school and at Burnaby:
- Burnaby Lake stations: weaving First Nations ways of knowing, storytelling with fairy doors, nature photography, local animals and adaptations
- School stations: planting a bulb, community walk, nature story and activity
“Going outside makes me happy
and it makes the world colourful.”
Marcus, kindergarten
Click here to learn more about Aubrey’s whole-school Outward Bound activity:
Connecting students to their outdoor community at Aubrey
Thank you for sharing your school’s story, Jolene Carlsen!
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