“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!