My Outdoor Adventure

1921

First Pictures of Camping ~ 1937

Deep Lake 1963RMNP

Standing Waves on the Hayes

River Left on the Sturgeon Weir

Tilson Lake RMNP

Crossing Bow Lake heading to the Wapta Ice fields

Coming out of Lake

O’Hara

Cutting a Willow Branch to make a whistle

Bull Elk Birdtail Valley RMNP

Bob Hill Lake Birthday Party

Day trip Spruce Woods Prov. ParkAssiniboine River

Only ONE of my kids is a horse person?

But all of them enjoy

outdoor activites.

Deep Lake 2003

Inquiry Based Learning

Spruce Woods Provincial Park

Back Yard Play Structure

Our Backyard Climbing Wall

Pets are IMPORTANT

My horse Whisperer

We cut a xmas tree at our farmEvery Year……

Lake Katherine RMNP

Lake O’Hara Yoho

National Park

Elizabeth Parker Hut Yoho National Park

Deep Lake July 2013

Being Outdoors has been part of my life and my families since I can remember!

So it was natural for me when I became a teacher to :

• Teach students about the outdoors• Use the outdoors as a classroom

June 1981 My

First Outdoor Ed Trips

Sugar Loaf Hills RMNP

Unless their families do outdoor activities, there is little chance that

students/children will have the skills, interest and the equipment

to do things outdoors!

PWSD Outdoor Education

• Centers around two main programs:– Grade 6 Outdoor Ed – Outdoor Classroom

Experience– DofE – Outdoor Adventure

• Teachers do other activities with their students:– Cross Country Ski / Snowshoe– Kayak/Canoe– Hiking/Cycling

PWSDGrade Six

Out Door Education Classroom

Target Areas- Values at Risk – Pings Drip Torches – Guard Burns

Lake Audy

Trust

Water World

Mary-Anne ???

Bottom of The Gorge10,000 Years Old

Volcanic Evidence

Lunch on the Snout

On the Snout

Water Sampling

Conference CenterDining Area

Waiting For Lunch

Journal Writing in the Pavilion

Path to Verse

Park Art

For the most part, you usually don’t see students outside with

their teachers other than for Phys-ed type activities!

Although we always seem to envy urban schools – the PWSD is blessed with outdoor

learning/recreation areas!!!

How do we facilitate and help develop outdoor

learning/education/experiences/skills for PWSD students - and for other students in Manitoba as well ???

Scotland

Scottish Outdoor Learning

• University of Edinburgh • Outdoor Learning: Practical guidance, ideas

and support for teachers and practitioners in Scotland

• 50% of all Scottish Curricula have been designed to be delivered outside………

What can we do???• Strengthen our partnerships and

utilize the resources they offer• Start a MTS Outdoor Education

SAGE• Outdoor Ed Center for PWSD

– Deep Lake cook house/warming hut• Kayak, Canoe, Xcountry ski,

Snowshoe Mtn. bike• Take off point for DofE adventures

• Central Trail & Birdtail Valley• Asessippi ski area• Rossman Lake• Birtle ski trails• Hamiota Ski trails

• Extend the Grade 6 program– RM Conference @ capacity

• 3 other facilities in area– Dauphin Bible– Anglican Church– Rossman Lake ?

• Our School Grounds are very sterile– Create wild habitats

• Grow wild plants and grasses

– Create small wetlands?• Organic trails/areas like by Inglis

school – is across the road too far?

• Work with BU to help develop teachers with the skills/attitude