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Following Our Students' Voices: A Yearlong Inquiry Sparked By Our Visits to Chichester Park
We are a team of educators who, last year, felt very lucky to learn with each other and with 42 grade 2/3 students. At the beginning of...
Hilde Dietzel and Kate Knox
Oct 14, 202111 min read
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You Matter! You Matter A LOT!
This year, my grade 4 students and I have been diving deeply into an inquiry around the concept of change. We have been wondering: Is...
Instructional Leadership Team
Jun 16, 20217 min read
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Sparking, Creating, Discovering, and Upholding Joy in Environment
How might we (re)imagine and discover the role of the environment with children and adults? As teacher-researchers, we unpack the notion...
Monique French & Parvina Panghali
May 28, 20211 min read
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Illuminating Bitterroot and Relational Learning
What becomes possible in a culture where thoughts, feelings, and actions are at the centre of the learning? I invite you to listen to the...
Robbi Martens
May 28, 20213 min read
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Is Change Good? Developing Habits Of Mind And A Culture of Thinking With The Butterfly Community
This is the full story of the Butterfly Community as it has revealed itself to us this year so far. Please click the image below to watch...
Marju Wise
May 28, 20214 min read
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Dream Weavers: Braiding Our Unique Threads Together in Learning, Leadership, & Collective Experience
Weaving (noun): the craft or action of forming fabric by interlacing threads. We are three Peter Greer educators… with three...
Nicky Krastel, Emma Sarbit, and Matt Olson
May 20, 20212 min read
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Learning Through Reciprocity: How is the Story of the Four Food Chiefs Transforming Our Community?
We are teacher researchers from Raymer Elementary who learn alongside our Gr. 2/3 learners in our Osprey community. We value...
Jody Crumb and Kim Koch
May 18, 20212 min read
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Creating Trusting Relationships As A Teacher Librarian in a High School
I would like to share my story as a new Teacher Librarian in a high school. This particular story outlines how building relationships and...
Jenny Cartwright
May 6, 20211 min read
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Creating a Culture of Inquiry in Math
We are a team of educators teaching in community and learning with grade 4/5 students and with each other. For the past 3 years, we have...
Jenn Davis
May 4, 20212 min read
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Using Beads to Share Stories About Indigenous History in BC
Students and educators in the Central Okanagan are using a beaded timeline to learn about the long history of indigenous people in BC....
Instructional Leadership Team
Mar 8, 20212 min read
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A Reflection on... What is Learning?
Students and Educators across our district have been trying to crack open the word 'learning.' As with many words in the English...
Instructional Leadership Team
Mar 7, 20214 min read
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Thinking with things? If I hadn't seen it and experienced it myself, I never would have believed it.
In 2017, I was lucky enough to have a learning experience with the Opal School Museum of Play. When I was there, I saw and experienced...
Marnie Birkeland
Feb 26, 20215 min read
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