Our Grade 4 scientists have been exploring how national parks help protect the plants and animals that live there. As part of our science unit, we learned about the important work done by Parks Canada and how parks are carefully managed to keep ecosystems healthy. One of the big ideas we explored was the “trickle effect.” Students learned that even small human actions can have a much bigger impact over time. For example, something that seems simple like leaving food behind, littering, or walking off the trail, can start a chain reaction in nature. Animals may begin relying on human food instead of finding their own, plants can be damaged when people wander off paths, and litter can harm wildlife. What starts as one small action can trickle outward and create many problems for the living things that depend on the park. To show their understanding, students became environmental journalists with a creative twist. Each student selected a human action that can harm a park and wrote a ne...
This week our class had an exciting experience working with Trickster Theatre . Through their unique theatre process, we helped create a performance based on the theme “A Journey Across Canada.” Each class explored a different part of the country, and our class travelled to the province of Quebec . Our story focused on the famous winter celebration called Carnaval de Québec , one of the largest winter festivals in the world. The Trickster artists guided us through a fun acting process. We began by creating movement patterns together as actors . After that, we built a story and added dialogue to bring our ideas to life. One of the most creative parts of the experience was using everyday objects as theatre props . Instead of traditional stage props, we used folding tables and transformed them through movement and imagination. The tables became maple trees for maple syrup tapping, stands for ice sculpting, snowy hills for skiing, and more activities you might see during Carnaval . By f...