Creating joyful and engaging opportunities for our school community to connect with Nuu-chah-nulth culture to create deeper understanding.
To create trauma-sensitive, engaging learning environments that fostered safety, connection, and increased student participation.
With engagement in mind, we are hoping to create more opportunities for authentic audiences within our Humanities 8 classrooms.
Eliminating Kinder Surprises with Early Connections!
To create a Nature & Culture Club that fosters a connection to nature and promotes cultural awareness by engaging students in nature walks, drumming, and singing Nuu-chah-nulth songs to build appreciation for Indigenous culture and environmental stewardship.
How can we support our students in transferring their knowledge, learning and skills to make connections, creatively solve problems and use critical thinking in the classroom, particularly in numeracy?
Harmony in Nature: Exploring Nuu-chah-nulth perspectives on nature through songwriting, integrating cultural appreciation, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.
How can collaborative learning opportunities enhance student engagement in the Grade 8 Humanities classroom?
Building engagement using numeracy-based games to consolidate competency and curricular expectations
To assist students in discovering flexible learning spaces within the school and to create optimal environments conducive to their learning
Focus: Using math bags and buddy classes to increase number sense and numeration skills.
Focus: To create authentic learning experiences, based in place and linked to the curriculum in as many ways as possible.
Focus: To improve students’ sense of belonging by “leveling the playing field” with experiences provided to all students.
Focus: We wanted to see if talking circle was an effective strategy to increase psychological safety in the classroom, so that students could more easily engage in learning.