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Grade SixOutdoor Education Classroom

Presentation

For Ochre River School

History• Patterned after a program in Newfoundland• Partnership between the PWSD, Parks Canada

(RMNP), Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve and Friends of Riding Mountain National Park (and MVSD)

Park Art

Program Overview

• Fourth Year • No charge to the students • All meals, transportation and lodging are

covered by school division• Students only have to bring a sleeping bag,

change of clothes, outer wear and toiletries

All activities take place within the Riding Mountain Biosphere

ReserveWhich is a UNESCO World Heritage

Site

Student Bunk Cabins

Parent Volunteers are a Huge Asset to the Program

Assembly Area in front of Dining Hall

Path to Verse

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

Students Take Part in Experiential Learning Activities – Grade 6 Curricula

• Geocaching with GPS technology

• Water World – Invertebrate Identification

• Park Art• Escarpment Odyssey• First Nation Wisdom• Physical Education– Nutrition– Health and Fitness

• Path to Verse– Journal writing

• Survivor Kid– Cooperative Learning– Asset Development

• FIRE!• Predator Prey activity• Bison Study• Human Impact

Trust

Water World

Packing Lunch

We sometimes get a little dirty!

Mary-Anne ???

Bottom of The Gorge10,000 Years Old

Volcanic Evidence

On the Snout

How to handle Bear Encounters

Journal Entry

Student Cleaning Up Cabins