School and Group Activities
LEADERBOARDS
We’ve had great fun with a little friendly competition from Landmark reports during 2020 to 2023. Participants received points for their seasonal Landmark efforts, while sharing their ideas with others.
Check out our Leaderboard Archives and scroll further down to see the many excellent reports received from each age group. There are some great ideas to try with your group!
Early Years (birth to 5 years)
Kids Helping Others
Landmark 26 (Volunteering)
Before Pathways is completed I wanted to share the ways we have been working towards this Landmark in our program! Little people can make a big impact! When I reflect back on the ways these friends already bring joy and make Peterborough a better place-teaching checkers to newcomers, delivering bikes to kids who need them, visiting our elderly over zoom and in person, growing food and plants to share, and cleaning up our road-I am filled with hope for a better tomorrow.
Babbling Brook Daycare – June 30, 2023
Planting Veggies
Landmark 5 (Garden or care for an animal)
We went over to our community garden plot and planted the pea and cucumbers we started from seed in our classroom. First we weeded the area and then the children took turns planting the seedlings and watering them afterwards. Then we added the weeds to the compost and added some cages over the plants to help the plants grow up. We were all surprised how fast the seeds grew compared to waiting for our sunflowers. I wonder when we will get to harvest these yummy vegetables?
Peterborough Daycare – June 28, 2023
Muddy Bliss
Landmark 3 (Exercise the senses)
International Mud Day had our whole program out playing in the mud! This day celebrates the importance of connecting children to the earth and soil, while enjoying the mess and play outdoors. We set up multiple stations for the children to explore including dinosaur bone digging, pigs in mud, boats and puddles, search and find sensory bins, brick laying construction and mud kitchen pie making!
Peterborough Daycare – June 29, 2023
Middle Years (6 to 9 years)
Summer Joy
Landmark 3 (Exercise senses daily)
Today, we hit a few more landmarks before Pathways wrap up ???? Splashing through the soggy grass beneath the rainbow, the friends take turns running back and forth in perfect harmony. Our feet stay bare and happy as we venture into our garden to taste cilantro. Our garden is a sensory adventure! The smells invite us to be grateful for this land.
The friends have been particularly interested in pollinators, which isn’t at all surprising. These friends understand the importance of a healthy ecosystem and experience the wonder of watching buzzing busy work in our meadow of viper’s bugloss, campion, clovers, daisies, daisy fleabane…It has become part of our routine to walk, run, and watch the perimeter of our pollinator hill each day. Our business of preserving pollinators is not too serious to keep us from having a delightfully inventive music time!
Babbling Brook Daycare – July 5, 2023
Inching Along
Landmark 12 (Nearby plants and animals)
We found a little inch worm in our yard! We watched the strange way he walked, and wondered why the inchworm might have adapted that way!
Strath Maclean Child Care Centre – Junior After school – June 22, 2023
Cool and Muddy
Landmark 11 (Celebrate seasons)
We made the most of the PA Day falling on International Mud Day and had a blast!! Strath Maclean Child Care Centre – Junior After school – June 29, 2023
Intermediate (10-13 years)
Outdoor Fun for Everyone!
Landmark 14 (Five new outdoor activities)
The whole school participated in an outdoor play day. The grade 6 students were given the opportunity to be leaders and the grade 5 students led the activities and games. Each team was made up of various students from each grade which allowed some of of students to get to know other students in our building. One of the stations included a talk and meet and greet of some reptiles. Students learned all about the proper care of these reptiles and had an opportunity to ask questions and interact with them.
rfdowneylgk – June 27, 2023
Practicing Ultimate Frisbee
Landmark 17 (Three New Outdoor Skills)
Last week, our Junior and Intermediate students participated in an Ultimate Frisbee Clinic. We have been hard at work practicing all of our new skills this week!
Highland Heights Gr 5 – June 15, 2023
Helping Plant Friends Grow and Flourish
Landmark 20 (Plan and Conduct a Project)
We worked with ORCA to plant 75 native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers in our school garden. We worked very hard on this project and learned a lot about bird-friendly species and pollinators. We affectionately named our plants and look forward to watch forward to watching Fred, Bob, Francis, Butterweed, Bruce Jr Jr, Honey Hoya the Fourth, and all of their plant friends grow and flourish in our school gardens.
Highland Heights Gr 5 – June 13, 2023
Senior (14 to 17 years)
Repairing Nature
Landmark 28 (Help Something Damaged)
We enhanced the riparian buffer along a watercourse.
Gr. 11 Environmental Science Class – 10/25/2022
Supporting Biodiversity
Landmark 19 (Explore Biodiversity)
As part of our Environmental Science classes, we asked ORCA staff to help rehabilitate parks (planting) and learn about the importance of biodiversity, plant identification, the importance of soil health, and stream assessment techniques related to supporting biodiversity.
Holy Cross CSS – October 6, 2022
Rehabilitate Ecosystem
Landmark 22 (Citizen Science)
Tree planting in a gravel pit to rehabilitate the ecosystem. Students planted a variety of tree species and learned about the importance of biodiversity and tree-planting techniques. (SEED SHSM students)
Holy Cross CSS – November 10, 2022