Bryce Biasutti (Bachelor of Arts in Sports, Health and Physical Education & History)
This semester my professional learning pod had to complete a community action plan (CAP) project as part of our final semester in our teaching program at Vancouver Island University. As a pod we worked together to decide what we could do within our community. After some thought and debate, we decided to build a heritage garden for a local elementary school. This garden was to contain Aboriginal plants, stepping-stones and a natural log friendship bench, adding a new section for students to visit during their breaks on their playground. After having to make many adaptive changes to these plans due to our time frame for completion, and with all of the meetings that had to be arranged, we were very satisfied with how the project turned out. We wanted to create a garden so that teachers could take their classes outside to learn not only about plants, but also about First Nations studies, the natural environment and about building friendships. As we were building the garden, students from the school were very thrilled to see that they were getting a new addition to their playground. This really showed me how many benefits could be gained from adding an outdoor education space to this school. These young children were keen to watch us build up the garden and kept asking us questions about why we were adding certain materials and what they were for. This goes to prove that an outdoor education in school can huge great interest among all students, as well as open a new learning environment for all to listen and learn.
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