The York Lake Regional Park asked a school in Yorkton to help them decorate their nature trail. Grade 5 students from the Dr. Brass School painted birdhouses that were placed on trees throughout the trail for people to look at. Diane Rusnak, one of the board members of the York Lake Regional Park, talked about how everything came about. “We got a nature trail that we are trying to reopen up, and we did apply for a grant through the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, and we received the grant to do improvement on the trail,” she said. “One of the things we thought we should do is implement some children in our projects. We purchased (22) birdhouses that Elgin Strocen had made.”
In addition to their ‘breakfast for lunch’, each student received a bag with activities, recipes, pencils, and gifts from Saskatchewan farmer groups. Farm & Food Care also coordinated a series of interactive online activities such as virtual farm tours and agriculture trivia contests for students to learn more about Saskatchewan food and farming. Dr. Brass instructor Susan Muir said she was grateful for the Breakfast from the Farm opportunity at her school. “Presently, I teach a Grade 4-5 classroom with a Growing Citizens Academy in the afternoon,” she told Yorkton This Week via email, adding “I have been a Little Green Thumbs teacher for the past five years.
On June 3, Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is leading a unique collaboration that will provide free meals to about 900 students and teachers in the province. The program is called ‘Breakfast . . .
How does your garden grow? That is the question students at Dr. Brass are learning the answer through as part of the ‘Growing Citizens’ program at Dr. Brass School in the city. Instructor . . .