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Charter SEED Days, formally known as "Ag Fun Days", are one thing that makes our school unique! SEED is an acronym for Seek, Explore, Experience and Discover. Throughout the school year there are afternoons scheduled where students work in multi-grade groups and rotate through 5 stations. Each SEED Day is based on a different agriculture and/or environmental theme. The stations are all hands-on and engaging for students to develop a deeper understanding of components of agriculture or the environment. Special guests and presenters often play an important role in these SEED Days as well. Students always get very excited to find out that a Charter SEED Day is coming up!
May 9- Spring Time and Ecosystems
The junior high students were away for this SEED Day. The Grade 6's stepped up and led the stations for the elementary kids. It was a mismatched focus this month but each station was beneficial in their own way!
Station 1: Recycle Relay- Students had to identify which category disposable items fit into. This was a great way to add movement to a very important concept!
Station 2: Bug Hotels- Students identified different bugs that live in our school yard. Collaboratively, students worked together to design a hotel for bugs using natural materials!
Station 3: Farm Mural- Art is such a positive way to showcase student's understanding of concepts. This was an open ended activity where students worked as a team to draw and create a farm mural on bulletin board paper.
Station 4: Seed Detective- This was a fun matching activity where students investigated an assortment of beans and seeds and tried to distinguish them based on a key.
Station 5: Literacy Station- Literacy is so important so it is always good to see new books be added to our library. For this SEED Day, students read stories about bees, different ecosystems, and even animal poetry!
March 28- First Nation, Metis, and Inuit
This month our focus was on First Nation, Metis and Inuit cultures.
Elementary Stations:
Station 1- Traditional Indigenous Games
Station 2- Music "Drumming"
Station 3- Faux Soapstone carvings
Station 4-Literacy "Grandmother's Dreamcatcher"
Station 5- Dreamcatcher guided drawing
The Grade 6-9's explored their inner art by creating pointillism paintings based off of Metis beadwork.
January 24th- Wellness
The theme of this SEED day relied heavily on "wellness". Students were to connect the idea that their wellness is very similar to animal wellness. Students reviewed basic needs and discussed the importance of staying healthy and active. Constable Jasper even participated in yoga! Way to go NHCS!
Elementary Stations
Station 1: Animal Husbandry Relay Race- Taking care of animal's needs (water, food, and veterinary care)
Station 2: Outdoor Wellness- 5,4,3,2,1 Senses Scavenger Hunt
Station 3: Yoga with Moana
Station 4: Using Plants as Medicine- Making Tea Bags
Station 5: Balance Meals- Learning about the different food groups and creating balanced meals
Grade 6-9
Animal Therapist Presentation (is postponed to February due to poor road conditions)
December 20th- Winter/Holidays
To wrap up 2024 all the teachers helped to plan an activity to host in their class. Here is what students and staff got up to on December's SEED Day!
Elementary Stations
Christmas Cards
Beaded Candy Canes
Reindeer Snacks
Homemade Playdoh
Grade 6-9
Christmas Arrangements
October 4th- Harvest/Pioneer Ways
On October 4th, students participated in the first SEED day of the year. With the growing student population, some changes have been made. This year, the kindergartens to grade 5 will be mixed into multi-levelled groups, while the grade 6's will join the junior high for more challenging and thought provoking activities. The focus of this SEED day was harvest with themes of traditional methods.
Elementary Stations
Station 1: Pioneer Games- Games from the Past
Station 2: Making butter and serving it with fresh homemade corn bread
Station 3: Crop Harvest in the Past with special guests from Leduc Grain Elevator
Station 4: STEM Potato Towers
Station 5: Literacy (Harvest books)
Junior High Activity- The Bean Game
Objective: Students will determine how much money to invest in their bean crop and then roll dice to determine what happens to their crop during the planting, growing, harvesting, and marketing phases. Will their farms make money this year?
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