Students and teachers are walking in the school yard, in the community, Leacock Park or Nose Hill. We learn about the land and how it teaches us. The land is the best classroom and will allow for teaching for survival, sense of belonging to this land, and to be Stewards of the land.





MEANING OF THE SEASONS

North


Winter
deeper growth
beginning to find confidence
humility
new vision

East
Spring
Planting
birthing and budding 
sense of self
new ways of seeing
healing

South
Summer
Commitment
Fruitfulness
strength
balance
compassion
gratitude

West
Fall
gathering
letting go
truth about self
connecting in new ways
searching



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