Earth Week in the Junior School
In the Junior School, Earth Week has been front and centre. It is an opportunity for students and the community to be reminded of the importance of our connection to the natural environment. Throughout the year the Grade 5 Green Team is the leader when it comes to environmental stewardship in the Junior School. Earth Week is their time to shine.
Members of the Green Team have taken on a variety of initiatives that all of the students have been participating in from JK-Grade 6. This week students have been tracking their daily energy use in the classrooms, participating in a food waste competition, spending a little extra time outside to appreciate the amazing natural spaces we have, and participating in a campus clean-up competition for house points. We were all reminded that we don’t need to be perfect, but we all need to make an effort to do our part. Make every day, Earth Day!
In all of the Outdoor Education classes, students have been focussing on the monthly character trait of conservation. This week the students have been creating “seed bombs”. Our campus is a great space for honey bees, which do an essential ecosystem service for plant biodiversity and the quality of fruit and vegetable production. The seed bombs we have created are full of a variety of wildflower seeds which will provide the food for our pollinators to thrive. The students got their hands right into it as they created and launched their “seed bombs” throughout our back 40 in their O.E. classes.
Happy Earth Week CDS!
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
Junior, Middle and Senior Schools
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
