Mission – Education rooted in nature to inspire in our students a deeper connection to the community around them.
Vision – Every child is given the opportunity to learn about their world through daily access to extended time in nature. Quality educators facilitate an emergent curriculum that reflects the needs of the whole child and meets the demands of the world in which we live.
How Does Learning Happen at Greenbelt Academy?
Our vision is that every child is given the opportunity to learn about their world through daily access to extended time in nature. Quality educators facilitate an emergent curriculum that reflects the needs of the whole child and meets the demands of the world in which we live.
At Greenbelt Academy we strive to meet our vision through hands-on experiential learning opportunities that follow the interests of the child, by allowing the curriculum to be fluid and built through observation and real life happenings. Teacher-led workshops and small group demonstrations are a mix of Ontario Curriculum and Forest School pedagogy which offer new skills and address the needs of the whole child and realities of their community. We incorporate opportunities for risky play while in the forest and onsite, and offer multiple unstructured play sessions throughout the day. Our pedagogy places importance on developing emotional intelligence and we incorporate these skills into our lesson plans and responsive interactions with students. Through nature immersion, children develop environmental literacy which encourages them to grow to be humans who are authentically connected to the world around them and are more likely to care for and advocate for the future of our planet and their communities. Through our program, your child will be prepared with a solid foundation to support them down whatever path their education takes them.
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Greenbelt Academy Open House!
Thursday, June 29 from 5pm to 7pm. With our indoor and outdoor classrooms open to explore, see how learning happens at Greenbelt Academy.
Happening In Grimsby
Join us at Grimsby's annual summer festival on June 17! Happening in Grimsby takes over Main Street with a vendors market, beverage and food gardens, live music and entertainment stage and fun for the whole family.
What We’re Reading: Rooted
In Award-winning writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected.
What We’re Listening To – 1000 Hours Outside
Every year we aim to match nature time with the average amount of American kid screen time (which is currently 1200 hours per year). Have a goal. Track your time outside. Take back childhood. Inspire others.
Community Day – Woodworking
April Community Day! We were thrilled to host the talented Ben from @hookandsaw. Ben engaged with our amazing children, sharing his passion for carpentry and woodworking.
What We’re Listening to: Disconnect: The Outdoor Education Podcast
Disconnect: The Outdoor Education Podcast explores the topics of what Outdoor Education is in the modern school setting, what it's role is, where it's headed and why it's more important now than ever.
