Dear Parents,
At the beginning of the school year, in the welcome
package you received, was a letter regarding trips within walking distance of
Royal Oak School. I have attached part of that notice to the bottom of
this email. Ms. MacDonald’s and Ms. Cook’s Grade 2 classes will be taking
a walk to the wetlands on Tuesday, May 21 from 1:00 – 2:00 looking for signs of
a healthy wetland community. As a part
of this study we will be completing some water testing with the students.
Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any concerns regarding
this walk. To support this walk we require two parent volunteers per
class. Please use the following link to
sign up if you are available to help with this exciting learning
opportunity.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044CAFAB28A2FA7-wetlands
Sincerely,
Kim Cook
Amanda MacDonald
Trips within walking distance
The CBE values the educational benefit
of off-site activities and we want to ensure students have opportunities to go
out into the community around their school with their teachers to complement
their classroom learning. To allow this to happen more easily, we have
simplified our process for trips that are within walking distance of the
school. This change does not include restricted activities such as
swimming.
As parents, you will no longer need to
fill out a consent form for your child to go on a class trip that is walking
distance from the school, e.g. to a local park. Instead, your school will send
a letter outlining local sites and what potential risks may be at the start of
each school year.
Teachers will let you know when they
plan to include a trip to a local site. We believe that this change will allow
teachers to more easily take advantage of places close to the school.
Potential
Risks of trips within walking distance from school:
Slips,
Trips, Falls
Getting
Lost or Separated from the Group
Pre-existing
medical conditions
