City Walk / Central Library visit

We had a great day of learning downtown today! We spent the morning at the Central Library - learning about Calgary's story and the artifacts there that contribute to the telling of it. We explored items in the library that contribute to Indigenous Placemaking within the space. This will be a topic that we will continue to learn about in social studies in coming months.

After a fun morning at the library, we headed to East Village to investigate the relationship between natural and man-made systems, and to see what evidence of waste we could find. We surprisingly didn't find as much waste as expected - which was impressive! There were a few unexpected items, however, like a shoe, shopping cart, and lots of animal waste (dog, duck, goose). We have made some comparisons to the same investigation that we had done in Fish Creek Park and have talked about how these places have different purposes and balance of man-made/nature.

Thank you to all of the volunteers that joined us today! The ability to explore in small groups made the day so much more valuable.

Reminders:
- Seeking volunteers for Aggie Days on April 1st. Small groups will help make the day successful and safe.
- Please email me if you are able to join us on any of the upcoming trips I had sent out by email last week.
- Student Learning Conversations (conferences) are to be held next week - Thursday and Friday. Please sign up for a 15 block online. We will run these as sit down meetings, incorporating some goal sharing with your child. We encourage you to come together and will have a portfolio of student work put out in the hallway for students to share with their families, before or after your scheduled meeting time.