Did you see Google's home page today? Check it out. Here's a link to Google's latest 'Doodle'. An inspiring Earth Day message from Dr. Jane Goodall.
April 22, 2018
Earth Day Google Doodle
Did you see Google's home page today? Check it out. Here's a link to Google's latest 'Doodle'. An inspiring Earth Day message from Dr. Jane Goodall.
April 19, 2018
Don't Throw Them Out!
If you're like me, you
have some worn out pants, or some socks with holes, or some t-shirts with stains, or some bath towels that just aren't soft anymore.
And you're thinking... "What can I do with all these textiles?" Well, one thing's for sure... DON'T THROW THEM OUT! They don't belong in a landfill.
Instead, save them and drop them off at school. You see, on Wednesday, May 9, we will be hosting a Bag2School event at Jackman. Bag2School is an organization working divert textiles from the landfill. They've got lots of ways to reuse and recycle textiles.
It's just one more way, our community can commit to reducing waste. We hope everyone will participate.
Please note: This is a one day only event! Mark your calendars. Wednesday, May 9. Drop off your bags of clothes and textiles in front of the school between 8am and 10am on Wednesday, May 9.
And you're thinking... "What can I do with all these textiles?" Well, one thing's for sure... DON'T THROW THEM OUT! They don't belong in a landfill.
Instead, save them and drop them off at school. You see, on Wednesday, May 9, we will be hosting a Bag2School event at Jackman. Bag2School is an organization working divert textiles from the landfill. They've got lots of ways to reuse and recycle textiles.
It's just one more way, our community can commit to reducing waste. We hope everyone will participate.
Please note: This is a one day only event! Mark your calendars. Wednesday, May 9. Drop off your bags of clothes and textiles in front of the school between 8am and 10am on Wednesday, May 9.
April 10, 2018
Pollinator Picnic
Did you hear? Jackman is celebrating Earth Day for a whole week. We've got something special planned for each day of the week. And on Thursday, we're hosting a Pollinator Picnic!
We recognize that bees have an important job. More than one-third of the world’s crops are maintained by bees and other pollinating insects. They play an important role in the foods we eat, the materials we use to make our textiles, and even some products essential for our everyday health.
We recognize that bees have an important job. More than one-third of the world’s crops are maintained by bees and other pollinating insects. They play an important role in the foods we eat, the materials we use to make our textiles, and even some products essential for our everyday health.
Sadly, bees are facing a growing crisis known as CCD, or Colony Collapse Disorder. CCD occurs when worker bees from a colony become disoriented and are unable to find their way back to their hives or worse, return poisoned and infect the rest of their hives. Pesticides known as neonicotinoids have been implicated as the probable root cause of CCD, and governments worldwide are working to ban these harmful products.
The good news is there lots we can do to help. We can lobby our governments to ensure they follow through on their promise to ban harmful pesticides. We can grow pollinator-friendly plants in our home and community gardens. And we can make wise consumer choices, choosing organic and responsibly farmed products whenever possible.
Earth Week is a great time to appreciate all of the abundance our amazing Earth has to offer. At Jackman, we try to do this every day through our actions and our advocacy. That’s because at Jackman, we believe that EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY!
April 08, 2018
Earth Week @ Jackman
EARTH DAY is on SUNDAY,
APRIL 22… but at JACKMAN we’ll be celebrating ALL WEEK LONG!!! Earth Week
is April 16 - 20, 2018
Kids can get ready for
EARTH DAY with these exciting lunchtime activities…
Monday - Let’s
create Earth Day drawings and messages with sidewalk chalk. We
will inspire our school and neighborhood to be more eco-friendly.
Tuesday - Plant
a seed, then take it home. You can watch it grow from a tiny
seed… into a young seedling… into a beautiful flower!
Wednesday - Meet
us in the schoolyard at lunch today and participate in some exciting Earth Day
games. It’s going to be a whole lot of fun!
Thursday - Bees
are Important for our gardens and farms. So, we’re hosting a
pollinator picnic. Come enjoy some fruit and veggie
snacks. Healthy and waste-free.
Friday - Make
your fridge happy with a new fridge magnet! Make an Earth Day fridge
magnet at lunch today. Inspire your family to ‘Make Every Day
Earth Day’.
It’s looking like another
amazing week at Jackman!
April 02, 2018
Maple Syrup
1 idea... "let's tap the maple trees at school"
4 years... yep... we've been doing this for 4 years
6 classes... learning about tapping and collecting sap
28 days... of collecting sap
34 litres... the most sap collected in one day
214 litres... the sap we collected last year
423 litres... total sap we collected this year
9 litres... maple syrup produced at Jackman
many eager kids checking the sap buckets daily
countless hours of boiling sap (thanks Darwin & Rolf)
hundreds of pancakes
hundreds of happy pancake eaters
Take a look at the pics...
March 25, 2018
Everyone Loves a Parade
At Jackman we know that everyone loves a parade. On Friday, we held our annual Earth Hour parade. Hundreds of kids parading around the neighbourhood in support of Earth Hour. Hundreds of kids committed to changing climate change. Here are some pics of the big event.
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