Forest Forts- Sarah Hadfield & Kathryn Mackenzie

Forest Forts- Sarah Hadfield & Kathryn Mackenzie

Creating forts from scratch strengthens science, tech, engineering, art and math skills (STEAM) and provides built in problem solving. Learn about our school’s practices for forest time and fort building summer and winter. Spend time in the forest re-discovering how fun forts can be!

Workshop Time: Saturday Morning

Group that this workshop is most suitable for: All ages

Presenter Bios:

Kathryn MacKenzie has a BEd. and is a Vocational teacher in Horticulture/Landscaping. She currently teaches at Brant-Argyle school. Prior to this she worked as the Farm Education Coordinator at Fort Whyte Farms, taught in Leaf Rapids, ran her own market garden, facilitated workshops for the Northern Healthly Food Initative and for six years was the community gardens Coordinator for the Spence Neighbourhood. While growing up on the side of a mountain she built a lot of forest forts.

 

Sarah Hadfield is the teaching principal at a 101-year-old little school on the prairie: Brant-Argyle School. She is dedicated to creating warm and nurturing spaces in the school setting, outdoor education, and inquiry-based, multi-level learning. Sarah was introduced to the Nature Summit community in 2014 when she lead a workshop on patterns/art in nature and has been inspired-by and in-love with them ever since.