East Kensington Outdoor Learning (EKOLogy)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Through daily outdoor learning experiences, children in the EKOLogy program develop a sense of wonder and gratitude in the beauty, diversity, and complexity of the world to become environmentally and socially responsible people with a passion for lifelong learning. Children in our EKOLogy program spend time each day learning outside the classroom.

Our outdoor learning program:

• provides outdoor experiences that integrate B.C.'s curriculum with children's innate wonderings and curiosity;
• allows teachers to facilitate emergent, experiential, inquiry-based, play-based, and place-based learning;
• allows teachers to help children to identify, co-manage and navigate risk. Opportunities to experience risk are seen as an integral part of learning and healthy development;
• aligns with the First Peoples Principles of Learning;
• develops students' core competencies. Experiential learning in the outdoors fosters children's competencies as creative and critical thinkers, effective communicators, and people who are personally, socially and environmentally aware;

EKOLogy Location:

East Kensington Elementary
2795 - 184 Street 
Phone: 604-541-1257

How to Register: 

1. Kindergarten Lottery: On-line applications open January 29, 2024, @ 9:00 am and close February 16, 2024, @ 4:00 pm
    Please read the How to Apply Online page.  
2. Grades 1-7: To register students in Grades 1-7, please contact the school

For the 2024-2025 school year, kindergarten registration is through the online Kindergarten Lottery.