In November 2005, students from Roberts Creek Elementary School became the first classes to participate in the Lagoon Society's innovative new Nature School Program. The Program offers a unique learning environment where on-site classroom sessions are reinforced by extended periods of time spent in the outdoors observing a diversity of habitats and plant and animal species and recording thoughts through art, poetry and prose.

Students from Nancy Benmore's Grade 2 class and Bev Craig's Grade 2/3 class, used their weeks at Nature School as a catalyst for a long-term study focusing on animal and plant life cycles, one of the B.C. curriculum science topics.

Back at school, students from both classes worked together to create a giant mural illustrating some of the many exciting things they had experienced during their weeks exploring the Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre and the Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve.

Two more classes from Davis Bay School and Ecole du Pacifique in Sechelt will participate next May. The Lagoon Society is pursuing further funding so that Nature School can expand in the following year. For more information contact Lee-Ann Ennis at 604-741-7639.

VIEW PHOTOS of Nancy Benmore's class at Nature School

VIEW PHOTOS of Bev Craig's class at Nature School

VIEW PHOTOS of the Nature School Mural

READ an article about Nature School

The Lagoon Society is very grateful to the generous contributions of the many private individuals, businesses, foundations, community groups, corporations, and government agencies that make up our many sponsors. We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia.

Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society RR#1 Site 20 C16 Madeira Park, BC, V0N 2H0 Phone/Fax: 604-883-9893 Email: info@lagoonsociety.com

Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre 15386 Sunshine Coast Highway 101 North (1KM south of Ruby Lake) Phone: 604-883-9201 Open Daily 10AM to 4PM