ALERT: Delays sending the start of Year forms to parents/guardians from Permission Click are being experienced. Approx 60% of families have received the forms as of this morning. Additionally, anyone who received the forms may have issues when trying to access or complete them.

Over 85% of folks signing up for #TakeMeOutsideDay opt into the Learning Challenge. Why? Because it's fun, accessible, & a great way to keep yearlong momentum for #OutdoorLearning! + There are amazing prizes, like a 4-day trip to Banff! Register by Nov 3rd takemeoutside.ca/take-me-outsid…

Thanks TDSB EcoSchools for another great launch filled with insight, ideas and most importantly, hope for our climate future! And to Ontario Science Centre for hosting us in your amazing space that brought back so many great memories 💚

Another amazing #TakeMeOutsideDay and week with the junior classes at Brown Public School! Every year, I am blown away by the creativity and imagination in the students’ nature and #andygoldsworthy inspired land art 😍

Took us a bit of time to get started but what better way to kick start this year’s Eco Team than with adding last year’s platinum sticker to the TDSB EcoSchools board??

Very excited to be heading back to Banff for year 2 of the Outdoor Learning Conference! 😊

On November 8th, we honour #NationalIndigenousVeteransDay! Download "Spirit Bear: Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams" for free on our website to learn more about First Nations, Metis, and Inuit veterans with Spirit Bear. 📚 fncaringsociety.com/publications/s…

A brief glimpse at session 1 of GenAction | GénérationAction with Ontario Science Centre and TDSB EcoSchools How can classroom-based climate action learning be identity-affirming?

Spirit Bear launches his NEW channel, Spirit Bear TV, on Nov. 20, in honour of #worldchildrensday. All films will be available to watch for FREE, anytime! View trailers & learn more: fncaringsociety.com/spirit-bear/fi… Amanda Strong UNICEF CTF/FCE Elementary Educators

#DYK the Ontario Greenbelt offsets 71 million tonnes of carbon each year? 🌿 Explore the #GreenbeltBiodiversity action for a wealth of resources, plus funding opportunities for schools in the Greenbelt region. 🔗ecoschools.ca/greenbelt-biod… Greenbelt Foundation

Junior students spent the morning discussing how different beings prepare for winter (humans, insects, animals, plants…) and then helped prepare our flower beds for colder months ahead! 😴 Brown Public School #NotAllClassroomsHaveFourWalls

Gr4-6 STEM classes are using what they’ve learned about block-based coding and Conditionals to creating board games that integrate Micro:bit Educational Foundation into gameplay! Brown Public School

🌴🌳🌲When we plant the right trees in the right places, we support a cooler, greener and healthier future. 🌆 As populations grow in cities, urban trees provide many environmental and social benefits, including mitigating #ClimateChange and increasing #biodiversity. Via @fao

Hey city teachers! Let’s hang out and talk about teaching outdoor environmental ed if your school is in a concrete jungle 😊💚

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 Today, we hope you take some time outside to learn, play, explore, reflect, or rest. Here are just a small handful of the many benefits found after being immersed in the outdoors. What's your favourite side effect of stepping beyond four walls?

May is #GetOutsideMonth in the Toronto District School Board! The TOES staff have worked together to highlight 22 picture books to use as provocations to get outside all month. Working with Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement and TDSB Professional Library we are looking to amplify the black and indigenous characters and authors.

Annnnd we’re off! So excited to learn from so many amazing educators and so not at all nervous about my own presentation….

Thank you to the most amazing group of participants this newbie presenter could ask for!! You guys rock and I hope you’re able to take something useful away to use in your urban schools!! #OLconference24

Jr STEM students are starting the school year with the 100 numbers task by Sara VanDerWerf! There’s a lot of collaboration that happens in our learning space and effective communication is such an important skill to learn…plus, students had a blast!! Brown Public School

Kindergarten moment: Spider spotted in the yard today! It hung out with us for awhile before it decided to go back up into the tree. Are spiders scary or friendly?? 🕷️ Brown Public School