Monday, January 26, 2015

Our First Galiano Adventure

This Wednesday (Jan. 28th) is our first Galiano OIMY date! Here is the schedule of events:

7:30am depart Ganges
8:15am depart Pender
8:45am depart Mayne
8:55am arrive Galiano and walk up to the school

9:20am Opening circle: announcements, review schedule for the day
9:30am POD group adventures led by our Galiano students
10:30am Recess
10:45am Science activities: Grade 6s with Melissa, Grade 7s with Liis Graham, and Grade 8s with Michelle.
12:05pm Lunch
12:45pm Exploratories: Cooking with local chef Lisa, Geocaching with local expert Tania, Ultimate with Jess and Michelle, Art Adventures with Liis, or Photography with Melissa.
2:15pm Closing Circle: review day, info about our next session on Pender
2:30pm Walk down to catch the water taxi at 2:50pm

Arrive Mayne 3:00pm
Arrive Pender 3:35pm
Arrive Ganges 4:10pm

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

OIMY Dates and Places for Term 2 and 3

Here are our upcoming dates and island locations for our OIMY program:

Jan. 28th on Galiano 
Feb. 11th on Pender
March 5th on Mayne
April 23 on Galiano

These sessions will be one full day on each island and will start with activities lead by our OIMY host students, then an academic block focused on science (and part of your science program for these two terms), followed by an exploratory block (your choice) and then a closing activity. 

Next are our overnight adventures:

May 13-14 on Salt Spring Island
June 18-19 on Pender

These will follow a similar schedule as our one day adventure (pods, academic and exploratory blocks), but will also include games and activities similar to our last gathering on Saturna. Also, our Salt Spring adventure will include an orientation session at GISS for our grade 8 students. 

Transportation times to follow in the next blog post. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact your teacher or principal.