Class Field Trip to the Greenview Aviaries

One of the things I love about our new school is all the extracurricular activities that it offers.  Its not the standard cookie cutter school that we've grown accustomed to.  As a private school they have to ability to offer so much more!  The lower elementary students take swim lessons, cross country, and track and field, just to name a few of the fun activities.  Last month our school held the Terri Fox run to support cancer research.  The whole school, kinder thru 8th (along with a lot of volunteers), ran/walked roughly 2 miles on a nearby nature trail.  The kids loved it.  They encourage each other along way, the big kids helped the little kids, and they all had a clear understanding of why we were doing it.  Last Friday again the whole school took the the afternoon for kite flying!  They broke into teams with representatives from each grade and built a team kite!  It was a great lesson in teamwork!

Another fun perk is class field trips.  In our public school in Texas, we were only allowed one field trip per year.  Here, we have one field trip per term!  So, three trips a year!  And we didn't have to wait long!  Our first class field trip came within the first month of the new school year.  We visited Greenview Aviaries and Zoo.  In their current science unit the kids were required to chose one bird to write an animal report about.  The field trip allowed for the opportunity to further their research.  The kids really enjoyed exploring the grounds.  While the park had the normal lions, tigers, bears, zebras, and monkeys, it also had some more usually animals like timber wolves, buffalo, albino raccoons, and lots of birds!

After exploring all the animals, we had a picnic lunch and then spent the rest of the afternoon on the massive play area.  The kids enjoyed zip line races, the spider climb, and an array of different swings!  All around it was a really fun day and we can't wait to see what our field trip will be!