Saplings Nature School: A Detailed Report with Information, Reviews, and Insights

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Grades
Preschool — Gr. 5
Gender
Coed
Class Size
Varies
Tuition
$6,100/year
Language of instruction
English
Associations
AMS, FISA, ISABC
Enrolment
40 day students
Curriculum
Progressive & Reggio Emilia
EBROCHURE
N/A

Next open house
N/A
Application Deadline
N/A

School address

1390 West 22nd Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7P 2G4 (MAP)

Busing not available

Our Perspective

How we see Saplings Nature School

School's Perspective

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How Saplings Nature School sees itself

The school administration answered our questions

Who are you, as a school?

"Saplings Nature School teaches students to connect deeply to place, to be active citizens, and to engage critically in the world around them. Learning in, with, and from nature benefits a student's motivation, mental health, and engagement. Based on the belief that nature is a powerful teacher, Saplings’ students become intimately tied to the natural environment responding to an ever-changing outdoor classroom. Students deepen their relationship with nature, themselves, one another, their community, and the world."

Spending time learning outside with hands-on experiences enhances student engagement.
Meeting students where they are at and growing from there is a fundamental philosophy.
Creating respectful relationships with oneself, others, and nature is key to a healthy future.
Paying attention to one's social and emotional needs builds important skills, attitudes & abilities.
Creating thoughtful connections to student interests opens doors to further exploration.
We encourage our learners to delve deeply into diverse topics through developing research skills.
We offer project-based inquiry as well as skill- and knowledge-building seminar sessions.
We aim to be learner-centered, flexible, and focused on key subject areas of the BC curriculum.
We encompass personalized and place-based learning focused on core competencies.
Saplings respects, reflects, and appreciates diversity in our classroom .

What do you do differently and uniquely well?

"By supporting our students’ fundamental need to explore, discover, share, and create in both the indoor classroom as well as in the broader, natural community that surrounds us, Saplings’ students learn to take important risks, develop empathy, and develop a rich and meaningful relationship with the earth. By fostering an intimate daily relationship with the natural world, suffused with observations and questions, our classrooms are saturated with emergent moments of inquiry, sensory entanglements, spontaneous learning opportunities, provocative conversations, and meaningful connections. These connections to self, others, and place foster students’ lifelong understanding of the need for sustainable practices, and our responsibilities related to the earth’s preservation. We aim to ensure that every student, as is their right, will experience the natural world as part of their education now and into the future."

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