The Land School is currently housing 12 students from LCS (Lake Country School). I am one of them. My name is Delaney, I am in 8th grade at LCS and this is my second Farm Stay. What is currently going on up at the Land School? Great question. Well this weather is great for maple tapping!!!!
What is a normal day like at the farm? Well on a typical weekday, we start with Farm Chores and breakfast, and then we have Math. After Math we have Occupations and Community Work. Then my personal favorite part of the day is lunch. After lunch we transition into CE (Creative Expression)/PE (Physical Expression) or Microeconomy. Then we have chores and after that comes dinner. Last but not least is study hall and closing and then it is lights out and the next day begins before you know it!
Our Farm Stay is Farm Stay #3 and our focus is the Pancake Brunch (you should come - for more information see the Tuesday Memo). For the Pancake Brunch all of the students have come up with a Microeconomy project. For instance, I am making firestarters and bracelets (out of sheep wool) and with Alice I am making peppermint bark and hot cocoa. All of the students have been working really hard to put this together.
by Delaney
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday March 6th
Today is Sunday and it has started off great. This morning was a normal breakfast and day for the most part. Then later we went and did more maple sugaring in the woods across the road, where we walked in the woods until we found a suitable maple tree and started drilling. We would usually drill the holes on the south side of the tree because the sap on the south side of the tree would flow better now, whereas the sap would flow on the north side of the tree later in the season. Then after that it was mostly free time. All in all, it is turning out to be a good Farm Stay on my first year here.
By Sam
By Sam
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Maple Sugaring
by Emma
Yesterday was the first day of maple sugaring. Andy and all of us strapped on our snowshoes, got bags ready, and headed off to tap trees. Cold, and tripping over our own feet, we snow shoed to the nearest sugar bush. A sugar bush is a group of maples that produce sap used for making maple syrup. First, Andy gave us a demonstration on how to tap a maple tree. Drill the hole, clean it out, tap in a spile with a hammer, and leave the bag underneath to let the sap drip. Then, we went out, armed with a power drill and two man-powered drills and a bucket of spiles. We haven’t been back yet, but all hope that the trees will have yielded some sap.
Yesterday was the first day of maple sugaring. Andy and all of us strapped on our snowshoes, got bags ready, and headed off to tap trees. Cold, and tripping over our own feet, we snow shoed to the nearest sugar bush. A sugar bush is a group of maples that produce sap used for making maple syrup. First, Andy gave us a demonstration on how to tap a maple tree. Drill the hole, clean it out, tap in a spile with a hammer, and leave the bag underneath to let the sap drip. Then, we went out, armed with a power drill and two man-powered drills and a bucket of spiles. We haven’t been back yet, but all hope that the trees will have yielded some sap.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Photos from Farm Stay 3 Thursday and Friday
Photos by Sophia
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Making wind chimes for CE/PE
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| Into the woods |
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| Tapping the first tree of the year! |
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Tapping maple trees
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| Personal Pizzas ready for the oven |
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| Mmmmmm |
Thursday, March 3, 2011
I love The Tree House
I love the tree house.
I love it’s branches
I love it’s ropes and I am in awe with it’s endless beauty .
I love jumping on it’s ropes.
I love sitting in it’s tight spaces.
When I climb it I am happy and when I do not I am sad.
But where ever I go it comes with me.
And I always remember I love the climbing tree
by Jahlil
Archival photo by Catherine and Emma
I love it’s branches
I love it’s ropes and I am in awe with it’s endless beauty .
I love jumping on it’s ropes.
I love sitting in it’s tight spaces.
When I climb it I am happy and when I do not I am sad.
But where ever I go it comes with me.
And I always remember I love the climbing tree
by Jahlil
Archival photo by Catherine and Emma
The Winds of Change
by Andy
Our Farm Stay 3 students arrived yesterday around noon. As Donna welcomed them in the entryway, she tried to help them notice exactly what season we are in. This is the time of year when the weather can change on an hourly basis. Donna asked them to try to notice the winds. A warm south wind can come in and radically alter to entire feel of a day. The next day winter will assert itself with a chilling northwest wind. This time of transition is fun to notice.
Later in the day Doug did his first of three land-based science lessons. A part of Doug's curriculum is to notice phenology, which is the change in weather, plants, animals and human activity with the changes in the seasons. The students will keep a phenology journal and record every change that they observe.
We also had our first meeting with our mentor groups. Donna and I each took our groups out for a little hike and had lunch with them. We know that the changes that we will be seeing with the season are not the only changes that will be happening at the Land School during this Farm Stay. We fully expect that during the course of the Farm Stay each student will go through his or her own important changes and when we have our final mentor group meetings we will looking upon changed individuals.
Today we choose Occupation groups and have our first session of Creative and Physical Expression. Lunch is chili and cornbread and supper is build your own tacos. mmmm good.
Our Farm Stay 3 students arrived yesterday around noon. As Donna welcomed them in the entryway, she tried to help them notice exactly what season we are in. This is the time of year when the weather can change on an hourly basis. Donna asked them to try to notice the winds. A warm south wind can come in and radically alter to entire feel of a day. The next day winter will assert itself with a chilling northwest wind. This time of transition is fun to notice.
Later in the day Doug did his first of three land-based science lessons. A part of Doug's curriculum is to notice phenology, which is the change in weather, plants, animals and human activity with the changes in the seasons. The students will keep a phenology journal and record every change that they observe.
We also had our first meeting with our mentor groups. Donna and I each took our groups out for a little hike and had lunch with them. We know that the changes that we will be seeing with the season are not the only changes that will be happening at the Land School during this Farm Stay. We fully expect that during the course of the Farm Stay each student will go through his or her own important changes and when we have our final mentor group meetings we will looking upon changed individuals.
Today we choose Occupation groups and have our first session of Creative and Physical Expression. Lunch is chili and cornbread and supper is build your own tacos. mmmm good.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Welcome to Farm Stay 3!!!!
Hello Farm Stay Three families and friends. Today is the big day! We are super excited to welcome the gang out today.
Remember to check here daily for updates and photos.
Thanks.
Remember to check here daily for updates and photos.
Thanks.
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