Susa Creek School
P.O. Box 150 T0E 0Y0 Grande Cache, AB, Canada

Making her own ice cream!

NSD students participated in a Science Week event sponsored by TELUS World of Science - Edmonton. A number of NSD students experienced an exclusive event pre...sented by the Telus World of Science Edmonton team in January. The theme for the virtual learning experience is All About Winter. During this exclusive event, NSD students participated in 30-40-minute sessions/demonstrations by the Science in Motion staff. The team provided explanations of daily learning challenges for the students. The challenges included building a lean-to, constructing cardboard snowshoes, learning how to make a snow volcano, and spruce gum tea, just to name a few. Parks Canada also participated by having a guest speaker for the students, explaining winter survival. Winter survival topics included building a shelter and a fire, finding water and food, and ice safety. NSD has been exploring ways to improve the way we engage and teach science to students, said Dr. Nancy Spencer-Poitras, Superintendent of Schools. With help from friends, we have developed a new and meaningful relationship with the Telus World of Science - Edmonton. Telus World of Science - Edmonton has developed teacher professional learning opportunities designed for NSD teachers. These opportunities will enable teachers to nurture a love of science for students. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I want to thank the Telus World of Science - Edmonton for organizing this exciting learning experience for our students, said Robin Guild, Board Chair. The knowledge from the science centre staff is not only a benefit to our teachers, it helps our students understand and enjoy science. Meaningful relationships are critical to supporting student success. The Board is pleased to see NSD and the Telus World of Science - Edmonton working together. Over 400 NSD students participated in the Science Week event via Zoom Webinar (video conferencing) https://www.nsd61.ca//nsd-students-participated-in-a-scien.

**Inclement Weather Communication** Attention students, parents, guardians, and community members: When the weather out there is frightful, we have a process for that.... You can also refer to the following administrative procedures we have in place: - Administrative Procedure 132 - Emergency School Closure Due to Inclement Weather https://docs.google.com//1Hiwdte3Ybep7WRjHTDH5m39GPsE/edit - Administrative Procedure 563 - Transportation in Cold and Inclement Weather https://docs.google.com//1xgRMVJAdzy4NcizmQtQISmwo21p/edit

The Upper Grade class in Susa Creek have been busy this week participating in the Telus World of Science week. They have harvested spruce gum, made medicinal tea,made snow volcanoes and icicles, and made animal tracks by carving potatoes! Stay tuned to view more experiments, later this week!

Taste testing Spruce Gum tea!