Earth Week Legacy Project

Hey families & friends,

Although Earth Week has been over for quite some time, Senior OSC made a point of creating a legacy to leave behind in honour of the special occasion. As a group, we were invited by West Richmond Community Centre to go over and help add some colour to the Hugh Boyd artificial turf area. Located around the perimeter of the field are several cement blocks plain in colour. It was our job to add a spark to the blocks and 'bring them to life'. The children paired up and were assign one side of the block to do whatever they'd like.

We got our creative juices flowing, our paint rollers at the ready and away...we...went....

The inspiration for the block
was drawn from a spectrum of different techniques including tape painting, abstract painting, splatter painting and even the 'X-men'.

Overall, the project was a great success and it was really awesome to be able to leave behind something the kids help create. Now every time they walk by the art block they can say "hey, I helped create that", and I personally think that's a really cool thing to be able to say!

 

Best Regards,

 

Matt

Taking Time to Hear From Tyler!

Hello everyone!!

I’ll start by introducing myself. My name is Tyler and I have been working at OSC since December. I just graduated Kwantlen University with a B.A in psychology and am looking forward to starting my practicum at UBC for elementary teaching in September.

With the wonderful weather we are having it seems more and more kids want to be outside. Many outdoor activities involve playing on the playground, kicking a soccer ball around, throwing a frisbee, or working on cartwheels. Recently the kids wanted me to play the game sandman. This game is like tag but you are not allowed on the playground until you tag someone. Once someone is tagged they give you a colour, which you are then able to go on. For example if someone gives you yellow and the monkey bars are yellow you are allowed to go one them. Once all the colours of the playground are given out then the next person who is tagged is ‘it’.

I look forward to many more fun activities outside with the kids for them to teach me.

Take care,

Tyler

Staff Retreat

Hello OSC Families!

What a beautiful weekend we have had!  

Lately, we have had many creative art activities, and a popular one from this week was Monica’s Beanie Buddies! Each child was able to design and create their own beanie using felt, cotton stuffing, googley eyes, and glitter. With Monica’s help, the beanies were formed and sealed with a hot glue gun. Many of the kids chose to create their own doughnuts, and I must say, they looked very delicious!

 

    

"A tasty chocolate doughnut with

vanilla glaze and sprinkles"!

This past weekend the OSC Staff travelled to beautiful Loon Lake for staff development and training. We were very lucky to have such fantastic weather, which only added to the incredibly positive experience. The development sessions we participated in have gotten us all very excited for summer!

 

 

Upon our arrival on Friday, we began our West Richmond specific training, and on Saturday we completed joint training with Cambie, South Arm, and Hamilton. After wrapping up Saturday’s training, we headed onto the lake for some canoeing!

 

Over the two days, we engaged in many fruitful discussions about how to create the best experiences possible during OSC and Summer Camps. We are all very excited to develop and expand upon our new ideas for programming in the future months!

 

 

We missed seeing you all on Friday, though we are very excited to share our new ideas from here on out!

 Cheers,

Tatiana