To the Woods and Back Again

Our Maple Sugaring field trip to Shelburne Farms on Monday of last week was picture perfect.  It was the kind of crisp and sunny early spring day that sugar makers hope for!  I will let the pictures speak for themselves- they show us tapping a tree, understanding how much sap it takes to make 1 gallon of syrup (40 gallons if you didn't know), learning about the evaporator, and re-enacting the whole process through dramatic play.

From the timeless and fairly low tech, to the very present day world of coding... we spent our tech time this week experimenting with using the bee bots to draw and write!  Some pairs of students even wrote codes that directed their bee bots to write a letter!

Friday morning's all school meeting was one of those very "Orchard School" times when everyone present can feel the strength of our school community.  We had a great time playing a cooperative game of pass-the-hoop with our big buddies.