Pinewood Derby: We’re excited to announce our first annual Pinewood Derby (wooden car race event). With the help of an adult, students build unpowered, unmanned miniature cars from kits containing a block of pinewood, plastic wheels, and metal axles.
The Pinewood Derby helps students ● strengthen relationships with parents/guardians as they collaborate on designing and building their car ● explore and develop various curricular competencies in STEAM
● develop various core competencies such as creative, critical and reflective thinking
The Pinewood Derby will be held on Wed., April 24th, from 3:15-5 pm in the DLS gym and all students from grades K-12 are invited to participate. Parents are welcome to come cheer on the racers.
Deer Lake School & The David Suzuki Butterflyway - Climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss have affected the insect population dramatically worldwide. Studies show a decline of 75% in the last 25 years. Insects are one of the key elements of every food web including our own.
This year our DLS Green Team is undertaking the goal of planting a garden specifically with the needs of our pollinators in mind. Using native plants and leaving sheltering elements in place, we will be building a pollinator paradise along our fence on Gilpin Street. Our goal is to inspire 12 additional pollinator gardens in our local Burnaby community through the David Suzuki Butterflyway Project. Insects often have a short flight range and creating resting and refueling spots within our local urban landscape will allow them to access a greater range of food sources. Every effort we make to maintain our world's beautiful biodiversity adds up.
Thank you for your support. It makes a difference.
Dear Neighbours & Friends of Deer Lake School
Would you consider joining us in the Butterflyway Project? We'd love to talk to you about the project and share our time and resources with you, to help add more pollinator gardens in our local Burnaby community! Please contact our school's gardening teacher, Mrs. Gagnier, at hgagnier@deerlakeschool.ca if you'd like to chat.