Vancouver Courier article about Pear Tree’s Summer Camps

Pear Tree’s Summer Camps discussed in today’s Vancouver Courier In today’s issue (May 27th) of the Vancouver Courier, Pear Tree Education make an appearance on pages A16-A17 as part of the newspaper’s Summer Camp-o-Rama article. Journalist, Shannon Lynch, was interested to know more about the benefits of kids attending Pear Tree’s summer camps, considering that…

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Pear Tree Summer Camps Mentioned on Global TV

Pear Tree Summer Camps Mentioned on Global TV Early this morning, Christine Pilkington from Vancouvermom.ca went on Global TV to announce the release of their Top 100 summer camps, as well as their featured summer camps. As part of the interview, Pear Tree’s summer camps were mentioned. Christine highlights that Pear Tree has opened two…

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Thank you Pear Tree summer camp students!

We would like to thank students, parents, and teachers for making Pear Tree’s first summer camp such an amazing one! It was incredible not only how many but also how lovely you all are! We felt great pride in offering Pear Tree courses to each and every one of you. In turn, we were treated…

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Week 6: Animation Movie Studio

The last week of Pear Tree’s summer camps included the Animation Movie Studio course. Working with a variety of materials including coloured card, clay, and Lego, the students made a different mini slowmation video every day of the week. At the end of the week, the students took home a CD with a copy of…

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Week 5: Kids Can Cook!

And boy, can these kids ever cook! Our ten young chefs, aged 4-7, cooked over 10 snacks and meals this week. Led by “Chef Lindsey”, the students learned about creating balanced meals, the food groups, and even how sugar can impact their bodies. They learned about dicing, chopping, using equipment safely, the differences between fresh…

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Week 5: Young Detectives

These young detectives had a fantastic week learning about fingerprints, footprints, working with Facial Composite Software, solving mystery powder challenges by using acid/base indicators, and even extracting DNA from a banana! Each day, Detective Simran introduced her students to a different concept used by real forensic scientists, and students applied a variety of skills and…

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Week 4: Graphic Novels Galore

We’ve been reading, writing and inferring up a storm this past week in the “Making Graphic Novels” course! Graphic novels are a big hit with kids these days, and from an educator’s perspective, they are a really important learning resource for developing important skills for the 21st century. Not only do students need to read…

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Week 3: The Go Green Eco Team hits the streets of Kitsilano

Just like the Lorax, the students at Pear Tree “…speak for the trees!” While most students at Pear Tree are already environmentally conscious, the students in the Go Green Eco Team summer camp learned even more about how to make a positive impact on the environment! In addition to making eco-friendly soap, planting a terrarium,…

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Week 4: Super Scientists continued

After the Flubber experiment, the Pear Tree students also made bouncy balls and inflating balloons. Much of Super Scientists is about kids gaining a deeper understanding of different properties of matter. People often assume that there are only three types of matter: liquids, solids, gases. However, there are also polymers! Pear Tree’s young scientists also…

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Week 4: Super Scientists

Super Scientists kicks off the week with Flubber! What a fantastic start to our Super Scientist course! After learning about the properties of solids, liquids and gases, the young scientists learned that some things can have the properties of both a solid and a liquid. And what a better way to discover this than by…

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