LFS350/Projects/2021-Term2/NorquayElementary

Project Title

Norquay Teachers Recipe Guide

Organization Name

Norquay Elementary School

Related Course Concepts

Food justice, Food security, Cultural identities, Indigenous food sovereignty

Organization Information

Organization Name

Norquay Elementary School

Mission and Vision of Organization

John Norquay Elementary School seeks to enable students to become lifelong learners and valuable citizens in a learning environment supported by teachers and parents.

Guiding Principles + Values

All students have the right to education in schools. it is our job to ensure to teach the whole child, socially, emotionally and academically.

Contact Information

• Primary Contact Person(s): Ivy
• Email: [[1]]
• Phone: 6047134666  
• Address:  4710 Slocan Street
• Website:   norquay.vsb.bc.ca

Preferred Method of Contact

• Best method(s) to contact: Email
• Best day(s) to contact:Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, email is anytime, meetings have to be after 3:15pm
• Best time(s) to contact: Mornings, Afternoons

Preferred Platform(s) for Remote Collaboration

N/A

Context: What challenge or issue does the project aim to address?

Our school garden composes of 18 garden boxes which is signed up by different classroom teachers. We also have a 3 bin compost. The challenge we have is to encourage teachers to harvest their crops and prepare the food in the classroom. Our school garden is usually overgrown, and we learned that it is a sign of not harvesting enough and not eating the food we grow. ** Since Covid19, PAC and myself have planted seeds specific crops in each box ourselves and have continued to water the garden. We have an irrigation system built by another dedicated parent volunteer so it has made watering a lot more efficiently. With the support of the PAC and a very dedicated parent, we were able to purchase and equip two "cooking carts." Each cart includes a comprehensive list of different cooking equipment and utensils for serving. Sadly, the carts are still not being used as frequently as we would like. We would love to find a solution that includes thoughtful and intentional crop planning that leads to harvesting and preparing the food with the students. Last term, LFS350 students created a recipe guide for students to take home. This was to encourage students to cook with their families with the produce that they can harvest directly from our school garden. This term, we would like the help of LFS350 students to create a teacher's guide with more information so it would help the teachers at our school to teach the recipes to the class. Also to keep adding and revise the take home guide through feedback and evaluation mechanism eg. adding new recipes, changing/adding activities.

Main Project Activities

• Review previous LFS350 student's recipe guide
• Review previous LFS350 students' information cards on different produce
• Review some learning outcomes from the BC ministry of education

Expected Project Deliverable(s)

• 1 teacher's recipe guide
• Add a couple more recipes to the take home recipe guide

Intended Project Outcome

• Teachers build more confidence in teaching food literacy to students
• Teachers and students become more connected to the school garden by planning crop planting for planting season
• Students begin to appreciate the food that we consume

Student Assets and Skills (preferred or required)

Preferred Skills and Assets	interest in education, food literacy, curriculum design
Required Skills and Assets	N/A
Helpful Additional Language Skills	N/A

Student Assets and Skills (to be developed through the project)

• community planning by connecting different parts of our community for a common goal -
• community curriculum development
• graphic design

Are there any mandatory attendance dates (e.g. special event)?

• no

Is a criminal record search (CRS) required?

No

If a criminal record search is required, when should the process be initiated?  

N/A

Preferred Days of Week and Hours

N/A

Related Community Service Opportunities for Students

N/A

Required Reading

Project/Partner Orientation Materials

Students should review these materials prior to the first partner meeting:

https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/

http://projectchef.ca/

Additional Project/Partner Orientation Materials

The following will be provided at the first community partner meeting:

• https://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/john-norquay/Pages/default.aspx
• I have the files of the previous LFS350 students' projects. I will send that along when we start the project

Expected Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

I hope students will learn about...

• how to plan, prepare and create a teacher's guide on cooking food for elementary aged children

I think students will come to appreciate...

• how valuable their work will impact future generation's idea on food and our natural world

Through this project, students will develop...

• a greater capacity for working in education and developing guides for different community holders. Also develop stronger collaboration skills and time management.

How does the student project contribute to your organization's mission and long-term vision?

• This project promotes lifelong healthy living and healthy eating, and supports our mission to teach the whole child (socially, emotionally and academically).

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