Week of 7/31

Summer at BFP

Figure 1. Forest schoolers using their layers like cow tails to swat away mosquitoes.

We humbly acknowledge that our school rests on unceded Abenaki land. We recognize that the indigenous peoples of the Winooskik band have cared for this land since time immemorial and continue to do so to this day despite strategic, systemic, intentional erasure through genocide and eugenics. We commit to continuous learning from the Abenaki Nation about our roles as teachers and students in decolonizing and anti-racist work.

Notes and News:

Please remember to apply sunscreen and insect repellent to your child before leaving them with us. We will reapply as needed throughout the day. Children may not keep sunscreen or bug spray in their cubbies/backpacks. Thank you!
If your child is going home with another BFP family, please make sure to inform teachers before pick-up time, over text or in person. Thank you!
Summer drop-off routine - When you arrive at school, please put your child's lunch box and water bottle in the wagon to the right of the BFP door in the foyer. This wagon will be outside during the day and join us on picnic adventures, so please pack ice packs to keep your child's food cool. Put your child's belongings in their cubby, outdoor shoes on the boot racks, and indoor shoes on their feet. You can then check the chalk board to learn which classroom we will be in that day, and join our adventuresome crew! Thank you!
Parents should do a thorough tick check of their child every day after school.
We politely request that if you are running late (arrival post 8:45 am), keeping your child home, or if they have had any noteworthy health or mood changes, you text us and let us know before the start of the school day. This allows us to plan and be better prepared to manage the classroom environment and students' individual needs that arise throughout the day. Thank you!

A monarch caterpillar was here. Did they change plants? Were they eaten by a bird?

Queen Anne's lace is able to be identified with a purple flower in the center of the white flowers, a little 'skirt' pointing down under the flower bundles, and 'hairs' coming off of the stem.

Practicing being a safe perch!

"Flora" the monarch caterpillar

Sumac Sampling

There was a potato growing in there!

raindrop art

A fairy homestead, with winter food stored, bunk beds, and

Another day, another cicada exoskeleton.

tree maintanence.

There is a young pheobe that continues to fly close to the forest schoolers. We are practicing being a safe perch in hopes that the pheobe might land on us!