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Grade Five: Nature’s Classroom Day 3

Day Three at NC began with a huge game of predator/prey outside, followed by some quiet time sketching and catching jellyfish

down at the beach. After our hearty lunch of hamburgers, assorted Frito-Lay favorites and salad, students went with their field groups to prepare for tonight’s entertainment, Thursday Night Live!. Each field group worked out a skit for this SNL inspired comedy show. Rumor has it that Will Farrell may even stop by as a guest star! Currently students are participating in electives ranging from Mad Science and improv, to dissections of skate and frogs. We plan to conclude the evening with a campfire (hopeful!) and group sing. Hopefully you’ve emptied out the washing machine as we will be returning to BCD with lots of wet and muddy treasures! See you tomorrow!

By BCD Blog|2016-10-25T15:02:29-04:00October 15th, 2015|

Grade Five Nature’s Classroom Day Two

Hello from Wakefield RI! We have had a jam-packed day from our early morning (why? why?) wakeup and

our breakfast of pancakes and sausage galore to our morning spent playing games, learning about the physics of frisbees, predator/prey relationships, building sandcastles, exploring roller coasters, and marsh madness! Enjoy these pictures of shoreline reflections and journaling, eyeball dissections and kids running around, and you may find yourself asking, “Why is Arden wearing her woven poncho?”. I, myself, don’t know why he is and how he got it, but we are having a great time!

By BCD Blog|2016-10-25T15:02:30-04:00October 14th, 2015|

Save the Date for OPEN STUDIOS!

Join us on Thursday, October 29th from 4:30-6:30 PM upstairs in Furey Hall for our fall OPEN STUDIOS event! See finished artwork and works-in-progress by Kindergarten through Ninth Grade students. Faculty and students will be present to guide parents, friends, and families through the studio spaces where live demonstrations and activities will be happening. A seasonal refreshment will be served.
SAVE THE DATE!

By BCD Blog|2016-10-25T15:02:30-04:00October 14th, 2015|

DAY #1: Nature’s Classroom

Hello! Here is quick synopsis of our day so far as I dash off to go crabbing!

We arrived at Nature’s Classroom around 11:30 am following an exciting bus ride and scenic stop at the Charlton Rest Area. Students helped to unload the buses, and then visited their cabins for the week. The boys are staying in Aspen, while the girls own The Condo. Lunch was the crowd pleasing duo of chicken tenders and french fries. The students take turns being waiters here, and so the first group got to work. At my table, we gave Max A. a huge tip for all the schlepping of french fries he needed to do for us! And yes, a few students did partake in salad as well. We are sharing the facility with the North Brookfield School this week, and while the BCD students will have their own field groups, we are combining for a large array of elective classes. Currently the students are signing up for the 4 pm sessions: yoga, eyeball dissection (not sure whose), crabbing, aeronautics, bird dissection, and water ecology. Tonight we will have a round robin of group challenges (which in NC lingo is called a quest.) Stay tuned for more adventures tomorrow and more pictures, I promise!

Jilly (and Tim and Jim….and Max, Max, Tucker, CJ, Gabriel, Daniel, Jack, Isaac, Arden, Rafi, Gus, Sam, Eli, Gavin, Prem, Via, Esme, Olivia, Petra, Sammy, Lilah, Lana, and Gevi)

By BCD Blog|2016-10-25T15:02:30-04:00October 13th, 2015|