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And the winners are...
Thanks to everyone - teachers, student teachers and exhibitors - who attended the 7th Annual BC Field Trip Fair, held September 29, 2009 at the Fraser River Discovery Centre. Over 400 teachers met and chatted with more than 100 community based educators to lean about the rich learning opportunities available in our community. At the end of the day, over 1500 students will participate in free field trips, courtesy of our participating field trip sites. Winners of those prizes will be contacted directly by the field trip location.
There were also a number of transportation prize winners. They are as follows:
- J. Luciani, grade 2, Weir Elementary, Vancouver wins a class set of transit tickets and a copy of John Atkins book, 'SkyTrain Explorer' for taking SkytTrain to the event!
These folks win a class set of transit tickets and a copy of John Atkins book, 'SkyTrain Explorer'::
- R. Blackwell, grade 4/5, Cameron Elementary, Burnaby
- B. Ramsami, elementary homeschooling family, Vancouver
- O. Zalameda, grade 7, Westerman Elementary, Surrey
- S, Vose, grade 3, Laura Secord Elementary, Vancouver
- S. Roy-Boivin, kindergarten, Lord Selkirk Elementary, Vancouver
- B. Herrin, grade 2, Upper Lynn Elementary, North Vancouver
- K. Burrough (student teacher), grade 5/6/7, Dickens Elementary, Vancouver
The following taechers won a $200 credit towards charter bus transportation for a field trip in the 2009-10 school year:
- D. Johnson, ESL, Old Yale Road, Surrey
- K. Olnyk, grade 1/2, Lord Baden Powell, Coquitlam
- L. Dufault, grade 3, Marry Jane Shannon, Surrey
- D. Pereira, grade 5/6, Edmonds Community School, Burnaby
- A. de Guzman (student teacher), secondary, Holy Cross Region High School
Enjoy 'taking learning on the road' with your students. We look forward to sharing your stories on the website in the coming months!
Teacher registration for 7th Field Trip Fair is now OPEN!
Save Monday September 28th, 2009 after school to attend the 7th Annual BC Field Trip Fair for Teachers. This year we get to see the brand new Fraser River Discovery Centre education space after its remarkable expansion. Plan on taking transit to the site - right across from the New Westminster Skytrain station. There will be a special transportation draw prizes only open to teachers who can show their transit ticket!
FREE pre-registration is required. Share information about the event with your staff by printing the poster.
Funding available for travel to Victoria
The Provincial Capital Commission has extended the deadline for applications for to their Travel Subsidy Program to May 21, 2009. These funds are meant to support groups from around the province in accessing our provincial capital. Funds from this round of the travel subsidy proogram are for trips taken between July 2009 and January 2010. For more information click here, email elaine.moore@bcpcc.com or call 250-953-8807.
Although the website says the deadline is May 7th, the PCC has extended this deadline ot May 21, 2009.
TripEd - $10 for an annual transit pass for your class? Make it happen!
BC Field Trips is pleased to introduce TripEd, a new initiative to provide a $10 pass to schools, daycares and other community groups to allow them to access Translink for a year! Yes, that's $10 a year for your whole class!
TripEd is a new volunteer group that has emerged this spring in the Lower Mainland and is following up on much of the work of BC Field Trips 2007 Transportation themed Field Trip Fair. In 2007, over 800 people supported better access to transit for field trips.
TripEd needs your help to bring this even bigger goal to fruition. They have already secured the support of the Vancouver School Board and many other groups. Take just a moment to visit their website and sign the petition. This is a well thought out proposal that is gaining momentum!
To launch the project, TripEd will be under the big top at the Vancouver International Children's Festival on Thursday, May14th from 6:30-7:30. Join Fred Penner and a host of others who are supporting 'taking learning on the road' by making transit accessible for school field trips. Be ready to join us in a special version of...
The Wheels on the Bus!
Our field trips mean the world to us,
The world to us, the world to us.
With a TripEd Pass we can take the bus-
All round the towns!
Don't miss this bus!
Registration for the 2008 BC Field Trip Fair is now CLOSED!
Wow! The response to this year's Field Trip Fair on September 29th has been overwhelming and we have now reached the maximum capacity for our venue at Grouse Mountain. There are 700 people registered for the event!
As has been advertised, Skyride passes will only be made available to registered guests. Please let unregistered colleagues know that we will not be able to do any onsite registration. If you registered before September 19th, we have your registration on file.
Reminders:
- this event is adults only. We have a liquor license, so no children may be on the site;
- parking is free. You do not need to purchase a ticket.
We apologize to those who will be unable to join us for 2008, and encourage you to use the online search resources on the website to find field trips to match your instructional needs. If you will not be attending the Fair but would like to be notified of future events, please click here.
Thank you for your interest in the BC Field Trip Fair. Enjoy 'taking learning on the road' with your students!
Jamie, Krista, Lisa & Maggie
Your volunteer BC Field Trip Fair Organizing Committee
Sept 19/20 - Vancouver Police Museum is Going to the Dogs!
Join us September 19 and 20th at the Vancouver Police Museum as we launch a new partnership between BC Field Trips and Pacific Assistance Dogs (PADS). This will be the first of 12 free field trips for puppies-in-training facilitated by BC Field Trips. Meet some of the puppies-in-training and learn more about the Vancouver Police K-9 unit. Entrance to the museum is free from 12-4pm on Saturday. The museum is located at 240 E. Cordova Street, Vancouver. For more about this innovative program, click here.
Exhibitors - Tips for updating your web listing on BC Field Trips
We hope all of our exhibitors take advantage of the new features added to the BC Field Trips recently relaunched website. We appreciate that change can pose challenges, so Jamie has developed a detailed reference guide to help you make changes to your listing. It includes screen shots showing what you'll see at each stage of updating your organization's lising on www.bcfieldtrips.ca As always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Click the link below to get the complete pdf document.
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WELCOME to the fresh new face of bcfieldtrips.ca!
The crew at BC Field Trips - Lisa, Maggie, Jamie and Krista - are pleased to welcome everyone to the new BC Field Trips website. We've worked with the great folks at leftrightminds to build a new site that provides not only the great search features of the old site, but information and resources on field trip realted topics and the ability for you, our users, to add comments, suggestions and share experiences. We invite you to spend some time exploring and would love to hear your feedback. We hope this new online environment continues to help you to 'take learning on the road'!
Exhibitor Information
It's that time of year! School programs in our partner institutions are winding down, but plans for the 2008 Field Trip Fair are gearing up. This year we'll be making our first visit to the North Shore where on Monday, September 29th we'll be hosted by Grouse Mountain - the Peak of Vancouver. As always we'll meet with our teacher colleagues after school from 3:30 - 6:30. Parking and Skyride will be complimentary.
While you're registering take a few moments to check out some of the new initiatives that the Field Trip Fair Organizing Committee has been working on:
- Our new and improved website - take some time to explore the new look and features. We'd love to hear your feedback!
- Booster Seat Legislation - what does it mean for school field trips and how BC Field Trips has been working behind the scenes to help! Please feel free to post this document on your own websites or share in mailouts to your teachers.
- BC Field Trips is Going to the Dogs! - join us in an innovative pilot project to help assistance dogs in training become savvy museum, parks and heritage site visitors. Really! We're looking for 12 keen partners to blaze a trail to increasing accessibility for individuals with disabilities who may visit your sites.
All our tables are reserve for this your but you can still list your programs on the website
Go to registration form and select 'website listing'
