On Friday, September 25^th, kids from Gilmore and Quilchena had a Pro-D Day so we had an In-Day together with Junior Out of School Care. The Junior kids came over to Gilmore and we planned a full day of exciting activities for all of our kids. We paired a Junior child and a Senior child together, with the intention of giving our Senior kids some more responsibility and to help the Junior kids adapt to a different environment. The partnerships went really well, and I am proud to say that our Senior kids did a fantastic job of being good role models. The theme for our day was “Around the World”, and all of our kids had a blast. We played Jeopardy, with trivia questions about different countries to challenge the kids. One question was “What is Canadian bacon?” We received answers like “beef”, “ham”, and “thick bacon”. It was so great to see young minds at work. We also played “Across the Grand Canyon” in the gym, a game where you must run from one side of the “canyon” to the other without getting hit by a dodge ball.

After lunch, each kid got to make his or her own country. This was completely their own creation, so they were able to customize everything about their country. From designing the landscape, to naming their country, to setting the population size, to declaring a national flower and animal. It was cool to see how unique each country turned out. We posted all their creations on a giant ocean, and our “OSC-Landia” was born. The creativity shown by our kids was incredible to see, and they all had fun doing it.

All the best,

Ryan