Toronto Outdoor School Activities Ontario

Open 7 days a week . April til November. Reservations Required

 

Welcome to Our Hiking Classroom

 

Our hiking classroom journeys along the Grand Valley Hiking Trail combining imaginative learning experiences and laughter. 

 

Drink from fresh water springs. Visit a rare elevated fen See a spring that disappears into the ground Hear about the prairie project in the county Learn about the comeback of wildlife in the valley. Taste wild edible plants. Identify poison ivy and stinging nettle. Learn about medicinal plants & trees. Challenges of our Joe Bushman Competitions. Hear about the aboriginal wars & lifestyles in the valley. Hike to lookouts. Learn easy ways to identify trees. Learn your bugs Enhance your trip with an Iroquoian Experience

This hike is designed for groups that cannot do our floating classroom but would like a similar learning experience.

Our hike is about 6kms... it starts out on a section of the Rail Trail and switches over to the Grand Valley Hiking Trail and then back to the Rail Trail.

Along the way there are numerous teaching resources to draw from... in fact 4 hours is almost not enough time if hosting a barbeque.

Below is an overhead view of the terrain we hike... students and chaperons must be able bodied to do this.

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Our Prices: $175 plus tax per group of 24 students based on a 4-5 hr guided hiking trip.

Groups are responsible for providing their own transportation for drop off and pickup.

If you bring your food along... our staff can help the students do a weiner roast over a fire at no charge.

Please make use of our Teachers Aid for planning curriculumn based field trips.

Waivers . Risk Management Plans . Consent Forms

Our Hiker's Classroom was used as a training tool by the Waterloo Collegiate’s Envirothon Team... Winners of the 2007 Provincial Envirothon Competition.

 

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“If you would like a school year-end trip that students won’t forget… please knock on our door… because we do it well!"

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