By planning ahead and preparing yourself, fellow teachers, students and parent helpers for your visit, everyone can take an active role in this valuable learning experience.
Before Your Trip
- Attend a teacher's information seminar or contact the Festival Coordinator to obtain your information package prior to the PCWF.
- Read through the Teacher's Planning Guide. Guides will be handed out at the Orientation Meeting at the Riverview Park and Zoo Orientation Centre.
- Related to your teaching expectations, plan a list of activities of interest for your students and distribute them to each group's adult supervisor. Click here to download or print a Festival Itinerary template. Please stagger the group starting activity stations to prevent crowding at popular activities.
Student Supervision
- Divide your class into groups of five for supervision and safety reasons.
- Assign one adult supervisor to each group of five students.
- Any child with special medical considerations (administration of medication, special physical needs, or health conditions) should be supervised by the teacher, or by the child's parent/guardian.
- Discuss the Festival and the role of adult supervisors with your volunteers/helpers.
- Read and distribute the Parent Information Guide to adult supervisors. Click here for a PDF of this guide.
Please Note: An adult supervisor must accompany students at all times and stay on site.
What to Bring
- The Festival is held rain or shine, so students should dress for the weather.
- Encourage everyone to bring a "litterless lunch" or litterless snacks. The snack bar will be open, but has a limited offering of drinks and snack items.
- For easy identification, prepare a sign with your school's name on it and have your bus driver display in the front window of the bus when they return to pick you up.
Other Considerations
- Please discourage students from feeding the waterfowl that may be found along the riverbank.
- With the possibility of media coverage at the PCWF, any students who are not to be photographed or interviewed should be pointed out to the adult supervisor. Proper name spellings of students able to be photographed or interviewed should also be available.
