"School environments are a fundamental context where children develop and grow up — they affect not just what we learn and know, but who we are and how we come to relate to ourselves in the world in a broader way."
Sherbrooke Community Centre is a home. It is known as the best place to live and work in Saskatoon. It is also the best place to learn.
Sherbrooke is a place for people who need special care. The environment is designed to provide human care and companionship, excitement, variety, learning and growing for residents/Elders at various stages of life. People are invited to explore their interests and passions and to express themselves in a variety of ways.
iGen participants are part of a unique school experience where this home becomes their classroom.
While we have a designated classroom space for gathering and organizing ourselves and our materials, we will be spending most of our time learning around the home and in the community. iGen students are invited to become a part of the Sherbrooke home. As such, they will work on making connections with the people who live, work and learn there.
Here are some of the areas where learning, connections and conversations might take place:
- In the art studio
- Around the aviary or with pets who also live at Sherbrooke
- In the gift/thrift shop
- In the greenhouse
- Outside in the gardens or the outdoor learning centre
- In the cafeteria around a table with Elders, peers and staff
- On the grass or in the gym while moving our bodies and having fun
- In the Tawaw Centre assisting with an event
- In the Carter Learning Centre with Elders, staff members or other groups of children visiting from partnership schools
- In the spiritual centre, seated in a circle, talking about Indigenous ways of knowing
- In the nooks and crannies around Sherbrooke where people gather and have natural conversations as neighbours.
The spaces and places around Sherbrooke home are varied. iGen students explore, discover and use their imaginations to bring the Grade 6 curriculum to life through inquiries and inspirations while in the Sherbrooke community.
