Norwood Nature Academy

FARM YOGA IS BACK!

Join me this summer as I travel to farms, rescues, and sanctuaries in our area for an incredible farm yoga experience you won’t forget!

Help me in supporting these wonderful organizations through a fun, outdoor events for all ages and ability!

Check out our website to register and for our farm yoga dates!

https://bailybaptiesod.square.site/yoga-classes

We are excited to announce that registration for September is now open! Head over to our website and register to secure your child’s spot this school year.

www.norwoodnatureacademy.com

Please reach out if you have questions we can answer.

Mini homesteaders dates and program announcements coming soon!

We were so excited to have come spend the afternoon doing yoga with us today.
Kim is such a kind soul and the kids loved both her and her program.
Head over to her Instagram page and give her a follow for some wonderful children, family and adult yoga opportunities in Peterborough!
We can’t wait to have her join us back here again soon!

We are so excited to be partnering with .kels.2021 and for a morning of goat yoga! We would love to have you join us, get in a workout, snuggle some goats and check out our space if you haven’t been here before!
A portion of each ticket will be donated to Childhood Cancer Research 💛💛

Summer is fast approaching and camp spots are filling up!

Camp at Norwood Nature Academy means:
-time playing with and caring for our farm animals (chickens, ducks, goats, guineas)
-crafts
-playing on our pirate ship structure
-hiking
-gardening
-learning to identify plants and how to use them
-learning about our bees
-water play
-building friendships
-lots of time to explore, create, follow their interests and use their imagination!

Head over to our website to register.

Thank you for the incredible interest in our Mini Homesteaders 6 week program!
If there is enough interest, we will be adding an afternoon session for the same 6 weeks.
Please send us an email if you are interested.

*parents are welcome to stay for the program, but it is not necessary

We are so excited to announce our newest program:

Mini Homesteaders

This is a 6 week program for children ages 3-5 running every Friday morning from February 3rd until March 10th.

Things that will be explored in this program include feeding and gathering eggs from our chickens, feeding and learning about our goats (expecting babies mid February), tapping maple trees and making maple syrup, learning about bees, seed starting in our greenhouse, story time, and time for free play outside in nature.

Please visit our website for more details and to register.

www.norwoodnatureacademy.com

Our new friends arrived at nature school today! The kids were so excited to welcome our new Nigerian Dwarf goats Millie and Lily.

We still have a few spots left for this fall send us a message or head to our website to register.

We had an eventful Friday here at Norwood Nature Academy when we found a baby owl on one of our trails. Thanks to the guidance of and we were able to make sure the owl was injury free and get them back safely in a tree for their mom to find.

Another day here without power in Norwood. Just reaching out to our community hoping everyone, their animals and property are ok after the storm on Saturday. We have a generator running and extra room in our fridge if anyone in the community needs something charged or fridge/freezer space to store food for a while. ❤️

Let’s talk about the benefits of exposing children to animals. Being around and caring for animals allows children to develop skills such as empathy, compassion, confidence and responsibility.
Students at Norwood Nature Academy are exposed to dogs and chickens daily and we hope to add even more animals to our crew soon!
Our dogs join us on our forest explorations, and students gather eggs and help care for and snuggle our chicks and chickens. One of our chickens has even learned that snack time with kids means crumbs and treats for her! 🤣

Heading into a week of beautiful weather, I have to say I’m going to miss seeing the kiddos snuggle together under blankets for their favourite stories. Do you and your kids love to read outside?

Enjoying our first week that truly felt like spring! The week was filled with finding, identifying and sorting forest treasures, picnics, welcoming our new baby chicks (thank you !), and beautiful long hikes finding new places we had yet to explore!

Check out our summer camp openings on our website.

Thanks for sharing!! Township of Asphodel-Norwood

As the days become longer our thoughts turn to summer, and we’ve begun to notice lots of opportunities for our local youth!

We’ve gathered a list to make your summer planning a bit easier.

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀
🌞 Hucklebug Preschool Inc. Summer Camp
Log on to ONEhsn.com/Peterborough to apply for the Summer Camp waitlists for your kindergarten and school aged children.
Camps will be operating out of Havelock Belmont Public School and Norwood District Public School

🌞 Summer Camp
https://www.bgckawarthas.com/peterborough-area-programs/norwood-summer-camp

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https://www.norwoodnatureacademy.com/

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VBS 2022
Theme: 'Treasured'
July 11-15, 2022 · 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀
🏀 Basketball · Norwood Knights Hoops

🏀 Hoops Plus
Thursday Nights
April 21, 2022 - June 9, 2022 (8 weeks)
Grade 7-8 Boys · 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Grade 7-8 Girls · 7:00 - 8:00 pm

🏀 Hoops
Friday Nights
April 22, 2022 - June 17, 2022 (8 weeks)
*please note · basketball will not run May 6, 2022
Grade 3-4 · 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Grade 5-6 · 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Grade 7-8 · 8:00 - 9:00 pm

In-person Registration 👇
NDIHS School Library
March 30, 2022 · 6:00 - 8:00 pm
April 5, 2022 · 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Contacts:
Penny Buchanan (School Council Chairperson) 705-696-3809
📧 [email protected] Cathleen Matherus (Principal) 705-639-5332
📧 [email protected]

⚽️ Soccer ·
June 7, 2022 - July 28, 2022
Available for ages Pre-JK (Born 2018) to Grade 4 👇
https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/bgckl/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&activity_category_ids=25&viewMode=list

⚾️ Baseball · Norwood & District Minor Softball Association
Dates TBD but the season typically runs from May to July
***AGES as of JAN 1, 2022 ***
T-Ball · $40 Ages 3-4
All other divisions $80
Divisions this year are as follows:
U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, U17, U19

𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀
📖 Asphodel-Norwood Public Library · Summer Reading Program
Registration begins Saturday June 18, 2022 and weekly events take place each Thursday from July 7 - August 18, 2022
https://anpl.org/

📖 Ontario Parks Passes
Asphodel-Norwood Public Library is excited to be taking part in the 𝗢𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺!
Both branches have Day-Use Vehicle Permits (Park Pass) for cardholders.
Permits provide complimentary day-use access for 1️⃣ vehicle and its occupants at more than 100 provincial parks where fees are normally charged.

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Norwood Nature Academy is running summer camps all summer long! Head over to our website to register before spots are filled! Website link is in our bio.

Norwood Nature Academy Norwood Nature Academy is Peterborough County's newest forest school, also called a nature school. At forest school children learn through outdoor education. Check us out for more information on how forest school will benefit your child.

Maple syrup season is beginning and I have had the best helpers this week getting our trees prepped. Can’t wait to share this experience with the kids and end the season with a pancake lunch with maple syrup they helped make!

Our snow got a whole lot brighter this week! The kids are loving writing in the snow, mixing new colours, and decorating everything in sight!