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Boyle School’s younger students got a chance to create volcanoes, scavenge around the school and learn from older students as part of the school’s Education Week events May 3.
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Boyle School kindergarten students Brianna Sigurdur (left) and Ceanna Brazzoni add vinegar to a baking soda volcano during Education Week festivities at the school May 3.

Boyle School’s younger students got a chance to create volcanoes, scavenge around the school and learn from older students as part of the school’s Education Week events May 3.

The school held a series of cross-grade activities May 3 as part of the province-wide, week-long celebration of learning. Older grades were partnered with younger ones to participate in activities including math games, a scavenger hunt, making dioramas and building baking soda volcanoes.

Boyle School assistant principal Larry Irla said the cross-grade activities have benefits for both older and younger students.

“We want the kids to show some leadership. The older kids show leadership,” Irla said. “The younger ones see they have older kids there to mentor them. That they’re not necessarily afraid of the older kids.”

Grade 11 student Hunter Marshall participated in the baking soda volcano building alongside kindergarten students and said it was enjoyable watching their reactions.

“I can remember when I was that age, having fun over simple things like that,” Marshall said. “I like meeting all these kids and thinking that I’m a role model.”

A pancake breakfast was also served May 3, Irla said. Students were also invited to wear their pajamas for the day.

The Education Week activities offered students a chance to enjoy different kinds of learning, Irla said.

“The activities they did were still curricular, but it was nice it wasn’t just a teacher doing a lesson for them. High school students, for instance, were the ones that provided the instruction for the younger kids,” he said.

Education Week was celebrated throughout Alberta April 30 to May 4.

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