Heritage Fair 2017 Photos

Photos
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Photos of students with their projects
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Photos from the Closing Ceremony
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Program Brochure

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Volunteer Registration OPEN

Come take a journey through history at Heritage Fair and help us celebrate Canada 150! 

If you are interested in volunteering for Heritage Fair this year, please sign up by completing this volunteer placement form then register for the opportunity on the City of Richmond volunteer page. For a description of each available position, please click here.

Class Registration OPEN

Register your class for Heritage Fair by completing the online registration form. 
https://goo.gl/forms/wjEQcvJFRfkZkECB3

Deadline: Friday, February 17

Historical Inquiry through Heritage Fair Projects Pro-D Workshop

Monday, December 5, 2016

Did you know that next year is Canada’s 150^th birthday? Register for this interactive workshop to learn how you can mark this important Canadian milestone with your class by participating in the Heritage Fair program.

Students who create Heritage Fair projects:

• Begin with inquiry questions that tackle Big Ideas
• Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills – to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
• Build Communication, Creative & Critical Thinking, and Personal & Social Competencies

Heritage Fair is open to students in Grades 4 to 10. French immersion class welcome.

Location: Richmond Cultural Centre (Performance Hall), 7700 Minoru Gate

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE!

Practical teaching tips, lesson plans and student workbooks will be provided.

Register by December 1, 2016

Please contact Emily Ooi, Educational Programs Coordinator, at museumed@richmond.ca with your name, grade and school. 

Stay tuned for Student Workbooks and Topic Lists by Grade

Here are a few things we are working on:

Historical Inquiry through Heritage Fairs Pro-D Workshop
Monday, December 5

Back by popular demand! This was a powerful workshop we held in February 2016 that we are bringing back. This time, earlier so that teachers have more time to prepare for the Richmond Regional Heritage Fair on May 12-13, 2017.

Heritage Fair Student Workbooks
Christine Wong, Hamilton Elementary, has generously shared her Heritage Fair student workbooks with us as a template as we develop new workbooks for Primary, Intermediate and Secondary. We are aiming to have these ready by December.

Heritage Fair Topics and Resources Lists
Also in the works are topic lists with resources for Grades 4 to 10. These lists will support Big Ideas in the new Social Studies curriculum. We are aiming to have these ready by December.

Stay tuned!

New Look, New Curriculum

What do you think of our new look? We will be making a few more changes to our blog over these next few weeks based on your feedback for more content and more photos. 

Something new that we have already added is the BC Curriculum tab about how to make Heritage Fair work for the new curriculum. Good news - Heritage Fair is made for the new curriculum!

Provincial Fair - Day 5

After one last breakfast in the cafeteria we headed back to our dorms to finish packing and tidy our rooms. We played a few games in the lounge while we waited for parents and buses to arrive then said our goodbyes to all of the new friends we've made this week. 

As Provincial Heritage Fair has now come to an end, we all took a moment before we left to reflect on the week. Here are a few of our favourite parts about our time at UBC.

One of the things Graeme liked best about this week was visiting the Chung collection and doing activities at Mountain View Cemetery. He also really liked going to the beaches and the yummy food we got to eat. 

Liam liked everything about Provincial Fair but some of his favourite parts of the week were finding out new information during the tour at MOA and listening to many different stories from everyone at the fair.  

One thing that Max liked best about the week was getting sleep in the Totem dorms at UBC and all the great food we ate in the cafeteria. He also enjoyed visiting Tower Beach and doing the tour and treasure hunt at Granville Island. 

As Vedanshi had been to Provincial Fair before, what she enjoyed about her experience this time was all responsibilities she had being part of the alumni team. She also really liked spending time relaxing at the beach.

Sarah was very proud of the Richmond delegation this year. She was so impressed by how well they worked together as a group, how engaged everyone was in the activities this week and how well they represented our community. Some of her favourite parts of our week at UBC was visiting the Museum of Anthropology and Chung Collection, as well as the murder mystery activity led by the alumni team. Sarah also really enjoyed getting to know the chaperones from the other regions and seeing the alumni and older students take on a leadership role at the fair.