Westberry Grade 4 students explore the food web at the town dam

By Joan Janzen

KINDERSLEY – The Grade 4 students from Westberry Elementary School spent Friday afternoon at the town dam, where they learned all about the local habitat and the food web. 

Melanie Vardy from the Wildlife Federation had the Grade 4 students join in making a visual representation of the food web at the regional park on Friday afternoon. PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN

Amelia Oostenbrink taught her students about local habitat while they visited the town dam Friday afternoon. PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN

Teacher Amelia Oostenbrink led her students down the walking trail as the kids skipped along the path, spontaneously singing “Are You Sleeping Brother John.”

At the beach, a representative from the Town of Kindersley shared how the local habitat is being changed and protected by humans. On the way to the regional park area, Mrs. Oostenbrink stopped periodically, instructing her students about birds, migration, bats and the trees growing in the area.

Melanie Vardy from the Wildlife Federation was on hand at the regional park, where she had the students volunteer to help make a visual representation of the food web. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and the students were able to see first-hand how wildlife and species are preserved along the walking trail, and how everything they see is connected.