Beyond Classrooms Kingston

Imagine a museum, art galleries, or City Hall as your classroom for a week...

Beyond Classrooms Kingston (BCK) is Kingston's innovative curriculum-oriented, Inquiry Learning program that moves a class into a community space for an entire week. This "Take Over a Community Site" learning week becomes the catalyst for a year of inquiry and slowed-down learning.

During the year, the teacher works with BCK to design a week-long program that reflects the teacher's year-long teaching goals and focus on inquiry, critical thinking skills, and literacy learning. The students receive workshops in sketching and journaling, and become active citizens as they learn about Kingston's cultural heritage.

During the "Take Over a Community Site" week, students become immersed in the environment of a museum or community space, and interact directly and deeply with the site, experts, and artifacts. The teacher's and students' ideas, questions, interests, and experiences shape the class' learning week as they slow down their learning to explore and journal.

MOVE YOUR CLASS TO A MUSEUM FOR A WEEK!

Download our Teacher Information Package and get your questions answered using our FAQ page!

Get Involved with BCK!

BE A VOLUNTEER:

We would also love to add more volunteers to the team!

Student and volunteer digging for dinosaur fossils at the Miller Museum of Geology.

I would love to give back to my community and would be interested in becoming a BCK volunteer or Board Member!

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BE A DONOR OR SPONSOR:

We are always looking for donors and sponsors to help fund our programming.

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I am interested in becoming a BCK donor or sponsor and would like to learn more.

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BE A LOCAL SITE:

Museums, art galleries & local community sites are potential BCK partners.

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I help manage a local community site and would be interested in having a BCK week at my site.

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Testimonials

"The staff ensured that the children had opportunities to explore how healthcare has evolved since the 1800s and how it has benefitted Canada and the world.

I would highly recommend BCK programming for elementary school children so that they can learn and discover in a hands-on learning environment."

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- Teacher Experience

"The artifacts here make me proud to be free in Canada. They made me more interested in every soldier's past and story."

(Visiting the Military Communications and Electronics Museum)

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- Journal Entry from a Grade 6 Student

Have Questions? Reach out to us!

Have a general question or want to learn more about the program? Contact us with your question(s), and we will get back to you in a timely manner.

Thank you to Our Sponsors!

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