Guiding Documents

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Information Links

Parry Sound Forest School is proudly registered with the HIGH FIVE® standard, meaning that we are committed to enhancing healthy child development within sport and recreation. We want to ensure that every child in our programs have a positive experience, based on the HIGHFIVE principles.

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This toolkit guides our programs and sets the standards around how to keep children safe while they are playing in the outdoors. Our insurance is based on our adherence to this document.

This discussion paper outlines perceived barriers and sets goals for educators and policy makers as related to outdoor play in Canada.

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This guide is for parents, educators and volunteers alike and explains why this approach to learning is important and the principals and practices behind it.

School medication administration form for Parry Sound Forest School with sections for student and parent information, contact details, emergency contacts, and physician information.

Here you will find Parry Sound Forest School’s Medication Administration Form. This form must be completed if the parent/guardian requests that you administer medication to their child. 

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Outsideplay.ca is an online tool to help parents and caregivers confidently allow their kids to engage in more outdoor play. 

Poster titled 'Tick Prevention Tips' with quick facts about ticks, Lyme disease, and prevention, featuring a green tree graphic and a row of trees at the bottom.

Check out this resource, Tick Prevention Tips to learn more about how to keep safe from Lyme disease.

Contact information and consent to exchange information form for Parry Sound Forest School, including addresses, phone number, email, and website.

Here you will find Parry Sound Forest School’s Consent to Exchange Information form. Please email admin@psforestschool.com if you’d like a form for NNDSB or SMCDSB.

Children playing outside, with one boy holding a bow and arrow and others watching behind a wooden fence.

Here is a great article about Risky Play from CBC’s The Nature of Things.

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Exception Seekers Podcast

welcomes Diana Clements

to talk about “As Safe as Necessary”: Risk, Resilience, and the Power of Nature

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