Pear Tree Elementary

🍐Discover a School Where Every Child's Potential is Unleashed!

Join us at Pear Tree School's Open House!

📅 Date: January 24th (rescheduled from 17th due to snow day)
⏰ Time: 5 - 6.30pm
📍 Location: Pear Tree School, Suite 215, 2678 West Broadway, Vancouver

Why Attend?

🚀 Explore our unique educational approach that's transforming learning
🌱 Understand our WHY: Guiding each child to discover their true calling and develop a deep sense of purpose
🤝 Engage with our passionate educators and hear first-hand about The Pear Tree Method
🤖 Tour our vibrant classrooms and see innovation in action
🧠 Learn how we nurture lifelong confidence, creativity, and critical thinking in every student
🌍 Discover a community where your child's education is about more than just grades – it's about shaping a meaningful legacy

Don’t miss this opportunity to see how Pear Tree School can make a difference in your child’s life. Let's shape their tomorrow, together!

👉 RSVP Now at https://hubs.ly/Q02gNhdk0 and secure your spot!

IMPORTANT: Pear Tree School's new page location is facebook.com/peartree.school.k12

Please follow us at our new FB location.

One of the features of Pear Tree School’s education methodology is that we don’t use textbooks. Why is that?

Find out why from our latest blogpost!
https://peartree.school/why-no-textbooks/

Community 3 has been working with Growing Chefs throughout the term in connection to their Healthy Eating theme. Students have been engaged in the whole food cycle, from planting seeds to cooking a stir-fry!

November was a busy month at Pear Tree with five field trips, lots of learning, and starting final projects!

Tatlow Park, a local neighbourhood playground used by Pear Tree students, is set to be renewed next summer. The City of Vancouver put out a public survey to help with the redesign. As their final project, Community 5 will also be redesigning Tatlow Park. For this, we went to test some other playgrounds in Downtown Vancouver.

https://peartree.school/pbl-interview-drew-perkins-teachthought-project-based-learning/

Interview: PBL & Progressive Educator – Drew Perkins
I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Drew Perkins, a project-based learning (PBL) proponent and educator, and who is the Director of Professional Development at TeachThought – a professional development organisation for teachers and schools for implementing project-based learning.

Drew is also the co-host of the TeachThought Podcast, and has interviewed hundreds of educators, education leaders, and thought leaders, including myself, about all kinds of views on education.

As this is a long interview, I’ve created chapters so that viewers can skip to specific parts if they don’t have the time to listen to the whole interview. There are also closed captions!

I’ve also included links below for Drew’s organisations, as well as some resources that he mentions in the video. I’ve also included the link to Drew’s interview with me if anyone cares to listen to that.

Interview: PBL & Progressive Educator - Drew Perkins - Pear Tree School I interviewed Perkins, the Director of Professional Development at TeachThought - a professional development organisation for project-based learning (PBL).

Math in Context: Why Math is More Challenging At Pear Tree School

Are you wondering what the standard of math is at Pear Tree School and how we can appropriately challenge students who are super strong or find math more challenging? Here’s a video demonstrating math in context at PTS.

Given that most people come from traditional educational backgrounds, it might seem perplexing how teaching math through themes can possibly be more challenging than in other schools, even those that top the rankings on the Fraser Institute List.

The fact is, though, that learning anything in context is both more fun and more challenging. These might seem like an impossible blend, but education done right is fun and challenging simultaneously.

Math In Context: Why Math Is More Challenging At Pear Tree School - Pear Tree School At Pear Tree School, we can appropriately challenge students who are super strong or find math more challenging - all through using math in context.

It was a busy October at Pear Tree! Full of field trips, educational activities, and lots of new knowledge!

Community 3 and 5 braved the rain for their field trip to Fresh Roots, an urban farm at a local high school. Students had the opportunity to connect to food, the land, and each other through games, learning activities, hands-on farm work, and tasting some fruits and veggies straight from the farm!