Skating field trip - Strathcona County

Teachers in Strathcona County looking to book a class field trip can choose from a variety of program offerings and locations. This includes performing arts at Festival Place, swimming at Kinsmen Leisure Centre or Emerald Hills Leisure Centre, gym sports at Millennium Place, art classes or tours at Gallery@501 and Smeltzer House, or go on an outdoor adventure at the Strathcona Wilderness Centre.

Class field trips can be booked by contacting a programmer directly through the methods listed below.

Field trip programs and contacts

  • Transport your class into a world of imagination, joy and wonder. Classes are designed for all experience levels.

    Festival Place theatre tour - Get a behind-the-scenes tour of this vibrant performing arts facility, and learn how performers, staff and stage crew bring countless productions and programs to life for our community. Students will finish their tour with creative drama or movement games. The tour and games can be tailored to fit the group.

    Performing Arts workshop - Adaptable by age, skill and activity level. Participants are guided to use their imagination and creativity to explore different areas of performing arts in a hands-on workshop for drama, dance, musical theatre, improv and presentation skills.

    Learn more about performing arts education programs.

    For more information, contact:

    780-410-8566
    culture.programs@strathcona.ca

     

    Festival Place field trips - Sit back and enjoy quality story tellers, songwriters and performers as they connect, teach and inspire your class. 

    For more information, contact:

    Toni Keller
    Toni.Keller@strathcona.ca

  • Millennium Place welcomes group and school visits. Engage in floor hockey, gym sports, swimming, skating, walking, running, fitness and more! A unique recreation opportunity awaits your students. Whether it's a structured lesson or a drop-in activity, make recreation fun by trying something new. We will create a custom opportunity that's right for your students. Millennium Place is your one-stop location for fun activities and great food. We can provide lunches, snacks or any type of catering you require for your class or group function.

    Millennium Place Group Visits Brochure (3.2 MB)

    For more information, contact:

    Facility Booking Support
    780-416-7252
    MPbooking@strathcona.ca

  • Kinsmen Leisure Centre and Emerald Hills Leisure Centre 

    Strathcona County is pleased to offer a variety of aquatic programs for every age and ability, including an array of recreational swims, structured swim lessons, specialty programs and aquatic fitness opportunities.

    For more information, contact:

    Swimming and Water Safety Program Team
    780-464-8236
    swimming@strathcona.ca

  • Gallery@501 - Visual Arts Education Programs

    Gallery@501 offers learning programs for schools that enable students and teachers to explore exhibitions by contemporary local, regional and national artists through guided visits and studio art-making sessions.

    Explore: Gallery@501 school programs provide students with an opportunity to engage in guided observation, discuss ideas and concepts related to the artwork on display and create connections with their personal experiences.

    Learn: Our educator-guided programs are complemented with hands-on art studio projects that further explore themes encountered in exhibitions and teach about art processes and materials. All guided exhibition tours and art activities are designed (and can be further tailored) to enhance core competencies of the Alberta school curriculum for kindergarten through Grade 12.

    Inspire: Hands-on art projects are an opportunity to inspire communication, creative thinking and problem-solving in ways that are accessible to students of all abilities. 

    For more information, contact:

    780-410-8575
    culture.programs@strathcona.ca

     

    Smeltzer House - Pottery Programs

    Our pottery programs are designed to offer a challenging and creative educational experience to your students. Freedom of expression and imaginative use of materials is encouraged.

    We'll provide a unique experience that students wouldn't normally get in school - working in a real pottery studio setting at the Clay Hut. Clay programs are offered for preschool through Grade 6. Choose from a variety of projects including coil, pinch and slab pots, clay sculptures and plaques. Seasonal and special projects are available upon request.

    For more information, contact:

    780-464-2023
    culture.programs@strathcona.ca

     

    Learn more about Visual Arts school field trips.

  • The Strathcona Wilderness Centre welcomes school, community and homeschool groups to experience a wide variety of outdoor and environmental education programs, year-round.

    These active and fun school programs are designed to meet curriculum objectives in a variety of subject areas including:

    • Elementary science and social studies
    • Peoples of the Land
    • Nature Detectives
    • Physical education and outdoor education

    Teachers may choose from standardized or custom half-day, full-day or multi-day programs. All programs are delivered from an experiential framework.

    Site amenities include a fully equipped lodge, bunkhouses, campsites, cookhouse and more than 12 kilometres of hiking and groomed cross-country ski trails. The Centre also offers programs for staff development, student councils and team building.

    2024-2025 Outdoor Programs, School and Group Guide

    For more information, contact:

    Strathcona Wilderness Centre: Programs and Bookings
    780-922-3939
    swcinfo@strathcona.ca

  • Sign up to receive the ice availability e-newsletter. This e-newsletter is distributed after the ice has been allocated to local ice user groups, at the start of the season and mid-season, to highlight any unused available ice times. 

    Find the up-to-date listing of all field and diamond closures on the online Field and diamond status interactive map. 

  • School golf lessons and driving range
    The Broadmoor Public Golf Course is committed to growing the game of golf through our junior programs. We offer special rates for range time and group lessons for schools.

    Our current pricing for school groups is:

    • One hour of range time: $10 per student*, unlimited golf balls
    • One hour with C.P.G.A. golf instructor: $15 per student*, minimum 7 students, unlimited range balls
      *Fees subject to GST

    Winter opportunities
    Enjoy cross-country skiing, walking, tobogganing and snowshoeing at Broadmoor Public Golf Course. Please note that equipment rentals are not available.  

    The course is open daily for winter activities from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and does not need to be booked.

    Visit TheBroadmoor.ca/Winter-Trails to check out the trail map and get more information. 

    For more information, contact:

    Broadmoor Public Golf Course
    Golf: 780-467-7373 | TheBroadmoor@strathcona.ca
    Winter: 780-467-2211 | recreation@strathcona.ca

     


 

Additional information
780-467-2211
recreation@strathcona.ca

Last updated: Friday, February 16, 2024
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