BC Field Trips

"2021 Vancouver International Children's Festival - May 31 to June 13"

Offered by
Vancouver International Children's Festival
Last updated on
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Experience type: 
Virtual Field Trip
Program Description

Come and join us celebrate the arts with your class! We offer a selection of virtual shows for your preK- Grade 8 students: dance, music, puppetry, story tellings from around the world. 2021 will be the 44th edition of the Festival. We will be virtual this year and give you lots of option to watch the show(s) from the comfort of your classroom for an extended period of time. To simplify your booking this year, we are selling Class Pass(es) at an affordable rate of $60 per class/per show and will allow unlimited streaming from the time the performance is first shown during the week of the Festival (May 31- June 6, 2021) until June 13, 2021. Your class will access a series of six workshops at no additional cost! Come and have fun with us!

Big Ideas
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  • Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
  • Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
  • Everything we learn helps us to develop skills.
  • Learning is a lifelong enterprise.
  • Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together toward common goals.
  • Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills.
  • Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
  • Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
  • Everything we learn helps us to develop skills.
  • Learning is a lifelong enterprise.
  • Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together toward common goals.
  • Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills.
  • Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
  • Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
  • Everything we learn helps us to develop skills.
  • Learning is a lifelong enterprise.
  • Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together toward common goals.
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  • Designs grow out of natural curiosity.
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  • Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
  • Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
  • Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
  • Stories and other texts help us learn about ourselves and our families.
  • Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
  • Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
  • Everyone has a unique story to share.
  • Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
  • Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
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  • Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
  • Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
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  • Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.
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  • Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking.
  • Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
  • Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
  • Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.
  • Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
  • Language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
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  • Communicating in French fosters a sense of belonging to the Francophone community.
  • Our ability to communicate in a new language improves as we take risks in that language.
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  • Literature, when viewed in its context, helps to expand our perception of a society.
  • The choice of verbal and non-verbal language conveys the speaker’s intentions.
  • The communicator, by organizing his or her ideas and relying on various sources, defends his or her point of view and influences the audience.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté francophone.
  • C’est en prenant des risques pour communiquer qu’on améliore sa maitrise de la langue.
  • Les images et les graphies sont porteuses de sens.
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  • À travers les textes, on se découvre et on découvre le monde qui nous entoure.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté francophone.
  • C’est en prenant des risques pour communiquer qu’on améliore sa maitrise de la langue.
  • Les récits autochtones jouent un rôle important dans l’exploration de l’identité individuelle, familiale, générationnelle et communautaire.
  • Toute communication a un contenu et une structure.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté francophone.
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  • Les récits autochtones jouent un rôle important dans l’exploration de l’identité individuelle, familiale, générationnelle et communautaire.
  • Chaque langue obéit à un système de règles qui la distingue des autres langues.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté francophone.
  • La communication est un acte social durant lequel on s’affirme en exprimant ses opinions, ses sentiments et ses préférences.
  • Les contes illustrent des thèmes universels et intemporels.
  • Les récits autochtones jouent un rôle important dans l’exploration de l’identité individuelle, familiale, générationnelle et communautaire.
  • Chaque langue obéit à un système de règles qui la distingue des autres langues.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté francophone.
  • Les hypothèses sont créées à partir d’indices présents dans les textes.
  • Les récits autochtones font partie de l’histoire et de la culture francophone canadienne.
  • L’intonation et les gestes ont un impact sur la transmission et la compréhension d’un message oral.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté.
  • Le sens d’un texte passe par la forme ainsi que par les mots.
  • Les récits autochtones font partie de l’histoire et de la culture francophone canadienne.
  • L’utilisation de références et d’exemples augmente la crédibilité des propos de l’auteur.
  • Communiquer en français contribue au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté francophone.
  • Dans le texte illustré, l’image et les mots se complètent car l’expression du sens de l’image peut être différente de celle des mots.
  • Les récits autochtones font partie de l’histoire et de la culture francophone canadienne.
  • L’intrigue d’une histoire se définit à travers les décisions des personnages, leurs actions et le contexte dans lequel ils évoluent.
  • Communiquer en français permet de participer à la communauté francophone.
  • C’est en explorant différents choix stylistiques qu’on développe son propre style d’écriture.
  • La littérature amène à une réflexion sur la condition humaine en se basant sur des éléments réels présentés sous forme imaginaire.
  • Le respect des conventions linguistiques, la richesse du vocabulaire et l’organisation textuelle sont essentiels pour bien s’exprimer.
  • Les mots ont des valeurs connotatives et dénotatives qui façonnent la perception du destinataire.
  • L’interaction entre les peuples autochtones et les communautés francophones canadiennes influence mutuellement leurs langues et leurs cultures.
  • À travers ses textes, l’auteur peut partager son identité, sa culture, sa perception du monde et le portrait d’une époque.
  • Communiquer en français permet de participer à la communauté francophone.
  • Le destinateur, en organisant ses idées et en s’appuyant sur des sources diverses, soutient son point de vue et influence le destinataire.
  • L’efficacité d’une argumentation se trouve dans l’organisation des idées ainsi que dans les arguments mêmes.
  • L’environnement dans lequel on évolue influence sa perception et imprègne ses textes.
  • L’interaction entre les peuples autochtones et les communautés francophones canadiennes influence mutuellement leurs langues et leurs cultures.
    • COVID Precautions

    We will adhere to the requirements of the BC Health Ministry during the Festival. We hope to be able to offer small groups the opportunity to attend an In-Person show but reserve the right to adjust to an online performance for the safety of our patrons and staff.

    Trip Details
    City: 
    Online
    For Grades: 
    K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Months Available: 
    May, June
    Days Offered: 
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
    Times Offered: 
    9:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm
    Duration: 
    50 minutes unless otherwise stated.
    Maximum Students: 
    See Additional Notes.
    Offered In French: 
    Yes
    Also Offered For: 
    Daycamps, ESL, Homeschool, Preschool, Scouts
    Packages Provided: 
    No Packages Provided
    Fee Details
    Cost Per Student: 
    $5.00
    Fee Notes: 

    Depending on the size of your class, you might choose the Class Pass at 60$/per class/ per show or the Home Learner rate at $5/per person/ per show. A Service Fee of $10 applies to each order + gst.

    Additional Notes

    Be creative and get your school involved: ask your colleagues to select their favorite show, involve your principal to place a group order and the PAC to financially support your VIrtual Field Trip!

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