Halton Children’s Water Festival
September 23 to 26. See you at the Festival in 2009!
Welcome to the Halton Children’s Water Festival!
The Halton Children’s Water Festival (HCWF) provides elementary
students in grades
2 - 5 with the opportunity to learn about the importance of ground
and surface water.
Inquiry, Investigation and Positive Attitudes!
The HCWF combines Ontario curriculum requirements and offers fun, hands-on learning activity centres that are displayed throughout the event in a natural outdoor setting. Over 50 interactive activity centres teach children about water conservation and protection, water health and safety, water science and technology, and water and society.
A look back at the 2008 Halton Children’s Water Festival
Over 3,600 children from grades 2 - 5 had the opportunity to learn about water in a beautiful, natural setting under sunny skies over four days at the 2008 Halton Children’s Water Festival. The participating children learned about one of our most, precious resources, water, at the Festival held from September 23 - 26 at Kelso Conservation Area
Volunteers
Helping to stage the Festival were nearly 700 volunteers who
presented activities, helped set up and tear down, delivered lunches
and many other aspects of staging the festival. Included amongst the
volunteer base are just fewer than 450 high school students who
present the activities to the elementary school students. It’s a
wonderful opportunity for the high school students to learn about
water and develop their presentation skills. The other volunteers
were staff from the partner organizations, Conservation Halton,
Halton Region, City of Burlington and the Town of Oakville, and the
community. List of high schools
that volunteered.
Attendance
Of the over 3,600 elementary students who attended the festival:
1,342 were from Burlington
852 from Georgetown and Milton
1,432 from Oakville.
1 school from Mississauga attend
2 homeschooled students
List of elementary schools that participated.
Festival Location
Kelso Conservation Area
5255 Kelso Road
RR 3 Milton, ON
L9T 2X7
- From Highway 401, take Regional Road 25 north to Campbellville Road; go west to Tremaine Road. Go south until you reach Kelso Road. Turn right to park entrance.
- From Dundas Street, take Tremaine Road north to Kelso Road. Turn left to park entrance.
