by Kelly Farrell | Aug 23, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Private Tutoring, Teaching
With summer ending and back to school coming around the corner, the talks about classrooms begin to arise once again. Kelly Ferrell, Oak Learners Principal, was a special guest on the Etobicoke Lakeshore Podcast to talk more about back-to-school and getting your kids ready for classrooms again. Click the link above or here to listen to the podcast! With that being said, here are 4 tips you can do to get your kids ready for back-to-school.
by Kelly Farrell | Aug 16, 2021 | Education, Private Tutoring, Programming, School Life, Teaching
We’re excited to announce that Kelly Farrell, Oak Learners director, is featured on the front page of the August 2021 issue of the Etobicoke Lakeshore Press!
by Kelly Farrell | Apr 17, 2020 | Education, Programming, School Life
Oak Learners is dedicated to bringing creativity to education and confidence to learning for all children. This begins with our youngest learners.
by Kelly Farrell | Apr 9, 2020 | Education, Parenting, Teaching
At-home learning can be a huge change from the daily grind of regular school but it’s not impossible to adjust and make the most of the experience. With the global pandemic of COVID-19 shutting down schools, support systems and businesses around the world, many...
by Kelly Farrell | Apr 2, 2020 | Education, Private Tutoring, Programming, Teaching
COVID-19 has shut down school buildings around the world, but the teaching and learning goes on for students of Oak Learners. Children are naturally good at learning – it’s what they do from the moment they are born! Children learn language, culture, social norms,...
by Kelly Farrell | Mar 13, 2020 | Announcements., Events
Updated: March 17, 2020, 9:00am Dear Oak Learners Community, It is with a heavy heart that I follow-up my previous communication with a new announcement that Oak Learners will be closed for in-person programming until further notice. This announcement follows the...
by Kelly Farrell | Feb 5, 2020 | Education, Parenting, Teaching
It’s important to pay close attention to what children see in the news because studies have shown that kids are more afraid of violence in news coverage than in any other media content. By creating a proper perspective and context for news and current events programs,...
by Kelly Farrell | Aug 6, 2018 | Education, School Life
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt At Oak Learners, our mandate includes helping all learners reach their potential through creativity, confidence and community. This mandate goes...
by Kelly Farrell | Jul 5, 2018 | Education, Music
Anxiety levels are up and test scores are down. Ontario students are experiencing record levels of stress, anxiety and suicidal rates are higher than ever before, but students are still under daily pressure to perform to meet provincial standards.
by Kelly Farrell | Jun 27, 2018 | Education, School Life
How do some eggs hatch when others don’t? Why are eggs different colours? Can I have a duck as a pet? Why do ducks have feathers? Where do ducks live in the winter? These are a few of the questions our students asked when we presented them with an incubator full of...