Ursa Farm & Forest School

31/05/2026

Understanding the four temperaments have been an invaluable resources for me in our homeschooling journey, as teacher and parent. But also helpful for understanding myself and my relationships. Perhaps it will help some of you too.

Each person has all four, but one tends to dominate, and our goal is to harmonize them all in ourselves, which can come about naturally by working through relationships with people in our lives who have different temperaments than us.

There is also much more to it of course, such as dietary considerations, or how they relate to the four elements. If you’re interested to read more, you can find it all for free at the Rudolf Steiner Archive.. there you can search many topics. Here’s an example search for the four temperaments..

https://rsarchive.org/Search.php?q=Four+temperaments

26/05/2026

It’s been a busy few weeks for me, so forgive me for not posting regularly.

We have had some wonderful events for the school and the spring season on the farm (along with many other commitments and visitors) is really keeping us on our toes!

Here are some photos from a recent farm school day. More to come!

Thursday is the last day for this session. We will have one last session before we take a break for the summer. You can register on our website at www.UrsaFarm.ca

And as usual, there is a scholarship available for one new student each session. Please contact is for details.

01/05/2026

Scholarship available for a new student

We have one free spot for a family in need of financial assistance for the next session of farm school. This is for the Happy Herd group (ages 7-14) on Thursdays. Please contact us for details.

The next Happy Herd session starts on May 7th. Registration is at www.UrsaFarm.ca under the programs and farm school tabs.

These photos are from our last day of the last farm school session a few weeks ago. See the caption for each photo for more about what we got up to on that day.

We of course also had our wonderful weekly art class with teacher Sharon. There also were many games, morning circle and our song called , Bim Bum Biddy, which is a challenging clapping song which many are now mastering, so next session we will add some more difficulty.
We learned a new group game too which was a highlight, called bear, mosquito, salmon. Excellent fun!

We look forward to seeing you on the farm!

28/04/2026

A Time To Play documentary screening at the Oxford Capitol Theatre May 13

Here are links to the website and trailer for the film:

https://timetoplayfilm.com/

https://youtu.be/_RasrbkPNPc?si=lBBRzAlOJOneLWqj

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28/04/2026

We have a wonderful FREE event happening at the Oxford Capitol Theatre in collaboration with Town of Oxford - Recreation Commission on May 13th at 6pm (doors open at 5:30).

Kim Hunter will be here to share her documentary film about the benefits of play and nature for children. We welcome all adults interested, parents, caregivers, and teachers the film screening and there will be time for questions and conversation afterwards. Childcare provided and the 2$ canteen will be open. See the poster for more details, and reach out to Suzanna at Ursa Farm or Ursa Farm & Forest School with any questions.

https://timetoplayfilm.com/

We hope to see you there!

17/04/2026

We have another Happy Herd group session starting on May 7th. It is four weeks, every Thursday, at Ursa Farm. Here's the link to register for children ages 7-14 : https://forms.gle/Q6bYLWmNdCrmcxBZ6

We also have space in our Wee Flock group for ages 4-6,Tuesdays starting May 5th. Here's the registration link: https://forms.gle/yBgGayRhUt7ZxW5r5

Check out our website for more information about us www.ursafarm.ca and register for our Summer Camp there too. We are only offering one week of camp for ages 5-14 this year and it is filling up fast!

We receive no outside funding or financial support, and as a small farm trying to make an income growing healthy local food, we rely on these programs to continue farming and hopefully one day be able to make a liveable income from the farm. That being said, we also recognize that times are financially challenging for most of us, and so we offer a scholarship for one new student every session to be able to attend Farm School; to help a family in need of financial support. We also offer sibling discounts. Please contact us for more details or to apply.

10/04/2026

What beautiful weather we had yesterday for our Happy Herd here at Ursa Farm !

Sharon led our continued spring art class, bringing watercolour seeds to life with pastel and oil technique. We continued this imaginative exercise outside with with practical work. Where the older group dug manure with Justin to fill the garden beds that we had built last fall. While the younger group planted seeds with me in mini greenhouse-like containers. Our goal is to experience as much if the full process of creation and learning, from soil to seeds, harvesting to cooking food for us all to enjoy. The cosmic element of growing nourishing food is also evident in our art and soon our practical work as well (this is biodynamic farming).

We enjoyed some forestry work and they created an imaginative game with villagers and robbers, quite impressive how they are able to determine their own laws together. Perhaps some politicians could learn from them?! Free play in a group is an excellent lesson in social studies, even for kids right up into adolescence. It is unfortunate to see this not recognized as a necessary and healthy part of child development in our modern society. It sets the stage for learning to be collaborative adults and actively participate in local communities later in life.

We practiced some fire starting. Where some children who used to be new to it, are now moving on to teaching the new group members. Teaching others is another step in learning for ourselves. Games of course are always a highlight for this group, and we added some colour to our knitting needles project. Next week we will finish them, and the following session we will learn knitting.

Next week is our last day, then we have a two week break before the next session.

If you’re interested in registering, please see our website below. We have space in the Wee Flock (4-6 yrs) and Happy Herd (7-14 yrs) groups.

www.UrsaFarm.ca