Halton Children’s Water Festival

Welcome to the Halton Children’s Water Festival!

The Halton Children’s Water Festival (HCWF) provides elementary students in grades 2 - 5 with outdoor experiential learning about all aspects of water.

The 2012 Festival is scheduled for:

  • Tuesday, September 25 to Friday, September 28
  • Kelso Conservation Area in Milton.
  • Cost is $5 per student, bussing included and arranged by HCWF
  • A pilot French Language day will be offered on Thursday September 17 for Grade 5 students.
  • Registration is not yet open

Schools seeking Ontario EcoSchools certification can count their attendance at the HCWF as a field trip in the Curriculum category (one submission per grade level).

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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.

Festival Location

Kelso escarpment

Kelso Conservation Area
5255 Kelso Road
RR 3 Milton, ON
L9T 2X7

Directions:
  • 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.

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