Some of us are already tired of this year's winter but children love ice and snow but not the children!
They are just enjoying sledding, ice skating or simply rolling down the snowy hills behind Rochester School.


We go outside almost every day. On those days that we had subzero temperatures, we spent at least half an hour playing in the gym and children enjoy that as well - it lets them run around and have some physical activity after a long school day.

Just before winter vacation, our Director Carrie (thank you!) baked close to 20 huge gingerbread cookies
and provided all kinds of yummy decorations which our students were all too happy to put on top of the gingerbread people making them into delicious pieces of art as you can see on the photos attached.

As we all know, this winter has been quite a challenge with icy roads, snow on top of ice and rain mixed in. One would say, a typical New England weather.

One Planet has been trying to adopt daily to this kind of unpredictable conditions. And I am happy to say that we finally have been able to start using our ice skating rink, which we are lucky to have thanks to our wonderful local Fire Department. All are invited to join us, we have quite an assortment of ice skates on site but if your child has his/her own they are more than welcome to bring them.

Taking a rest!

Our usual day for skating is Monday but we do try to take advantage of this fun activity loved by all children as often as possible, weather permitting.

Once inside, we offer a myriad of fun and educational programs to keep the children happy, occupied and learning new skills.

On school's next half-day, Friday, February 9th, we are planning to take children swimming at UVAC - details to come.