COVID-19-safe) chance to learn one of Canada’s favourite sports.Staff at St. Helen’s Elementary have taken advantage of plunging temperatures to construct an outdoor curling rink for the kids.
Extreme cold warning for many parts of B.C. as arctic air stalls over province It’s the latest in the school’s attempts, which have included outdoor checkers sets and outdoor ping pong tables, to move students out of the classroom amid COVID concerns.School principal Waldemar Sambor said he was inspired to craft the ice surface after a recent hike to the top of Grouse Mountain.“I noticed a beautiful ice rink, there was only two kids on it, and I went on it without skates and the idea just came out,” he told Global News.The school had initially hoped.