Fabulous Guest Speaker: The Jam Lady!

Wow! What an awesome afternoon we had making jam and memories we had with Katherine Little, the beloved local hero and “jam lady”!

Check out our “documentary” below sharing a bit about the experience. It includes an excerpt from when Katherine was featured on CTV News, which sets up context for our learning.

Katherine shared her fascinating story of life both before and after jam wonderfully kicked off our year exploring themes of resilience, discovering one’s passion, the power of creativity, and community service.

With a nod to the David and Goliath story, Katherine generously shared her advice, encouragement, yummy jam, and awesome pink car named “Dolly”—inspiring students to dive into their own great personal interest projects!

The very jams that Katherine and her husband James taught the students how to label and top with Canada-themed fabric are available in grocery stores around town now—yet visiting her “Little Stand” directly at 1283 Queensbury Avenue is the shortcut to getting the freshest deal! Keep your eyes peeled for the other little stands all around Saanich that are permitted to keep operating thanks to Katherine’s advocacy for a change to the bylaw.

Related to this special day, we will continue unpacking concepts the science of jam making with the topic of states of matter and also explore municipal civic engagement in our Social Studies classes.