Confederation Park Elementary

About

Confederation Park Elementary is located at 4715 Pandora St, Burnaby, BC V5C 2C2. The school is a Burnaby School District “Program of Choice” offering Education Through the Arts, integrating music, dance, visual arts, and drama with core academic subjects across all grade levels.

At a Glance

School type: Public School (Burnaby)

Education language: English

Religious affiliation: None / Secular

Grades: K-7

Phone: 604 296-9010

Email: confederationpark.info@burnabyschools.ca

Principal: Helena Readman

Programs and Services

**Education Through the Arts (Program of Choice)** Confederation Park Elementary offers an arts-integrated program where the fine arts (music, dance, visual arts, and drama) are integrated with core academic subjects at all grade levels. The school highlights regular weekly fine-arts lessons, performances/showcases, and opportunities such as Artist-in-Residence programs. **Dance** Students explore dance for self-expression and skill development, with an emphasis on independent and cooperative learning in a safe, “risk-taking” environment and interdisciplinary connections. **Drama** Students build skills such as improvisation, role-play, and performance (e.g., voice, movement, body awareness, eye contact) through activities including public speaking, reader’s theatre, puppet shows, and storytelling. **Music** Students participate through singing, movement, body percussion, and instrument playing (Orff approach), including improvising, composing, and performing. Instruments mentioned include hand chimes, Orff instruments, taiko drums, and recorder. **Visual Art** Students work with varied media in weekly art-studio experiences, study art history, develop personal style, and reflect/respond to different art forms; projects are integrated with other curricular areas or themes.

Enrollment

Registration is completed online through the district at https://burnabyschools.ca/registration/. For the Education Through the Arts Program: Burnaby residents are directed to register for their local attendance-area school first and then email a Cross-District Application Form to confederationpark.info@burnabyschools.ca; non-Burnaby residents are directed to email an Out of District Application Form to the same address. The school notes that kindergarten, new registrations, cross-district/out-of-district, language programs, and Programs of Choice applications are given priority if submitted in February; later applications may be waitlisted.