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AcadeCoders 2024

ACADECODERS SUMMER 2024 This summer, AcadeCODERS is a coding and robotics camp and are excited to offer: circuits, bloxels, lego spike robotics, scratch game creation, circuits & audio synths, python & sonic pi. Campers will also enjoy the Athletik programme, focusing on various independent and group sports skills each week. 

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AcadeCamp

AcadeCamp 2024

ACADECAMP SUMMER 2024  This summer, AcadCamp is excited to offer “Traveling around the world in 38 days’! AcadeCampers will explore traveling around the world this summer in STEAM! Campers will also enjoy the Athletik programme, focusing on various independent and group sports skills each week.  Activities will be delivered in

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Open House By Appointment – Saturday, April 9, 2022

Established in 1998, Académie de la Capitale, aka Acadecap International School, invites you to our by appointment open house from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. AcadeCap is proud to be Ottawa’s first IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school! For children in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6, the IB PYP

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From Farm To Table

The kindergarten class has been very busy designing and building our new class farm.Our new unit of inquiry is all about the process that food takes from the farm to our table and the connection between human-made systems and communities.​We will be painting, decorating and adding to our farm as

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Teachers' Blogs

Ottawa River Water

As part of a larger collaborative water project for science class, grade 7, 8, 9 students created an educational panel display with takeaway information sheets and table activities. The project aimed to increase awareness of environmental issues related to the Ottawa River, the source of drinking water in Ottawa. The

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Black History Month

February is Black History Month. A significant subject which the Grade 5-6 students learned about, and deeply reflected upon. They explored the history (i.e. slavery, Underground Railroad), and discussed various recent events (i.e. Black Lives Matter). They expanded their knowledge as they discussed: why February is the month dedicated to

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Capital Region Model United Nations

​Capital Region Model United Nations (CAPMUN) is a simulation of the real United Nations, held at the University of Ottawa. This March, students from schools in the Ottawa area and surrounding areas gathered to participate in UN committees, where they took roles as delegates or historical characters to tackle real

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Teachers' Blogs

Netflix Book Report

Over the holidays, the students selected a French novel to read. Applying their Media knowledge, they also prepared a Netflix page to share with the class upon the return to school. They had to summarize chapters as episodes, select an image as the clickbait for a trailer, list the characters,

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Media’s Influence

Throughout the unit on Media the Grade 5-6 students have demonstrated their growing understanding of its advantages and disadvantages, and are now capable of navigating it safely due to their developing media literacy. To conclude the unit, they explored the influence of social media, fake news and propaganda. They viewed,

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