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iSTEAM Fair
AcadeCap is excited to announce that the iSTEAM Fair will be held on Thursday, March 4th, 2021. This year, the iSTEAM fair will be held virtually. Students will share their projects with judges and parents via Google Meet. In the next few days, an information package will be sent home
Fibonacci Sequence
November at AcadeCap is innovation month. For this month’s iSTEAM challenge, students learned about the Fibonacci sequence. Students read a biography about Leonardo of Pisa, also known as Fibonacci. They explored the reproduction of bees, which follows the Fibonacci sequence through generations. Finally, they created Fibonacci sequence-inspired artwork.
Collaborative Quilting
For our return to school in September and October, students participated in a collaborative quilting activity. Each classroom was given a specific set of colours to create a quilt square per child. Students had to include one square, one triangle and two small squares into their quilt squares. This art
ANNUAL PSSP/OSSD CURRICULUM NIGHT NOV. 12, 2020.
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Académie de la Capitale is hosting the annual PSSP/OSSD Curriculum night. This is an opportunity for parents with children in grades 7-12, as well as interested parents, with children about to enter the PreSecondary School Programme (grade 7) in the
Virtual Open House on October 22, 2020
Acadecap International School invites you to join our virtual open house and curriculum night on Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Terry Fox Fundraising on September 30, 2020
Acadecap is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox event. We aim to raise $1,000 in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. The fundraising event will take place on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at Morrison Park (near the school). Instead of running, students will alternate dancing, for a
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Sentence Building
We have been learning all about sentences in our Kindergarten class. What do they look like? What in punctuation? When should we use capital letters.This is an important facet of early reading and writing development. Source:: Kinder Blog
Writing capital letters
For this activity, the JK/SK had to work on their literacy to be able to get the correct gesture for writing letters. They used playdough and erasable markers to find out in what order the lines of letters need to be traced.They could then practice with their pencil. Source:: Kinder
Figurative Language- Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia. It’s a term for a word that represents a sound. Onomatopoeia is used in all types of writing, but they are very evident when seen in comics. Students explored how different comics have utilized onomatopoeia in their stories, then choose their own word to create a piece of art.
Sorting And Classifying
We have been working diligently on deepening our classifying and sorting skills knowledge. Developing these essential skills help children to develop a large range of thinking skills and to help build the needed skills for problem-solving throughout their life. Source:: Kinder Blog
Biodiversity Project
This term, the Biology 11 students engaged in a hands-on field investigation about biodiversity. For their unit culminating activity, the students chose a local natural area to explore and completed field journal entries and photo documentation of their area. They then researched the organisms inhabiting the area to determine their
Welcome to AcadeCap Airlines!
As we launch our unit of inquiry on modes of transportation, the Grade 1/2 students are so excited to use their dramatic play centre – an airport. In this centre, students will be working on their oral communication skills in French as they develop a variety of vocabulary relating to