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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
Telelearning activities
What do some of the kindergarten telelearning activities look like? Below are two examples of activities from the choice board done by one of my students with her parent. The first picture is of a reading and comprehension task. Students had to read a book I assigned to them on
Spring Poetry
When the snow finally melted, the sun started to shine, and the trees began to bud, the Grade 1/2 students were so excited for Spring! To celebrate the arrival of Spring during our Home Learning sessions, students created visual poetry. First, we started by brainstorming a list of things that
Math is Messy!
Learning math at AcadeCap is hands on. It’s messy, and it’s fun. We use a program called Défi-Mathématiques. This program is concept based, and encourages the use of a variety of manipulatives from Grade 1 through to Grade 6. Défi-Mathématiques focuses on problem solving in context, so children know how
Procedural Writing- How to build a Lego house
Students are working on their IB unit about Homes Around the World. As part of their English unit, they are also learning about procedural writing. In order to prepare for their final research project in which students will describe how their chosen home is built step-by-step, students had to follow
Homes around the World
Wow! I am so impressed with the hard work put towards the isteam portion of the student’s procedural writing activity. After researching the resources and techniques used to build different styles of homes found around the world, students wrote out the steps for building their own model of the home.
des cartes pour nos seniors
La pandémie du coronavirus a eu un impact sur tout le monde, nous obligeant tous à prendre des précautions et à apporter des changements à notre vie quotidienne.Mais les personnes particulièrement touchées sont les personnes âgées. Non seulement elles sont plus à risque de contracter le coronavirus, mais l’éloignement social