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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
Getting deeper into our unit of inquiry
Another busy week here in grades 3 and 4. Some of the activities we did were:-Games outside with the grade 1 and 2 class where grade 3 and 4 students got to demonstrate the traits exemplified by a hero by leading the games and helping the younger kids; -Students practiced
On s’organise…un peu
This week, we’ve been looking at how organization facilitates getting things done. We got to see what we were able to accomplish when tasks are not prioritize well for us. We all accomplished different tasks and a few people choose to do the fun tasks rather than finishing what was
Unit of inquiry #1 – nos héros.
This week, we began our first unit of inquiry – how choices of heroes reflect the characteristics that societies and individuals value (see “units of inquiry” tab). As you can see from our photos, we got off to a busy start. Students were not told what the unit of inquiry
Pareil, pas pareil
Grade 6s developping their logical thinking skills….and learning the names of the cards in French Jack = Le valet; Queen = La dame; King = Le Roi Diamond = Carreau; Heart = Coeur; Spade = Pique; Club = Trèfle In this challenge, cards in the same row must share a
Je me présente
This week, we have completed some community building activities and getting organized. We started Tuesday with an ESCAPE ROOM. We worked very hard to solve a series of puzzles that would direct us to the batteries to make our electric sharpener work. We also started a mini-project called “Je me
First week back!
We did so many things this week–students created and presented skits that included useful classroom expressions in French, did a show-and-tell paper bag activity, a scavenger hunt to learn about Mme Sarah, reviewed the IB learner profile attributes, came up with a list of classroom essential agreements to stick to