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Virtual AcadeCamp: Registration is Open!
It’s a go! Virtual AcadeCamp is ready and open for registrations. This summer, AcadeCamp will look different than past summers. We will be doing our learning over Google Meet, and have a 9:00am to 2:00pm schedule. Campers will have snack breaks, as well as body breaks between activities. Moreso,
L’exposition PP 2020 / PYP Exhibition 2020: VIRTUAL
English version to follow. L’exposition PP 2020, Académie de la Capitale : un projet qui encourage une recherche collective et approfondie. En dernière année du programme primaire, les élèves participent à un projet de fin d’études : l’exposition. C’est à la fois une recherche menée dans l’esprit d’une responsabilité personnelle
Home Learning iSTEAM Challenge: Week 3
On December 17, 1903, in North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. (Source: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-airplane-flies) This week, the iSTEAM Team challenges you to
Student-Led Conferences from home
Student-Led Conference Day is scheduled on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. On this day, we encourage students to proudly show their parents the work accomplished during the school year. Students always have access to their portfolio. For AcadeCap students, grade 3 and up, they are encouraged to show their growth and
AWARDS CEREMONY / SOIRÉE DES PRIX D’EXCELLENCE
Our first annual Prix d’excellence de l’Académie de la Capitale Awards presentation took place on May 29th, 2015. Since then we have held the gala event every May and this year will be no exception, although the format will be different. The awards were conceived as a celebration across the
Home Learning iSTEAM Challenge: Week 2
Did you know that the catapult was invented in about 400 BC? The catapult has many variations, but mainly it uses the sudden release of stored potential energy to propel an object. This week, the iSTEAM team challenges you to build a catapult and see how far you can launch a
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
STEM
During our STEM period yesterday, we put on our engineering hats and listened to a story about the Brooklyn Bridge. It was the story of a little girl who was so excited to walk on the bridge after it was built. She watched as it was being built and finally,
Curiosity leads to…
This mini lesson about fractions is not part of the usual term 1 JK math curriculum. A few other steps come before we begin learning about fractions. However…one of these little guys was quite interested in the fraction circles and wanted to learn about them, so why not. Fractions can
Art Exhibition 2016
Our art teacher, Mme Hajar, and her students have worked really hard this year creating fabulous pieces of art. What better way to celebrate their accomplishments than by displaying their masterpieces for everyone to see! Our art exhibition will take place on June 8th, 9th, and 10th. Parents and friends
Life Cycles
Students are learning about Life Cycles in this unit. We are building our understanding of life cycles, and as we do this we add to the board. We are doing this in both English and French! So far we have looked at the life cycles of the bee, butterfly and
Inquiry and Action on Reusing!
We have been reading, discussing, singing, and creating actions for the story “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” by Roxanne Lanczak Williams. Today we made a web about things that we can reuse based on the book. The students talked about making crafts out of unwanted items such as boxes, egg cartons old
Exploring through drama
Our unit is about exploring through the arts. As a class we read the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” and then students enjoyed acting out the story in the drama centre. Source:: Mme Andrea’s Blog