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Open House on April 13, 2019 & Summer Camps
Acadecap International School’s next open house is on April 13, 2019. Learn more about our academic programmes and summer camps.
AcadeCoders 2019
Planning your summer? Check out our weekly camp calendar for June, July and August 2019! Registration forms can be downloaded in PDF or Word formats. Multiple Streams for young coders and game developers ages 8 and up! Coding with Python Acadecoders campers will learn a broad variety of concepts in
AcadeCamp 2019
Planning your summer? Check out our weekly camp calendar for June, July and August 2019! Registration forms can be downloaded in PDF and Word formats. Scroll down to see all weekly topic descriptions. Week # Week of Theme Short Description 1 Jun 24-28 Ladybugs For campers fascinated with ladybugs and ecology! 2
Pi Day 2019
Pi Day is coming up on March 14 (3/14)! Here are some fun videos about Pi: Raytheon Pi Day Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TPjRoWm8Ck&app=desktopCalculating Pi Using Pies (3 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ZNiRzZ66YN0Mile of Pi (6 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3cEKZiLmg&index=1&list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7CHow Pi was Nearly Changed to 3.2 (5 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNjA9LOPsg&list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C&index=3Pi and Buffon’s Matches (6 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJVivjuMfWA&list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C&index=6 Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
Fluor Engineering Challenge 2019 – Volleyball
Here is an overview video of this year’s Fluor Engineering Challenge: Volleyball Challenge Overview – videoThe specific instructions can be found here:Detailed instructions Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
Scratch Chaser Game
Choose a new sprite, here it is a balloon. Add these blocks to that new sprite. The other sprite in this program is Cat 2.Add these blocks to the sprite that can move with arrow keys.Add a background to the game.Use this button: Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
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