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Spirit Week & The 2018 Festive Season Extravaganza
This week is Spirit Week at AcadeCap! Monday: Silent Night (pajama day) Tuesday: Holiday Family Photo (plaid clothing) Wednesday: Island of Misfit toys (dress as a toy) Thursday: Deck the Halls (holiday themed clothing, or dress clothing) Friday: Formal uniform (concert day, full formal uniform) In order to participate, students
Hour of Code Activities
Here are some great activities from code.org especially for the Hour of Code:Minecraft (new in 2018!)Dance Party (new in 2018!)Make a Basketball Game (new in 2018!)Artist (draw geometric designs with code)Frozen (if you liked Artist and want something similar) Make a Flappy Bird Game (make the bird avoid the obstacles)Classic

Nov. 21, 2018: Open House / Portes Ouvertes
Académie de la Capitale (Acadecap International School) is an independent school in Ottawa West with students from preschool to Grade 12. We will be hosting an Open House on November 21, 2018 from 6 pm to 8 pm. At the Open House, you will meet various members of the Acadecap
Acadecamp: Science and Matter
This week at AcadeCamp was amazing. On Monday, campers made a ‘’paper mache volcano erupt’’ using baking soda and vinegar. They used a cardboard box to make the base. As well, in a bowl, they created a mixture of white glue and water. Firstly, campers scrunched up sheets of newspaper, submerged
Sifting Through Science
This week was immersed in the theme of ‘’SIFTING THROUGH SCIENCE’’ . Ilyes and I introduced campers to physical properties. Campers learned how to characterize substance by their shape, color, size, and texture. They investigate other physical properties such as solubility and insolubility, opacity and transparency. Campers poured ¼ cup
BRAIN + EYES + LIGHT = COLOUR :
Today is a new day at AcadeCamp and we are celebrating colour in all its beauty. We started the day with a brief explanation of what cones and rods are in terms of eyes. At noon, we went outside, and our girls had fun at the play area with Street
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Civic Action to Combat Climate Change
The AcadeCap Civics students are passionate about climate change! For their culminating project they chose to explore the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13: take urgent action to combat climate change. The students used the political inquiry process and their critical thinking skills learned in the first part of the
iSTEAM Fair 2021
PSSP students are practicing for their iSTEAM fair.What a busy, productive and positive Friday! Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Grade 2/3 goes Skating!
This week, Grade 2/3 took a short field trip to the park down the road to spend the afternoon skating in the fresh air. We were so lucky to have the whole rink to ourselves. Source:: Grade 2 & 3 Blog
Skating
A lovely afternoon of skating with the Grade 2/3 class at our local skating rink! Source:: Kinder & Grade 1 Blog
Preparing for Science Fair
The students have been working diligently on their science fair projects. Their science fair projects are linked to the the unit we had surrounding sustainability. One group looked at the effects of pollution on plants by watering the plants with water, eco-friendly soap, regular soap, and vinegar, representing acid rain,
Marble Paintings and Perspective
We made these lovely abstract paintings using marbles and a pizza box. A few drops of paint on their paper, two marbles, then shutting the pizza box and shaking at all around is how these masterpieces were created. Once dried, each student shared what they thought the paintings looked like