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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
The Importance Of Being Active
Even on the stormiest of days, we are cognizant of the importance of physical activity in our daily lives. Gross motor skills like running, jumping and skipping are some of the important developmental skills that children learn during our planned physical activities. There is no better way to release some
Rube Goldberg Exploration
We have been busy working on designing and building our Rube Goldberg machines throughout the PYP at Acadecap.As a group, they have designed their Rube Goldberg machines and collected the needed materials to begin building their project.This ISTEAM activity helps to develop critical thinking skills that are crucial for each
Publishing our Research Guides
Students in Grade 1/2 took on the role of researcher and author to create their own research guides about a nocturnal animal of their choice. We worked on research skills such as: finding information, taking notes and summarizing. Then, we took our information and created different sections for our books.
First Snowfall of 2022
What an exciting day it was on Wednesday for our Kindergarten class.The first snowfall always brings a lot of joy and wonder to our little ones.Our unit of inquiry is all about night and day cycles (dark and light),how living things cope with seasonal changes and how temperature affects water.This
Learning through Play
Students in Grade 1/2 are currently learning about the Earth’s Natural Cycles. In addition to that, they are learning about different types of weather that typically happen during the 4 seasons in Canada. To learn and develop language, students can play at a weather station and practice being meteorologists. They
AcadeCap City – Council Meeting
AcadeCap City’s first City Council Meeting occurred on November 8th. The meeting opened with a land acknowledgement led by our AcadeCap City Co-Mayors, followed by a report from each Classroom Ward. Then discussion and debate ensued on the topic of recycling and food waste management. Finally, the councillors voted on