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Renovations are under way at AcadeCap!

It’s business as usual at AcadeCap, despite the ongoing renovations. Mr. Scream, our office mascot, sometimes has trouble finding the phone, so we apologize if your call had gone unanswered recently. We are currently best reached by email. Mr. Scream will be back in his regular spot next week, along

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AcadeCoders

AcadeCoders 2017: Game Design with Unreal Engine 4

New for summer 2017 and running side-by-side with AcadeCoders Minecraft and Web Development camp weeks is the AcadeCoders Game Design camp! This is open to ages 9 and up. AcadeCoders 2017 Game Design camp will challenge coders to design and code their own extreme racing game and/or endless runner game. Young

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AcadeCoders

AcadeCoders 2017

AcadeCoders will be offering 2 separate course streams this summer. We will be offering AcadeCoders Game Design and Programming along with our original, coding-based AcadeCoders, which will feature web development, Minecraft Pi, and a week of Minecraft EDU. Both streams will run simultaneously. The maximum class size is 12 with

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Open House: April 22

Looking for a one-stop-education in the West of Ottawa? Académie de la Capitale is hosting an Open House, Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Come and discover more about our programmes: Childcare, Preschool, PYP, MYP, and OSSD. Learn about our extra-curriculars: Crédits à la Carte, Tutoring, All-Year

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Teachers' Blogs

Music

We have been learning all about the violin in our Kindergarten classroom.We have been learning about the anatomy of the violin and bow and the proper etiquette of violin use.We discovered how to properly hold a violin and bow and the importance of treating it with respect and care. Source::

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Teachers' Blogs

Light and Optics

​Science 10 students are completing a unit on the properties of light. During the lab component of their class, students participated in hands-on inquiries to consolidate their understanding of various curriculum concepts such as production of light, diffraction, refraction, and reflection of light. Here one student is exploring the effects

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Teachers' Blogs

Science Experiment

Our kinders have been conducting an interesting class experiment for our science fair.Our question was, does watering plants with different liquids change how they grow?As a class, we decided that water would be the liquid that allowed for optimal growth. We were surprised to learn that it was actually…COFFEE!! Source::

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Teachers' Blogs

C’est le carnaval!

Every February in Venice, the whole city participates in Carnival. As part of our year-long unit of inquiry on significant events, students in Grade 1/2 learned about Carnival celebrations. We looked at books, and various pictures of masks. Then, we made our own masks to celebrate! Source:: Grade 2 &

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Teachers' Blogs

Black History Month – Le Mois de l’Histoire des Noirs

Ce mois de février, nous avons célébré le Mois de l’histoire des Noirs sous le thème de 2022 “ En février et en tout temps : Célébrons l’histoire des communautés noires aujourd’hui et tous les jours ». ​ En classe, nous avons mis l’accent sur la reconnaissance des contributions quotidiennes qu’apportent et

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Teachers' Blogs

Socratic Seminars in Science

Students are taking on the challenge of Socratic seminars in science. We have added a period where Science 9 and 10 students participate in a Socratic seminar on a chosen science topic related to the Science 9 and 10 curriculum. Socratic seminars are a type of collaborative intellectual dialogue built

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