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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
August 31: Open House / Portes ouvertes
Next open house: August 31, 2017 from 4:30 to 8 pm
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
AcadeCoders 2017: Minecraft EDU, Web Development, Minecraft Pi & Hackathon
This summer, AcadeCoders camp in Ottawa west returns with more Minecraft EDU, Coding (of course!), and this time, with some Raspberry Pi action through Minecraft Pi.
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
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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Our next unit is coming!
I feel like I say this every week, but………..it was another busy week. It was Cain’s birthday last weekend so we enjoyed some delicious cake on Monday to celebrate (thanks to Cain’s mom)! We learned about onomatopoeias in French class and did some comic strips demonstrating our understanding of their
Unit 1 coming to a close
As we get toward the end of our unit of inquiry, some of our activities from this past week included presenting the “le héros c’est moi” drawings, working on the final copy of “une lettre à mon héros”, watching clips of real child heroes helping their communities, followed by a
A short, but busy week!
We had a great visit to Parliament this week. Students got to do a tour all about symbols. They asked lots of great questions to our guide. We followed up with a discussion in class about how this field trip could relate to our unit of inquiry. Students are currently
Heroes among us
This week we got to demonstrate what being a hero is for the grade 1 and 2 class. Students spent several periods creating and perfecting 2 skits, which were presented on the stage for the grade 1 and 2 students. Miriam asked questions to the younger students to gauge their
Nous sortons un journal
Students worked very hard this week on the school newspaper project they have been organising. There have been some challenges and we will reflect on our progress and the whole process next week. We also discussed media and its role and responsibilities. More on that next week. We also had