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Open House November 22 2023
Join us at our Open House event and explore the opportunities for your child’s education. We are thrilled to introduce our new waitlist for the highly sought-after English IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) – the pathway to future success! The English PYP will join our current programmes: Bilingual IB PYP
AcadeCode Your Way to a Creative Summer
Registration for AcadeCoders 2023 Summer Camps are now open! Register here. Calling all young creators and builders, join us this summer and become coding thrillers, with stop-motion, Lego Spike, and Bloxels too, Your imagination will come alive, it’s true. Create your own characters, worlds and games, with 3-D printing,
Bug Adventures: A STEM Summer Camp for Inquisitive Minds
Registration for AcadeCamp and AcadeKinder 2023 Summer Camps are now open! AcadeCamp register here. AcadeKinder register here. Come one, come all, to our summer camp of bugs, A world full of wonder and maybe some slugs, Where you’ll dine with the ants, and learn all their ways, And see
New York Times Digits Game
A fun game to practice arithmetic: https://www.nytimes.com/games/digits Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY APRIL 15
Come and discover the AcadeCap difference! On Saturday, April 15, 2023 we invite you to come visit AcadeCap, tour our space and meet our teachers. Our Open House is from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, please RSVP here: RSVP – Open House on April 15, 2023 Did you know that
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Cereal Box Commercial
As the summative project for the Media Unit, the Grade 5-6 class created a cereal company, designed a cereal and its box, then shot a commercial. To successfully complete this project, the students needed to apply their media knowledge at each stage of the project. For instance, they applied their
Graffiti for Peace
Linking the topics of media and Remembrance Day the students learned the history, significance and power of graffiti. Moreover, how as a form of media – thus communication – graffiti has been and is used to convey all sorts of messages, opinions, emotions and stories since antiquity. Specific to the
Commercials and PSAs
Through a fun activity of watching and critically discussing commercials and Public Service Announcements (PSA), the students were to list keywords for the function of each. They also began identifying techniques, tools and elements used to convey the information and/or emotions for the message or product. Commercials: to persuade, for
What is Media?
During their unit on Media, students sought to find out and define “What is Media?”. Through their exploration, they learned about the different types of media and their variety of functions, techniques, tools, and impacts. The students were tasked in identifying the media they encounter consciously and unconsciously in their
Pop Art Emojis
Prior to starting their new unit on Media, the students were given an emoji to colour and make their own using “pop art”. They were prompted to reflect upon what is “Media”, and how this activity could be linked to the subject. They were informed of the meaning behind “emojis”
Geometry in Stained Glass Windows
As a fun math activity linking to our unit on Eras, students made some stained glass window designs. They learned about the tools of their geometry set, how to use them, and reinforced their understanding of angles and shapes. All the while, they gained knowledge via “experience” regarding stained glass