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Caribou Math Contest Results
The Caribou Math Contest is an a world wide online math competition held six times throughout the school year, with different competitions for different grade groups. This year, internationally there were more than 6000 students participating in grades 3-4, more than 8000 students participating in grades 5-6, and more than
Raspberry Pi
New for AcadeCoders 2016 is Raspberry Pi, which will be part of the programming for the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence week (August 8 – 12). Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers that students get to manipulate through hardware and software configuration. Students will be introduced to the basics of Raspberry Pi from its
Summer camps start on June 20
Summer is coming! Our first day of AcadeCamp is on June 20, while AcadeCoders is on June 27. Have you signed up yet? If not, now is the time! If you are curious as to what goes on during a camp week, please visit our camp blog for an entertaining and informative look
AcadeCoders ADVANCED!
Are you ready for a new challenge? The AcadeCoders 2016 summer camp program is offering an Advanced HTML/CSS course to students who have taken the HTML/Course during the AcadeCoders 2015 summer camp program. Students will be creating beautiful and responsive websites with Bootstrap, a front-end library for creating high-end websites
AcadeCamp 2017
AcadeCamp is an innovative summer programme allowing campers from ages 5-9 to experiment, ask questions, and get messy, tout en français. Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture and Math (STEAM) demand inquiry, connection, experimentation and exploration, and with these processes at play, there is an unpredictable product until the very end. The weekly bilingual
AcadeCoders 2016
AcadeCoders – Coding Adventures is a seven week software coding and design camp being offered during the summer at Académie de la Capitale for ages 6-14. Each week will see participants progress through more complex coding adventures. Our curriculum is developed by the AcadeCap STEM team and will be delivered
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Kickboxing time !
New activity!Every Day 2 during lunch recess it’s Kickboxing time for Hive students!Students had a lot of fun and enjoyed this physical activity that helps promote the physical health and overall well-being of children. Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Children’s rights
The Grade 5/6s started their new unit about Children’s rights. As an opening activity, the students partnered up and outlined one of the other students on chart paper to represent a child. The students then were tasked with writing 10 things that the child would need in order to be
Remembrance Day
In our Kindergarten class, we remember the sacrifices made by so many, to keep us all safe. Source:: Kinder Blog
Brain Rap
Students became rap stars as they wrote a rap about the brain. Each student selected a part of the brain to research in-depth, and composed a rap with the information gathered. In their rap they describe their chosen part’s significance through its functions. As music, rimes, and movements can help
Grouping jetons in maths
Today, the JK/SK learned what grouping was by using jetons. After being given 20 jetons, they had to compare the number of jetons for each color.Then, Madame Tabatha asked them to group the jetons in groups of two, four and five. They could easily figure out how many groups of
Avec mes OREILLES, j’ENTENDS…
This week, we are discovering a new sense in our unit. The JK/SK will learn many things about hearing. They started off by using their literacy skills to recreate words in English and French. Source:: Kinder Blog