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Cleaning up the Capital – Spring 2016!

This Friday April 29th, AcadeCap students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 will be participating in Spring Clean the Capital at Morrison Park, picking up litter and other winter debris. Morrison park is not only often used by our students, but by many neighbourhood children as well. We are proud to

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Annual Spring Nature Walk @ Stony Swamp

Last week, Acadecap students put on their rainy season gear and bused over to Stony Swamp for their annual spring nature walk. Guided through the forest by Robert, Diane and Barbara of the McCoun Field Naturalists Club, students learned about the different living things in the forest, saw some insects

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APRIL 16, 2016: OPEN HOUSE / PORTES OUVERTES

Looking for a one-stop-education in the West of Ottawa? Académie de la Capitale IB World School is hosting its next Open House on Saturday, April 16th, 2016 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Come and discover more about our programmes: PYP,  MYP, and OSSD. Learn about our extra-curriculars: Crédits à la Carte, Tutoring, Coding

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Frequently Asked Questions: AcadeCoders

How do I register for your camp? To register for our camps, download the registration form and enter the information. The form can be electronically filled using Microsoft Word. You can email, mail, fax, or deliver the filled form to ensure your child’s spot. Payment is by cheque or cash.

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What is a Comic?

Preparing for our next writing unit, today students organized books into 3 different categories; picture books, comic books, and novels. Students then described what features make each books fit into the specific category. Students brainstormed what they know about comic books in preparation for creating their own comics. Source:: Mme

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Creating a final copy

Students are working hard on creating their final copy of their procedural writing, and working on their presentation style. Some students are planning on creating a video ( visual learning), others are creating an audio file, and some students will be using kinaesthetic learning to teach their peers how to

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Symmetry

We have been learning all about symmetry today in our Kindergarten classroom. We discovered what a line of symmetry is and about the varying characteristics that make items symmetrical. We talked about items in our class that were symmetrical and why. We used our pattern blocks to further our learning

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Géographie prospective « mon quartier de demain »

Engager les apprenants dans un travail de géographie prospective permet une autre approche dans notre unité pour lire et observer un territoire urbain. Pour ce faire, nous avons fait une sortie sur les lieux de vie de notre école, c’est-à-dire le quartier Qaulicum-Redwood Park .La séquence a débuté avec le

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Avec mes YEUX, je VOIS

Mme Amelie has been providing an array of new and exciting activities in our Kindergarten class. This morning, children were tasked at finding objects both inside and outside of our classroom and drawing what they see. Sight is the first of the five senses that we are learning about for

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Spelling in French

In the new unit, our Kindergarten class will be discovering the 5 senses. This week, we will focus our learning on SIGHT. Today, they used their literacy skills to spell new words “LA VUE”.They also learned new vocabulary in French to express what they see “Avec mes yeux, je vois

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