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Off to Camp Fortune
Académie de la Capitale students will be headed to Camp Fortune for their first ski trip of 2016! Stay tuned for pictures of all the fun and send us some positive vibes for great skiing weather! Here’s a few throwback pictures from a few years ago on the bunny hill!

A Platinum Sponsor
Académie de la Capitale’s annual fundraiser, AcadeQuiz, is coming up! We are excited to announce our first Platinum Sponsor of 2016, Mann Lawyers! We are very happy to have them be part of the event and are thankful for their support! Check out their firm at http://www.mannlawyers.com/

University of Ottawa’s Maker Mobile Comes Back to AcadeCap
Back for more workshops, the University of Ottawa’s Maker Mobile Program never fails to impress. This visit consisted of two workshops, a laser cutting workshop and a programming workshop. The grade 3 and 4 students did the laser cutting workshop, they designed a birdhouse on the computer and once they

Kids on the Block Puppet Show
On January 12th, AcadeCap has invited Kids on the Block to perform their special presentation for our kindergarten to grade 8 students. The Kids on the Block are a group of almost life-sized puppets, that act, think and feel just like real kids. Each one has likes and dislikes, talents and limitations,

Ottawa University’s Maker Mobile Comes to AcadeCap
Recently, our students took part in two amazing workshops put on by the University of Ottawa’s Maker Mobile team! The older students (grades 5-8) had a workshop on 3D printing, and the younger students (grades K-2) had a programming workshop. It was a fantastic experience, lots of learning and excitement!
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
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
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
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
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
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
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