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Building Apps With JavaScript Schedule
August 4- August 7: Building Apps With JavaScript:

JavaScript Schedule: Natural Simulations Programme (Beginners) and Games and Visualisation Programme (Advanced)
July 13 – 17: JavaScript Beginners: Advanced:

Allez coder les filles!
Great article on girls and coding from the University of Ottawa gazette! http://www.gazette.uottawa.ca/fr/author/nathalie-vallieres/
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Music In Our Kindergarten Class
Our kindergarten class has been learning a variety of new skills during our music classes. Violin helps to develop our confidence, creativity and self regulation skills.We are sounding excellent! Source:: Kinder Blog
Would you like a piece of pie?
SMILE is our special programme for students who are struggling with reading and writing. During a SMILE class, students work 1:1 or in small groups to review and consolidate reading strategies and spelling rules in an integrated reading-writing format. SMILE teachers support the students using an explicit approach based on
Edgar Allen Poe
With the full moon upon us, and Halloween in the not too distant future, we are exploring Atmospheric stories and poetry by Edgar Allen Poe. To kick off our unit, students delved into the life of Poe and created a body biography. After reading a few of his poems, students
Science
Our Science 9 students are starting the school year with a hands-on investigation as they begin a unit exploring the nature of matter. By the end of the unit, they will each demonstrate an understanding of the nature of matter, including the structure of the atom, physical and chemical properties
Mapping
During Outdoor Education, the Grade 5/6s labelled a map. After creating their own map of the area around the school with symbols, words and drawings, the students went out and explored, filling in the blanks on a map of the surrounding area. They used their spatial awareness skills, communication skills
Caterpillars, Chrysalises and Butterflies!
Throughout our unit of inquiry, our Kinder class has been learning all about life cycles. We had the awesome opportunity to experience the life cycle of the butterfly firsthand, and loved it!When all of the butterflies had transformed, we let them go, to live their life freely in nature.What a


