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E.K. left yesterday to Tanzania
The best of luck to our student E.K. who left yesterday to join the Ukerewe Medical Mission in Tanzania with the @CACHA_ASCCA .Glad to see you are making a difference in the world!
Ecology Ottawa hopes one-million-tree campaign takes root
A journey of a million trees begins with a single planting. And so, on Tuesday, Ecology Ottawa began its campaign to green-up this city ahead of Canada’s 150th birthday. The environmental group held a public event at Champlain Park near Tunney’s Pasture and discussed its goal of having one million
Académie de la Capitale Featured in IB World Magazine
More students learn about life cycles by studying charts and diagrams. But, says Nora Ibrahim, a PYP teacher at Académie de la Capitale in Ottawa, Canada, “I wanted to do something different, so my class adopted hens’ eggs and given the responsibility of incubating, hatching and caring for the chicks.
The importance of learning how to learn!
Learning to learn is not a catch phrase! Educators with great pedagogical insight, an understanding of brain-based learning and solid teaching practices hold fast to the old adage: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for
Learning without limits
Charles Khazzam didn’t like private schools, but he and spouse Marie Carmen Berlie were quite happy to have their three children enrolled in this one. Read the full article.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Trees in the seasons
What do trees look like in each season. After talking about this and reading a few books about seasons, we got ready for an art activity to depict the trees! The students used q-tips and paint and dotted the trees in each season with the appropriate colours. They were careful
The Cooperation Counsel
Conseil de Coopération – Cooperative Counsel Définition : Le conseil de coopération est un lieu de gestion de la classe, de mise en commun des réussites, des difficultés et des échecs, un lieu de réflexion pour trouver consensus et solutions. Ce n’est pas une causerie, ni un comité élu par
Political Inquiry in a Digital Age
We live in an age of digital information. How do we navigate the huge amount information available to us from social media, video, and other digital sources? As consumers of information, how do we sift through the misinformation and disinformation to determine what is true? These questions have great significance
Orange Shirt Day
This week, Acadecap participated in Orange Shirt Day, honouring First Nations’ children. After watching videos and discussing the significance of the day, we looked at First Nations’ art. The students either drew different First Nations drawings, paintings, or sculptures, or created their own interpretations based off the art. They seemed
Outdoor classroom
No matter the weather, we will be taking advantage of our outdoor learning space. Yesterday was so beautiful that it would have been wrong to not go out! We did our afternoon journal entry outside and then had a few minutes to run around before going back in to our
Cultural Self-Portraits
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been exploring what culture means and how it impacts who we are. We’ve interviewed family members about traditions and celebrations, and learned about how they’ve changed over the years in our family. Students were tasked with creating a self-portrait to represent their culture. Then,