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MAY NEWSLETTER
Hello Families,Please find attached the May newsletters for The Hive and The PYP. We are winding down to the end of the busy school year. We hope everyone in the Acadecap community has a safe and memorable summer!
April Newsletter
Hello Families, Please find attached the April newsletters for The Hive and The PYP. Spring is a busy time around AcadeCap, we hope you enjoy reading about all the fun learning opportunities.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration!
AcadeCap Cinco de Mayo Fair is days away! Cinco de Mayo is a widely known cultural holiday in Mexico and is also a tradition at Académie de la Capitale. This year the Spanish students are planning on doing a big Cinco de Mayo celebration. Students, parents and friends are welcome
Acadequiz Fundraiser
Please join us for our annual fundraiser for a night of fun with the whole family! Children join for free and will have their own trivia and games! AcadeQuiz will be held Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Conspiracy Theory Brewery, in Bells Corners, from 1:00 to 4:30 pm, outdoor patio
ACADEMIA 2022
ACADEMIA FRANÇAIS SUMMER 2022 (GRADES 1-8 ) At AcadeMIA students will be learning French from one of our DELF specialists this summer. AcadeCap will be offering French each week to specific age groups, from Grade 1 through 8. This will give students the opportunity to participate in grade level instruction
ACADECAMP KINDER 2024
ACADECAMP KINDER SUMMER 2024 This summer, AcadCamp is excited to offer “Traveling around the world in 38 days’! AcadeCampers will explore traveling around the world this summer in STEAM! Campers will also enjoy the Athletik programme, focusing on various independent and group sports skills each week. Activities will be delivered
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Getting deeper into our unit of inquiry
Another busy week here in grades 3 and 4. Some of the activities we did were:-Games outside with the grade 1 and 2 class where grade 3 and 4 students got to demonstrate the traits exemplified by a hero by leading the games and helping the younger kids; -Students practiced
On s’organise…un peu
This week, we’ve been looking at how organization facilitates getting things done. We got to see what we were able to accomplish when tasks are not prioritize well for us. We all accomplished different tasks and a few people choose to do the fun tasks rather than finishing what was
Unit of inquiry #1 – nos héros.
This week, we began our first unit of inquiry – how choices of heroes reflect the characteristics that societies and individuals value (see “units of inquiry” tab). As you can see from our photos, we got off to a busy start. Students were not told what the unit of inquiry
Pareil, pas pareil
Grade 6s developping their logical thinking skills….and learning the names of the cards in French Jack = Le valet; Queen = La dame; King = Le Roi Diamond = Carreau; Heart = Coeur; Spade = Pique; Club = Trèfle In this challenge, cards in the same row must share a
Je me présente
This week, we have completed some community building activities and getting organized. We started Tuesday with an ESCAPE ROOM. We worked very hard to solve a series of puzzles that would direct us to the batteries to make our electric sharpener work. We also started a mini-project called “Je me
First week back!
We did so many things this week–students created and presented skits that included useful classroom expressions in French, did a show-and-tell paper bag activity, a scavenger hunt to learn about Mme Sarah, reviewed the IB learner profile attributes, came up with a list of classroom essential agreements to stick to