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AcadeCoders 2024
ACADECODERS SUMMER 2024 This summer, AcadeCODERS is a coding and robotics camp and are excited to offer: circuits, bloxels, lego spike robotics, scratch game creation, circuits & audio synths, python & sonic pi. Campers will also enjoy the Athletik programme, focusing on various independent and group sports skills each week.

AcadeCamp 2024
ACADECAMP 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 in

ACADECAP HIVE AND PYP BUZZ MARCH NEWSLETTER
Keep informed about what students are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters; The Hive and The PYP Buzz. Click each link below to read about our amazing students.
Open House By Appointment – Saturday, April 9, 2022
Established in 1998, Académie de la Capitale, aka Acadecap International School, invites you to our by appointment open house from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. AcadeCap is proud to be Ottawa’s first IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school! For children in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6, the IB PYP

AcadeCap Hive and PYP Buzz February Newsletter
Keep informed about what students are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters;The Hive and ThePYP Buzz. Click each link below to read about our amazing students.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
TED-ED Student Talks Programme
The Grade 5/6 students are preparing TED style talks to accompany their PYP EXPO projects. The students are currently working through a process of brainstorming, developing their talk idea statement, creating a talk message map, and researching their talk content. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Paper Making for Earth Day
For Earth Day, students made their own paper from recycled scraps of paper. Students enjoyed the paper making process, which was wet and messy but also creative. Some of the students will be using their paper for a poetry activity. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
How Does A Seed Become A Plant?
As part of our new unit of inquiry, we are learning about how food moves through various stages of development from the farm to our tables. This week we are focusing on the process that plants go through from seed to adulthood. We will also be exploring the various ways
Getting creative with measurement
As students in Grade 2 explore measurement, they were challenged to use non-standard units of measurement to measure various objects around the classroom. They were given a string (1m), a popsicle stick (1 dm), and a centicube (1cm). In groups, they had to decide the best way to measure the
Anybody want some hot chocolate?
Upon our return to school in January, students in Kindergarten and Grade 1/2 got to play with language in a hot chocolate centre. Students got to play different roles, such as customers and workers, and used French language skills to communicate. Students also got to practice math skills, as they
Working on letter writing
Writing letters to the North Pole before our Winter Break was part of our French class. We followed a template, learned about the structure of letters, and used vocabulary words to write our letter to send. Here, you can see us using a word wall to write our letters independently.
