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Acadecap PSSP/OSSD Newsletter
Calling all AcadeCap communities! Keep informed about what we are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters. Students are active in a combination of current events and curriculum that celebrates diversity in learning activities.
Happy Lunar New Year!
We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Lunar New Year! We hope you all have happy and safe festivities with lots of food, family, and friends! We will be celebrating Lunar New Year with a host of activities in our curriculum. Be sure to check out our
Virtual Open House February 9 2022
Established in 1998, Académie de la Capitale, aka Acadecap International School, invites you to our virtual open house with focused presentations on our Primary Years Programme, as well as our PSSP and OSSD programmes. AcadeCap is proud to be Ottawa’s first IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school in
AC Village Meeting and International Potluck (Virtual) January 27, 2022
Once a year, pre-COVID-19, AcadeCap families and staff would gather at the school for our international potluck dinner attended by our AcadeCap community. The AC Village Meeting followed the potluck. This is the time of year when we introduce new families and staff, inform about the next school year fees,
Happy Kwanzaa from Acadecap
Heri Za Kwanzaa! We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Kwanzaa celebration! We hope you all have a happy and safe harvest festival with lots of light, specialty foods and good times within our community!
Happy Humanlight celebrations!
We wish everyone a joyful Humanlight celebration during the holiday season! We join you in celebrating humanity, reason and hope! Cheers, to celebrating the life you have with all of your loved ones during the winter solstice!
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Telelearning activities
What do some of the kindergarten telelearning activities look like? Below are two examples of activities from the choice board done by one of my students with her parent. The first picture is of a reading and comprehension task. Students had to read a book I assigned to them on
Spring Poetry
When the snow finally melted, the sun started to shine, and the trees began to bud, the Grade 1/2 students were so excited for Spring! To celebrate the arrival of Spring during our Home Learning sessions, students created visual poetry. First, we started by brainstorming a list of things that
Math is Messy!
Learning math at AcadeCap is hands on. It’s messy, and it’s fun. We use a program called Défi-Mathématiques. This program is concept based, and encourages the use of a variety of manipulatives from Grade 1 through to Grade 6. Défi-Mathématiques focuses on problem solving in context, so children know how
Procedural Writing- How to build a Lego house
Students are working on their IB unit about Homes Around the World. As part of their English unit, they are also learning about procedural writing. In order to prepare for their final research project in which students will describe how their chosen home is built step-by-step, students had to follow
Homes around the World
Wow! I am so impressed with the hard work put towards the isteam portion of the student’s procedural writing activity. After researching the resources and techniques used to build different styles of homes found around the world, students wrote out the steps for building their own model of the home.
des cartes pour nos seniors
La pandémie du coronavirus a eu un impact sur tout le monde, nous obligeant tous à prendre des précautions et à apporter des changements à notre vie quotidienne.Mais les personnes particulièrement touchées sont les personnes âgées. Non seulement elles sont plus à risque de contracter le coronavirus, mais l’éloignement social