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Terry Fox Fundraising on September 28 2021
AcadeCap is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox event. We aim to raise $1,000 in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. The fundraising event will take place on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at Morrison Park (near the school). Students will be running with their cohort, following COVID-19
The Student Vote
Acadecap has registered the school to The Student Vote program. This project provides our students with an opportunity to experience the democratic process firsthand, and practice the habits of informed and engaged citizenship. The Student Vote program applies the concept of the ‘teachable moment’ using the official election as a
Indigenous Culture: Orange Shirt Day
Orange shirt day is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for Indigenous peoples. We at AcadeCap take part by wearing orange shirts to support the first peoples’ rights. We also take Indigenous studies at our school seriously with curriculum based on indigenous mythology and world view, residential schools, and
Dial-a-Chef Lunch Programme
At AcadeCap we pride ourselves in excellence in education across the world including unique cultural experiences through cuisine by Chef Erick of Dial-a-Chef. Dial-a-Chef has been in the Ottawa community since 1992. Chef Erick provides unique cuisine from France, Canada and around the world in our catered lunch programme at
AcadeCap Safe Return in September 2021
Once again due to the on-going pandemic, the AcadeCap Summer Team prepared for a safe return September, 2021. We continue to put in place numerous procedures and practices to ensure that students and team members are safe during their learning at school. Consequently, what can students and parents expect? Each
Virtual AcadeCamp: Summer at the Art Gallery
This week, students at AcadeCamp have been busy learning about Pat Lipsky. Inspired by her paintings, campers learned about arrays and multiplication, along with number patterns and sequences. Below is a picture of an “Array City.” Each building has windows using different arrays to express a multiplication number sentence. Using
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Pablo Picasso
Students from JK/SK learned about Pablo Picasso’s life, art style, paintings and why is he famous. They drew a Frankenstein picture using Picasso’s style. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
October 19th, 2022
Today in Art class, we worked on making a smoking cauldron; we used different materials to create it. Students were outside to collect nature materials to make their artwork unique. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Thanksgiving Outdoor Ed.
In our outdoor class, students learned the history of Thanksgiving in Canada and why this day became an annual national holiday. Students also made turkeys’ tails out of leaves where they had the opportunity to write down what they were thankful for. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Creating Sentences!
The class is learning how to create strong sentences with proper punctuation. Students used a graphic organizer to create two sentences about their favorite animal. They drew a picture of their favorite animal and then wrote two ideas to put in their sentences. Source:: Grade 2 & 3 Blog
October 18th, 2022
We have been learning about various artists throughout our unit of inquiry.Art is a powerful medium for children to express their creatively and self expression.Art helps to improve both gross and fine motor skills, broaden cultural awareness, and it also encourages neural connections by employing all of the senses. Source::
Welcome to Grade 5-6!
Presenting the Grade 5-6 class of 2022-2023! To begin the school year, they started by marking the class as their own. Handprints symbolize humanity, and the students made their prints to represent that they understand that everyone is different and that they will respectfully work together. At the end of