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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
Kickboxing time !
New activity!Every Day 2 during lunch recess it’s Kickboxing time for Hive students!Students had a lot of fun and enjoyed this physical activity that helps promote the physical health and overall well-being of children. Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Children’s rights
The Grade 5/6s started their new unit about Children’s rights. As an opening activity, the students partnered up and outlined one of the other students on chart paper to represent a child. The students then were tasked with writing 10 things that the child would need in order to be
Remembrance Day
In our Kindergarten class, we remember the sacrifices made by so many, to keep us all safe. Source:: Kinder Blog
Brain Rap
Students became rap stars as they wrote a rap about the brain. Each student selected a part of the brain to research in-depth, and composed a rap with the information gathered. In their rap they describe their chosen part’s significance through its functions. As music, rimes, and movements can help
Grouping jetons in maths
Today, the JK/SK learned what grouping was by using jetons. After being given 20 jetons, they had to compare the number of jetons for each color.Then, Madame Tabatha asked them to group the jetons in groups of two, four and five. They could easily figure out how many groups of
Avec mes OREILLES, j’ENTENDS…
This week, we are discovering a new sense in our unit. The JK/SK will learn many things about hearing. They started off by using their literacy skills to recreate words in English and French. Source:: Kinder Blog