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Friendships in Small Canadian Schools: The Benefits of Multi-Age Classrooms

Why Small Schools Support Strong Friendships in Canada One of the most common questions Canadian families ask about small schools is whether children will have enough opportunities to form strong friendships.  Research confirms that children’s social development does not depend on large class sizes or numbers of peers. Instead, friendships

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Why Learning to Learn Builds the Strongest Students

Many children are curious natural problem-solvers who ask thoughtful questions and enjoy learning. But simply meeting academic expectations does not always mean students are developing the thinking habits that sustain learning over time. Planning, reflecting, making connections, and adapting when challenges become more complex are part of learning how to

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Children reading together while learning multiple languages at Acadecap
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Advantages of Learning Multiple Languages at AcadeCap: A Global Benefit for Every Student

At École internationale Acadecap International School, there are many lifelong advantages of learning multiple languages. For over 20 years, we’ve helped students, including those with dyslexia and other learning differences, develop strong reading, writing, and communication skills in French, English, and Spanish. As the only Canadian school in the LabelFrancÉducation

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Teaching Excellence at AcadeCap: A Blend of Expertise, International Standards, and Lifelong Learning

At AcadeCap International School, we believe that exceptional academics and education begins with exceptional educators. While Ontario private schools are not required to employ teachers certified by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) or individuals with teaching degrees, we take a different approach, one that exceeds the minimum requirements and

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Teachers' Blogs

J’ai trouvé une carte!

Students in Grade 1/2 have started their new unit on maps. Lately, we’ve been learning about how to read and use a map. Last week, students were tasked with writing a creative journal entry in French. Students were to imagine they found any kind of map, and think about where

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Teachers' Blogs

Le Rainbow Project – un message d’espoir et de solidarité.

La classe de 5ème année de Mme Aïcha a initié un projet solidaire et créatif en s’inspirant du mouvement mondial des arc-en-ciel qui avait commencé en Italie quand la pandémie de coronavirus a fortement frappé le pays. En signe de solidarité et d’espoir, les élèves de l’Académie de la Capitale

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Teachers' Blogs

TeleLearning

We are now on week 5 of telelearning, a month has gone by so quickly. The Kindergarten students are fully engaged in a program specially designed for working from home. I have to say that I am so proud of my students and their capacity to be flexible and adapt

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Teachers' Blogs

Who is in the community?

As part of our summative assessment, I had students fill in a mind map of the members that make up their community. Source:: Mme Nora’s Blog

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Bingo

A fun and exciting way to reinforce number recognition, and this in French! Everyone loves a good game of bingo! Source:: Mme Nora’s Blog

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Mystery, mystery

Students really love the challenge of this game, they are using their logical thinking skills and problem solving skills as well as number sense to math the numbers to the picture. When they match all the pictures, the last number is the mystery number, also very exciting. It’s the small

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