Paper Airplanes

This week, the Grade 5/6s made paper airplanes. They worked in pairs and used their imagination and research skills. After 30 minutes, the class had a competition to see which paper airplane could go the farthest. They did a great job and enjoyed themselves! Source:: Grade 6 Blog

September 30th, 2021

Une Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, parce que chaque enfant compte! Source:: PSSP & OSSD

Do a Stroop Test! / Faites un test Stroop!

To introduce our unit of inquiry on Learning about Learning, the students were given a Stroop test. With various strategies coming forth on how to accomplish this activity, students questioned what was occurring in their brains. Moreover, they wondered why it was so difficult to say the colours shown rather than what was written. The […]

Indoor recess fun! / On s’amuse durant la recrée intérieur!

The rain does not stop the laughter in the Acadecap’s Grades 3-4 classroom. The students had a blast twisting themselves into pretzels during a game of twister. A true test of their balance and strength! Les étudiants de 3e-4e s’amusent même s’il y pleut. Ils ont bien ri durant un jeu de twister. Il ya […]

Puzzle Masters / Maîtres des Casse-têtes

During the first week, the students demonstrated teamwork, creativity and critical skills while accomplishing various puzzles during their free time. They sent me into the storage room to find more puzzles as they were plowing through them! Durant la première semaine d’école, les étudiants ont démontré des compétences sociales et de pensées en complétant plusieurs […]

Truth and Reconciliation Week

Our students in grade 7 to 11 are involved in units related to Indigenous studies, during English class. The grade 7/8 class is reading Touching Spirit Bear, and researching the Tlingit people and the Spirit Bears of the Great Bear Rainforest. The grade 9 to 11 students are reading Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese, and […]

Biology 11 – Dichotomous Keys

Biology 11 students practise using and constructing dichotomous keys. Dichotomous keys are one type of classification system used by Biologists to identify organisms. They consist of two-part branching statements and are based on the organisms’ morphological characteristics. Students learn about the advantages and limitations of this type of classification and explore alternatives, such as phylogenetic […]

First Weeks Back

The first few weeks back at school have been filled with fun, laughter, and creativity. During the iSTEAM period, the students created their own self-moving horse made out of paper. The students were detail-oriented and imaginative while creating their horse and ramp, and modified their horses multiple times in order to get them to be […]