An Artists’ Expression
Students in Grade 1/2 are wrapping up their first unit of inquiry on Artists’ Expression. Throughout this unit, students learned about a different artist each week. We learned about Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Keith Haring, Yahoo Kusama, Alexander Calder, and Hannah Hoch. We explored different mediums, tools, and types of artwork. Each time we learned […]
Happy Diwali!
We had the privilege of being invited to the Ottawa-Carleton Hindu Temple to celebrate Diwali this week. It is so important for children to learn about different cultures so they can gain a sense of awareness and respect for varying ways of being that are different than their own. We had such an enlightening and […]
Charging into the Middle Ages
For their unit on Eras, the Grade 5-6 students have been exploring the Middle Ages. Divided into three overarching periods, Early, High and Late Middle Ages, the students learned about what events, people and other elements characterized each period. Beginning with the Early Middle Ages, they actively discussed why this period was also named the […]
Self-Portrait: My Identity
One of the activities the students completed earlier this September was a self-portrait. Since the start of the year they have been exploring the concepts of culture, identity, values, and more through various beliefs (political, religious, philosophical). For this activity, they were prompted to critically reflect upon the EXPO’s unit central idea, “Who we are”, […]
World Religion Map
There are numerous beliefs in the world. Too many to learn in a year. Therefore, students applied the “divide and conquer” mentality. They learned about the diversity of beliefs and values, and were able to agree on three overarching categories of belief systems: Religious, Political and Philosophical. They recognize that these categories are not isolated […]
Diving into “Who We Are”
This year the Grade 5-6 students will be doing their PYP Exposition, commonly known at AcadeCap as EXPO, or “The thing that must not be named”. EXPO is a year-long research project which culminates in an interactive and creative presentation open to the AcadeCap community. The topic of research this year is based on their […]
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
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
