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http://vimeo.com/36558506 The PK class has been exploring the sounds of rain showers and thunderstorms, and created rain sticks to make their own rain sounds and recreate a rain shower. This video shows the students singing their new song “I Hear Thunder”, accompanied by their rain 
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What began as a simple idea of building a castle from a box in our SK classroom, evolved into an in-depth journey of experiential and hands-on learning. After months of drawing, planning and discussing how they could create a castle for the classroom, our SK 
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This week, a group of PK’s worked together to build a number train puzzle, counting dots to match to numerals and then numbers of objects, and then sequencing the numbers from 1 to 10. Puzzles improve a child’s cognitive, problem solving and reasoning skills. They 
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As part of their research on money and banks, our SK’s headed out for an exciting and engaging ‘field’ trip to a “real live” bank. Students had the opportunity to explore the machine that makes cheques (the “protectograph”), and visit both the Boardroom and the 
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Our Grade 3 students create their vision of the underground city of Ember, following their inquiries about light and electricity while studying the novel, “The City of Ember.”
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Understanding the Reggio Approach: Early Years Education in Practice (Second Edition) is an essential source of information for those wishing to extend and enrich their understanding of the Reggio Approach to early childhood education. Written by Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton, this text analyzes the 
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This week, our Richland Huskies participated in S.S.A.F. Under-10 and Under-12 basketball tournaments, respectively, at the Hoopdome, Downsview Park. Both teams put forth a great effort and are to be commended for their basketball prowess and for the wonderful way in which they represented their 
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On January 27th, Richland students, staff and families joined us for ‘Family Fun Day,’ a community-building event in celebration of Winterfest and Family Literacy Day. The day began with a morning of free-skating and warming up with hot chocolate at Bond Lake Arena. Smiling (and 
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In celebration of Literacy Month, Richland Academy hosted a Book Drive from January 16-27, in accordance with The Children’s Book Bank. With the generous donations from our School Community members, we collected 652 gently-used books, that will help support literacy and provide children of low-income 
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Recently, our Grade 5/6 students tried to solve a puzzle where the letters A-Z = the numbers 1-26. Most students figured out that you must first assign a number to each letter. Then, the sum of the 2 numbers on the right, minus the sum 
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