At Richland Academy, we work together to define education for a changing world so that our students are deeper thinking, confident and world ready.
We are a community of learners who are active, responsible, and compassionate global citizens.
We aim to provide a learning environment that builds intercultural understanding and respect.
Richland Academy is a warm and welcoming International Baccalaureate (IB) World school in Richmond Hill, Ontario. We are a 21st century learning community that embraces the Reggio approach to inquiry-based learning and provides opportunities for our students to develop keen critical thinking skills as they explore, investigate, collaborate and communicate with one another from Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8.
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Early Years
Our Early Years Reggio-inspired Approach provides children with a strong...
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Kindergarten
Richland Academy’s inquiry-based Kindergarten program implements the...
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Junior School
Junior School students transition to an enriched curriculum, through our...
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Middle School
Students in Grades 7 and 8 work within the six broad themes of the Inter...
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The Reggio Emilia Approach
dates back to post-war Italy, in the northern region of Reggio Emilia. The people of Reggio Emilia came together to develop a meaningful way to educate their children, and to create a better future for their community. The Reggio Emilia Approach to learning engages children in questions that they develop and investigate. Just like the community of Reggio Emilia, the image of the child as a capable, curious and creative learner is at the heart of all we do at Richland Academy
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February 18, 2020Creative and Critical Thinking in Outdoor Play
Nature offers a freedom of exploration and risk-taking that is hard to replicate in other learning environments. In the
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February 7, 2020Future Herpetologist
This week, we had the pleasure of having B.P, a grade 3 student, also a future herpetologist, come to our classroom f
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January 10, 2020The Magic of the Amaryllis
Children are naturally curious about what is happening in the world around them, so we thought that it would be a won
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December 13, 2019The Next Generation of Coders!
On Wednesday, December 11, 2019 the Hackergal Coding Club at Richland Academy participated in their first annual HACKERG
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Thank you Mrs. Brennan for being a mocko jumbie (stilt walker) to kickstart our morning! Our Carnaval was still a success despite being indoor due to slippery surfaces outside. We had different activities for students to play and gain house points! Fastest time for relay, bundle up and penguin race will be awarded with house points, and there will also be points for sportsmanship and cooperation for fuzzy ball fight.
We partnered up with Ms. Fritz's grade 1 classroom at GEMS World Academy in Singapore. We decided to start a pen pal letter writing relationship between the grade 1s at GEMS and the grade 7/8 students at Richland Academy. The grade 1s were starting their unit about weather. Ms. Fritz mentioned that the students were very curious to learn about our weather in Canada. The grade 7/8 students wrote to them and gave them a little information about the type of weather we are having this year. Ms. Fritz sent us a lovely picture of her classroom hallway displaying all the letters. Now we're looking forward to hearing more about Singapore in their letters. Thank you Ms. Fritz!
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