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 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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November 19, 2019What does IB look like in Kindergarten?
Another exciting week of learning has come and gone. This week our Junior Kindergarten students finished off their summa
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Mrs. Daniel has been teaching at Richland Academy for over 12 years. We are so grateful to have such a knowledgable and passionate educator co-learning with our students. Our school is a better place because she is here!
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Mrs. Daniel says that Senior Kindergarten is about developing a growth mindset - to understand that the more we practise and put effort into what we are doing the more successful we will be - whether it be painting a picture of an amaryllis, building an imaginary city, writing a story or reading a book. We put a lot of emphasis on developing strategies to solve problems (social/emotional/cognitive) and developing a work ethic where working hard and persevering is very much encouraged and celebrated.
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One of SKs favourite terms is "being a risk taker" - which to the SKs means taking on a challenge, trying new things, making a mistake, dusting ourselves off, and getting straight back up again!
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Learning how to collaborate, negotiate, problem solve and have a creative mindset, plus a strong ecological identity, are skills we hope to develop in SK to prepare our children for an ever-changing world.
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