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Block play can enhance creativity and problem solving skills. The block centre can be a terrific place for children to expand their imagination.  Block play gives children a chance to work together and enhances the opportunities for children to share materials.  Block play builds children’s abilities to 
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My passion to learn and understand at a deeper level how the Reggio Philosophy positively influences and shapes a child’s life at a social/emotional and cognitive level, has become a personal goal of mine as an educator.  The past six years I have been actively 
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As our Grade One students continue to deepen their knowledge of the body systems, their collaboration skills are constantly developing.  They are learning to listen to diverse opinions, share their knowledge, and treat each other with respect. The students are beginning to understand that with 
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Last week, the Grade 3 Class were lucky to have Peter Marshall, software engineer and photographer, come in for a visit.  The students were thrilled to have a guest, and were excited to learn that they too can be programmers at age 8!  Peter explained 
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We spend a lot of time, throughout the year, with observational drawing.  It supports the children in slowing down, and really learning how to record what they actually see, rather than what think something looks like. Through noticing the details, the children’s understandings deepen and further questions are provoked.For example, 
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Through the use of our light projector, we were intrigued, engaged, and inquisitive about the mechanics and theoretical reasoning’s behind the process of light and it’s wavelengths.  Questions are unfolding; Where is the light coming from? and How did it go from ‘here’ to ‘there’? Let 
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The Global Read Aloud is an online book club, and this year our entire school, from Kindergarten to Grade six are taking part.  Our Grade four class has connected with a school in Texas, US to share their thoughts and connections to the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.  
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As a community that embraces a culture of innovation and creativity, we value learning from one another and recognize the incredible breadth of skills and expertise that we bring to our profession. At Richland we celebrate these strengths and are pleased to offer a series 
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At recess time we ventured out to “put our snails back in nature” as we had determined that “It is time for the snails to go home.”  Many of the children shared their goodbyes . The boys and girls chose a place for their snail 
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Connecting math and tinkering The Grade 4’s have kicked off their measuring unit in mathematics with the building of innovative games to share with our school.  One group has decided to make a ‘Monopoly Ping Pong Table’ and another group is working on a ‘Racing 
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