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On a cold winter’s day, most of us would rather be cozy and warm inside; but Richland’s JK children can’t wait to head outdoors. They are scientists searching for answers to their theories amidst the ice and snow. They are testing their ideas, collecting samples, 
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Richland’s Prekindergarten children are waiting very patiently for their baby chicks to hatch. They take their responsibilities very seriously and have been monitoring the temperature of the incubator as well as rotating the eggs five times a day. The arrival of the incubator and twelve 
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It was wonderful to welcome so many guests to ‘Understanding Reggio at Richland’. The presentations on the principles of the Reggio philosophy, the inspiration for Richland’s learning approach, were followed by an opportunity to visit our classrooms and engage with the learning experiences of our 
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Through the Physical Education program, Richland’s students in grades 4-6 have been experiencing sports and challenging themselves through Paralympic and adapted sports. The students have been playing Goal Ball, a game for the visually impaired that has a bell within the ball. They have also 
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John Dewey was an American philosopher who was considered the foremost educator of his day. Dr. Dewey’s philosophy permeates Richland’s Reggio-inspired Inquiry Learning approach. In addition, his democratic ideas as they relate to education form an essential part of Richland’s culture. Below please find an 
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One of our SK students had bought in a model of a bird, and wondered how she could identify it. This question was posed to the children, in part as an assessment of the learning they had achieved during their recent bird investigation. Spontaneously they 
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“A small community with big hearts.” That is how Ms. Jones, a representative of Free the Children, described her experience at Richland Academy’s We Day event. Richland is one of the first schools in the GTA to hold its own We Day as part of 
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We just had to share this story from Mindshift, an excellent blog that focuses on how we learn. This story focuses on the value of failure as an integral part of learning, and how students can be encouraged to learn from these experiences. At Richland 
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Recently Richland Academy welcomed internationally recognized artist, Guo Yue Dou back to the school. Dou returned for another session with Grades 1-3 to create chalk pastel drawings of birds and other wildlife. Dou’s work is detailed and lifelike, and our students did an excellent job 
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Congratulations to all of our students on their exceptional performances in Richland’s Holiday Concert. Under the guidance of Richland’s Performing Arts teacher, Ms Pitt, the students developed a concert that embraced and celebrated Unicef’s Convention of the Rights of the Child. Richland’s emergent curriculum meant 
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