Grade 5/6 SLAM Poetry Contest
On December 9th, our Grade 5/6 students presented a SLAM Poetry Contest to culminate their exploration of the power of words. Each student performed two poems in front of a packed house...
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What is an Experiment?
The JK students have been devising ‘experiments’ with food items and bringing ice into their classroom. They have put all of their ‘experiments’ into a Ziploc bag, attached them to one of their ‘twig blinds’ and have tracked the ‘changes’ through observation, drawings of their discoveries in their journals, and much deep discussion.
During one of their Morning Meetings, the JK children were asked, “What is an experiment?” They had much to share about their theories and findings thus far:
SK Goldfish ‘Experiment’
Our SK students interact with a goldfish image that appears over their hands on the classroom whiteboard. ...
How Do Storms Form?
Our Grade 4 students worked backwards from their theories about storms to hypothesize about the key parts of a storm:
- A cloud, which needs evaporated water.
- A water source, like a puddle.
- The sun to heat the puddle to cause the evaporation.
- The cloud is made when all the gas is gathered together.
- The atmosphere to keep the cloud from floating away.
A Letter to Van Gogh
Our Grade 2 students have been working on self-portraits in the style of Vincent Van Gogh this term in Studio class. Throughout his life, Van Gogh wrote many letters to his brother, Theo,...
Ladies’ Night a Success!
On December 1st, Richland Academy hosted an evening of arts and holiday shopping for ladies only! This event featured items from local artisans, and designer-inspired jewellery and fashions that were available for purchase. A special thank you to the vendors, and also to the shoppers who came out to show their support. Proceeds from this event will go toward Parent Community Fundraising to enhance our children’s outdoor learning spaces, as well as our ‘Haiti Fund’ through Free The Children’s Adopt-A-Village’ program.
Enjoying the Snow!
The Kindergarten students enjoyed the snow at recess time today. They shoveled the snow, rolled in the snow, made snowballs, made a snowman...
SK Investigation with Visiting Arborist
Leaves and trees have been a long term fascination with the SK’s. With the arrival of fall, there was much leaf collecting, comparing of collections, and a very real interest in why...
SK ‘Scientists’ Explore the Human Body (part 1)
It was a day of exciting discoveries in the SK classroom! The SK children are currently fascinated by the human body and used a variety of activities to reinforce their understanding of...
Vow of (Silence)
On November 30th, young people around the world were ‘silent’ for 1 to 24 hours in solidarity with children who are being silenced by poverty and exploitation. The Vow of (Silence) is a Free The Children initiative that is meant to attract as much attention as possible to raise awareness and create real social change. Richland students, staff and Faculty took part in the campaign for a third consecutive year to ‘take a stand’ for children’s well-being worldwide and give a voice to the millions of children around the world whose basic rights have not been upheld.