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Children are given homework in school to improve and reinforce day-to-day classroom learning. When kids do homework, they learn to follow direction and manage time. For parents, helping with the homework of children can be a daily routine that both the parents and the children 
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Sports, after-school and other extracurricular activities, not to mention homework, keep kids, and parents, busy from one day to the next. Parents do all they can to ensure their kids are well rounded, and have a chance to experience different things. With this desire to 
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Our feelings, thoughts, and actions are all affected by our mental health. Nurturing ourselves mentally is equally as important as maintaining a healthy body, and parents play a very significant part in the mental health of their children.   The job of nurturing a child’s 
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Today’s children are born into a world of touchscreens and are immersed in technology from a young age. Organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) had previously determined that children over the age of 2 should spend no more than two hours in 
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It felt such a bitter sweet time of the year for us all.  It has been a wonderful year of shared discoveries, and relationships, only strengthened by mutual respect and support in our SK ‘family’. Parents, teachers and children working and playing together as we 
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Games are an essential tool for learning in the elementary school setting.   A few benefits of math games in the classroom include: Encourage strategic mathematical thinking Development of computational fluency Present opportunities for practice Support a school-to-home connection Earlier this week, Grade 5/6 played a game called Blocko 
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Our students reach a critical level of fluency and have most of the vocabulary necessary to communicate with relative ease, confidence, and with complete thought in all classroom interactions. As teachers we continue to work with gestures to solidify and increase vocabulary and refinements of 
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Our IB PYP unit on ‘How the World Works’ has been filled with new discoveries and global perspectives. As you know we have been taking a critical look at energy use in our immediate local area and around the world. Our Grade One and Two 
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Enriching our Understanding of Science ​Our visit to the Ontario Science Centre was an important learning moment for our Grade One students. The field study was a shared social experience that provided them the opportunity to encounter and explore novel things in an authentic setting. 
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Building Positive Attitudes  “The IB-PYP Attitudes are a vital focus in the development of positive attitudes towards people, the environment, and learning. These are the day to day attitudes we use: appreciation, commitment, confidence, cooperation, creativity, curiosity, empathy, enthusiasm, independence, integrity, respect, and tolerance.” These 
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