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Our JK students took an interest in observing and exploring the Calla Lilly. A discussion about the shapes of the pot, the leaves, the flowers and the soil became their first focus of interest, so that they were able to capture the ‘real’ colours and 
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This Valentine’s Day, the Richland Academy gymnasium was buzzing with excitement as we held our first ever “Dance-a-Thon Fundraiser for Haiti,” in accordance with Free The Children’s ‘Adopt-A-Village’ program. Students, staff and some parents had fun expressing themselves as they enjoyed a diverse playlist of 
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What does it take for children to achieve their full potential, take on life’s challenges, communicate well with others, and remain committed to learning? In “Mind in the Making,” a powerful resource for teachers and families, Author Ellen Galinsky covers the seven “essential life skills” 
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Each year, throughout Black History Month, Richland Academy students broaden their understanding of Black Canadian History by participating in insightful and purposeful class discussions and activities, including a special Black History Month assembly. At this year’s assembly, hosted by our Grade 2 class, Richland students 
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After exploring Fairy Tales and reflecting on “The Gingerbread Man,” our JK students create their own clay gingerbread people.
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Our Grade 1 students add province- and territory-specific elements to their map of Canada, after exploring our country’s diverse landscape.
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http://vimeo.com/36558506 The PK class has been exploring the sounds of rain showers and thunderstorms, and created rain sticks to make their own rain sounds and recreate a rain shower. This video shows the students singing their new song “I Hear Thunder”, accompanied by their rain 
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What began as a simple idea of building a castle from a box in our SK classroom, evolved into an in-depth journey of experiential and hands-on learning. After months of drawing, planning and discussing how they could create a castle for the classroom, our SK 
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This week, a group of PK’s worked together to build a number train puzzle, counting dots to match to numerals and then numbers of objects, and then sequencing the numbers from 1 to 10. Puzzles improve a child’s cognitive, problem solving and reasoning skills. They 
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As part of their research on money and banks, our SK’s headed out for an exciting and engaging ‘field’ trip to a “real live” bank. Students had the opportunity to explore the machine that makes cheques (the “protectograph”), and visit both the Boardroom and the 
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