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Recently, Richland Academy’s Junior Choir competed in the Kiwanis Music Festival, under the guidance of our Performing Arts Teacher, Ms. Pitt.  Today’s Inquiring Minds post comes from Ms. Pitt on the Kiwanis experience, and captures the pride and passion she shares with her students.The choir, 
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Recently our Junior Kindergarten students, spent time exploring their theories and understanding about measurement. The collaboration of the children throughout the process is evident in these images!At Richland, much effort and energy goes in to creating learning environments that are rich in mathematical exploration opportunities 
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We are delighted to share the artistic work of our Grade 6 student, Ion Curea, as the youngest contributing artist in the “Create Your Own Peace” Art Show! Ion’s original drawing, entitled “Peace and War”, is his interpretation of what a world at peace and 
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In this post we would like to share notes from Mind in the Making and the 7 Essential Life Skills by Ellen Galinsky; as presented to New School West in 2011, by Patricia Hunter-­‐McGrath. We’re confident you’ll find these highlights insightful, for educators and parents alike. 
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The Grade 6 students continue to work hard on their Utopian Businesses in Math. These businesses include an RC plan hobby shop and a specialty hockey store complete with its own ice rink! Their investigations have extended into their decimals unit as they continue with 
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Today we are excited to share a post from Richland’s Head of School, Mrs. Oliveira, who recently accompanied our Junior Kindergarten class on their journey with coloured ice sculptures. Enjoy! Prior to my visit to the JK classroom this blustery February afternoon, the children had 
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Richland Academy was delighted to be selected by local felting artist, Melanie Siegel, to participate in her Intergenerational Felting Extravaganza, which is supported by Richmond Hill’s Mayor’s Endowment Fund for the Arts. A group of Richland students, as well as some parents, have been working 
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In Performing Arts, the SK class has been learning about the history and traditional oral story telling of Canadian Aboriginals through experiential dramatic play. They have chosen an Ojibway creation story to reenact, becoming the characters (such as human being, muskrat, and turtle) and internalizing 
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As part of our ongoing research into 21st Century Learning, we discovered this impressive Infographic below, that captures the dynamics of the Connected Learning model. The co-dependence of the following principles: Interests, Peer Culture and Education; combine to create meaningful learning experiences for young people 
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“Measurement is using a ruler.” (Catherine) “It is seeing how big or small some things are.”  (Inaaya) “You can measure people.”  (Vismay) After the Grade One class reflected on the definition of “measurement”, their “mission” was to select 2 or 3 items in the classroom 
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