Real Life Math
The Grade 5 students have undertaken a budgeting project to better understand and appreciate the value of money from the perspective of someone earning minimum wage. One component of the project was...
Making Learning Visible
“The birds must be cold. I wonder how we can keep them warm?”
The SK children are immersed in a project about birds. They are currently concerned with how the birds keep warm in winter, and have shared many intriguing ideas. This project allows the...
Feeling the Beat
The students in Grades 4-6 were introduced to African and Brazilian beats during a Drum Workshop conducted by Norm Jones. Mr. Jones is an accomplished percussionist and has performed with many soul,...
Exploring the Ravine
It was a beautiful fall afternoon when the Senior Kindergarten Class went for a walk in the local ravine. They imagined what they would discover.. "A butterfly and a tooth" "A lake with fishes, snail...
What does Identity mean?
The Grade 5 students were given the task of creating their own identity masks. They were instructed to include details that represented themselves. The questions were thought-provoking and encouraged the students to...
Harvesting Tomatoes
Some of us went tomato picking in the garden. (Madalin) According to the document for Early Childhood Environmental Education: Guidelines for Excellence, “Learning is everything; experience is everything. Whether it is the taste...
Understanding Friendship
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other. - Lucian de Crescenzo (Italian poet and writer) The Prekindergarten students have been working...
Exploring Structure
The Grade One students engaged with a variety of building materials as they explored designing and creating structures. Harini was building a log cabin while Sophia created some cars. Sophia then decided...
Which way do we go?
The Grade Two students headed outdoors, armed with compasses, to further develop their mapping skills and apply their knowledge of directionality to get from one place to another. What they discovered… “You need...
‘5 Senses Festival’ a Hit!
Thank you for joining us at The Village of Richmond Hill 5 Senses Festival. We hope you enjoyed exploring your senses at the RICHLAND IMAGINATION STATION!...