It’s that most wonderful time of the year!
December arrived and with it the first snow and an emerging excitement as the holiday season is upon us. It began with Diwali, the festival of lights, moves on to Hannukah and then finally...
Blogs
Grade One Engineers
The Grade One students changed their roles again over the last couple of weeks! They became ENGINEERS! Once your children joined the “Scientists in School” engineering team, they built a structure capable of transporting...
Lest we forget
Although Remembrance Day was honoured with perhaps less fanfare and without an assembly or speakers, the students continued this year to make poppies with messages of thankfulness for the sacrifices made by the soldiers...
Emergent Curriculum
In SK we follow a Reggio inspired IB curriculum. Part of that means that there are opportunities to include an emergent curriculum as we respect and honour the children’s interests. Emergent curriculum is a...
Developing an Ecological Awareness
NATURE AS A WORK OF ART “Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees,...
Appreciating the Beauty in Nature
Here at Richland Academy we are so fortunate to be surrounded by nature. The trees in our playground are big and mature and provide us with so many uses. We use the trees for...
IB Learner Profile In Action
Caring Looks like: I care about my friends and others. Sounds like: "Oh I'm stuck" - Audrey "Don't worry, I can help you!" - Olivia "Thank you!" - Audrey "You are welcome. I am very nice and we are best friends...
Visual Reporting
Stories from the Grade 5-8 “My artwork shows the Black Lives Matter conflict. Police in America are being too overpowering and abusive to black people for no reason. Rather, they should be treated like all...
Grit, Gratitude, Leadership and Courage
The words showcased in the title of our very first blog of the school year fully encapsulate the qualities that our Fantastic Fives have demonstrated over the course of our first two weeks together....
An Important Message on Anti-Racism
Dear Richland Community, Richland Academy stands for equality and against racial injustice of any kind. The recent tragic and senseless killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade show the profound...