脡cole Stonewall Centennial School held its first Celebration of Learning on February 22nd.聽 It was a huge success with over 250 students attending with their families. Students had a chance to take their families on a tour of our school.聽 They participated in a variety of educational activities throughout the school including their classrooms, the gym, the music room, and the Home ec room.聽 Students shared their school work and visited with their child’s teachers.聽 Additionally, all students created Indigenous… Read More
Establishing a solid foundation of early literacy and numeracy skills is a critical part of the work that we do at Rosser Elementary School. There are many ways to foster the letter name identification, letter-sound connection and blending (or 鈥渟ounding out鈥) skills that have been shown to support reading success. These learning experiences are strengthened by intentionally weaving multiple modalities into the activity. If an activity can include seeing, hearing, feeling and speaking, the pathways in the brain connecting that… Read More
At Brant-Argyle, our North room (grades 6/7/8) is combining Literacy and Numeracy goals through project-based learning. These goals include promoting engagement in writing, improving writing skills, building communication skills and connecting our numeracy learning with real world scenarios. The North class students are engaged in a 鈥淐lassroom Equity鈥 project. As part of this project, they have written resumes and cover letters, participated in an interview for a classroom job and have gone through the hiring process for the job. The… Read More
At the beginning of each school year Stony Mountain School offer the students in Grades 5 & 6 the opportunity to be involved in a what we call a Leadership Team, combining Social Justice and MY Voice groups together. Led by Ms. Bartholomew, this group started meeting regularly during breaks and has developed, through conversation and planning, an identity. With the identity defined, they develop an action plan. Over the past few years the leadership team has generously chosen to… Read More
A major focus for our school this year is centred around establishing an inclusive and culturally safe environment, that is rooted in individual and collective well-being. In planning the strategies we would use to move toward this goal, our school considered the Indigenous Education Policy Framework document, Mam谩htawisiwin: The Wonder We are Born With, as well as the self-regulation and social development programs, Zones of Regulation and We Thinkers. Together, the principles and teachings of these works are being used… Read More
Throughout April and May, TCI has been presenting the 鈥淩ob Nash: A Living Curriculum鈥 project to our Grade 8, 9 and 10 students. This program aligns with one of our school goals and the Division鈥檚 Continuous Improvement Plan, promoting a positive Well-Being. Rob Nash is a rock artist who, at the young age of 18, wound up in a horrific car accident. Rob lived in a place of darkness for a long time and was eventually able to seek support… Read More
