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ENGLISH
LITERACY & ME (GRADES 1-3)
Students in Grades 1-3 will use their existing knowledge and skills to build a
strong language foundation. Children will learn the language skills and strategies
of oral communication, reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, and
language structure.
STORY TELLERS (GRADES 4-6)
Students will blossom into creative storytellers by expanding on their existing language skills in reading comprehension, oral communication, and listening strategies. By exploring multiple perspectives, students will learn how to appreciate the viewpoints of others. By applying their life experiences, students become more connected to their stories and learning becomes more personal and fun!
INDEPENDENT THINKERS (GRADES 7-8)
Students in Grades 7 & 8 will explore various ideas and expression of opinions.
They will learn how to write and communicate about topics of personal interest.
Building on existing skills, students will learn how to effectively communicate
information and ideas for diverse purposes and audiences.
MATHEMATICS
MATH & ME (GRADES 1 - 3)
Students will build a strong mathematical foundation by being introduced to the
five major strands of the Ontario math curriculum. They will learn how to add,
subtract, tell time, count money, and sort and classify shapes and figures.
STEPPING UP! - (GRADES 4-6)
Students will build on their existing knowledge in math by solving basic
multiplication and division problems, examining areas of rectangles and
parallelograms, and exploring fractions, money, decimals, and integers.
MASTERMINDS - (GRADE 7 & 8)
Students in Grades 7-8 will be analyzing more complex data, examining
geometric relationships, modelling linear relationships graphically and
algebraically, and mastering fractions, integers, and exponents.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Fresh Investigator (GRADES 1 - 3)
Students will work on creating and expanding their knowledge of Understanding
Life Systems, Structures and Mechanisms, Matter and Energy and lastly, Earth
and Space Systems. They will be examining the needs and Characteristics of
Living Things and habitats, Strong and Stable Structures Forces Causing
Movement, Pulleys and Gears and Qualities of Air, Soil and Water in the
Environment.
Jr. Researcher - (GRADES 4-6)
Students will build on their existing knowledge in science strands of the Ontario
Curriculum, by examining and investigating some of the following areas: Habitats
and Communities; Human Organ Systems; Forces Acting on Structures and
Mechanisms; Flight; Properties of and Changes in Matter; Electricity and
Electrical Devices; Rocks and Minerals and Conservation of Energy and
Resources.
Master Researcher- (GRADE 7 & 8)
Students in Grades 7-8 will be analyzing more complex data and concepts such
as; Interactions in the Environment, Cells, Pure Substances and Mixtures, Heat
in the Environment, Waterways and Systems in action and Fluids.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Me and My World (GRADES 1 - 3)
Students will examine various roles, relationships, and responsibilities, how and
why these may change, and how they are connected to one’s identity, culture,
and sense of self. They will develop their appreciation of the need to treat all
people, as well as the built and natural environment, responsibly and with
respect. During these grades, students will develop their understanding of their
local community and begin to examine the global community. Students will
explore a variety of traditions within their families and their local communities,
developing an understanding of how these traditions contribute to and enrich
their own community and Canadian society. Lastly, students will explore what life
was like for different groups of people during that time period and will compare
the lives of these people to those of present-day Canadians.
History Mystery - (GRADES 4-6)
Following the social studies curriculum, students will develop their understanding of how we study the past, as they use various methods to examine social organization, daily life, and the relationship with the environment in different societies that existed to 1500 CE. Learning about key characteristics of various Indigenous nations and European settlers and examining the experiences and perspectives of diverse communities in historical and contemporary Canada, as well as, how they have contributed to the development of identities in Canada.
HISTORY
Sr. Historian- (GRADE 7 & 8)
In the History strand, students will examine social, political, economic, and legal
changes in Canada between 1713 and 1850. They will be introduced to the
historical inquiry process and will apply it to investigate different perspectives on
issues in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Canada. Examination of how
social, political, economic, and legal changes in Canada between 1850 and 1914
affected different individuals, groups, and communities, including First Nations,
Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities, in an increasingly diverse and
regionally distinct nation.
FRENCH
Apprenant Français - (GRADE 1-8)
Students will demonstrate an understanding of information in oral French texts
about aspects of culture in diverse French-speaking communities and other
communities around the world, and of French sociolinguistic conventions used in
a variety of situations and communities.
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