Math Fair 2015
A fun day for all students is the math fair. The students are divided into teams and travel from room to room to try fun math games. The senior students help set up and lead each game. The math fair is a fun and interactive way of learning..
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Positive Learning Environment
What is Growth Mindset? The mindset of an individual, whether a child learning in school or an adult with career goals, can change how one handles disappointments. If abilities are defined as something that needs to be demonstrated, or that ..
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Friday Math: Setting up for Track & Field Day
Today’s math took us out outside with some practical, real-life problem solving. These senior students put their math knowledge to use and set up the track for next week’s Track & Field Day. Save Save Save
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Prisms & Pyramids
Today in Math, the Gr. 1&2s demonstrated their understanding of 3D shapes by creating various prisms and pyramids with straws and plasticine. They all did a great job, and had a lot of fun building during this interactive Math pe..
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Gauss Math Contest
Recently, our senior students took the Gauss Math Contest, put on by the University of Waterloo. We are proud at how well they did. Each of these students scored within the top 100 of more than 750 students. Well done!
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Math Fair
“2, 4, 6, 8, We think math is really great!” This cheer could be heard loud and clear from the gym on Wednesday morning, as students participated in our annual Math Fair. Before we got this point, the Grade 6/7/8 class spent a mo..
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Fly on the Wall by Heidi Blokland
One of my joys in working as principal designate is being able to pop into classrooms and be a fly on the wall. I get to see learning in action, relationships being built, and God’s kingdom everywhere. Let me share with you a bit of what..
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Hip Hip Hooray, It’s the 100th Day!
Hip Hip Hooray, It’s the 100th Day! On Wednesday, Feb 22nd, the Gr. 1/2 class celebrated one of their favourite days. 100 Day! They had been patiently counting down the days of school to reach the 100th day of school, and could not wait ..
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The Day Before March Break!!
Have you even wondered what goes on in a school on the day before March Break? Report cards for Term 2 are finished and everyone is thinking about the week ahead. So what do the teachers an students do all day? Well…… The Kindergar..
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Pi Day
3.1415926…. While I can only recite the first few digits of pi, there are people in the world who can recite hundreds or thousands of the random digits of pi. Why is there such a fascination with the number pi? While some people don&..
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