Teacher's Blogs
Public Speaking 101
Today was the launch of our show and tell. Our theme this month is “Map.” The students did a great job of showing creativity and being well-prepared.
GOTV In Progress!
With less than three weeks to go the 7/8 is working hard to get their parts of the GOTV campaign finished. Attached is the partial list of the to-do by Friday. The goal is to get out in the neighbourhoods next week.
Salut! Ici on parle en français!!
We have had a wonderful time back in school! As we dip our feet into french before fully submerging into french language and culture, we have had a wonderful time learning french songs! It is such a joy seeing students excited to sing the french songs we have learnt even outside of our classroom.
Matter Matter Everywhere – “For in Him we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17:28
Grade 1/2 students have been exploring “States of Matter”. We used our bodies as molecules to demonstrate how molecules make up a solid, liquid or gas. Our bodies moved close together as we became a molecule packed solid. We moved farther apart as we became liquid to experience how molecules flow and move more freely. When …
GOTV Project Launch!
Last week we visited Kingston City Hall to launch our Get Out the Vote (GOTV) project. In conjunction with the upcoming federal election on October 21 and our current history unit leading up to Confederation, the 7/8 class is going to run a GOTV campaign in the adjoining school neighbourhood. We met with Mr. Oosterhof, …
What inspires you?
Today, our Question of the Week was “Talk about something happening in the world today that inspires or excites you.” The students had some fantastic answers. Here are a few: Service dogs in hospitals and who help people with disabilities. People who participate in Nitro World Games. “My sister who perseveres and sings in musicals …
Very Good
We have been talking about God creating His world. The children have been enjoying our “creation -arium.” “God saw all that He had made and it was Very Good.”
Measuring Growth through MAP Assessments
For many years, schools within the Edvance family of Christian schools have used standardized testing as a tool to measure student achievement for the purposes of making curriculum decisions. In recent years, Edvance has spoken to its member schools about their needs, the value and weaknesses of standardized assessment, and the available alternatives. In 2015, …
Kingston Fall Fair
Last week we were blessed with fantastic weather for our first field trip to the Kingston Fall Fair Education Day. In small groups, students visited various displays all centered around agriculture. We learned about the process spelt goes through to eventually become bread; touched spelt flour and even ate some delicious home-made spelt bread! We …
How are you feeling today?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is growing in schools across the province. SEL is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL is the key to all other development. This is …