Primary

Handwritten letters are no longer common due to modern communication tools. Many children only receive them from their grandparents but have never written a letter themselves. Constance Straub, Primary Teacher for German, considers this skill…

Election fever is in the Primary section! On Wednesday’s Grades 1-5 assembly and Friday’s Early Years assembly, students learned about what a council is. We looked at how the UN is a forum for international…

In their current ‘Space Explorers” IPC unit, Grade 4 have been learning how we can find out more about our solar system and the deeper mysteries of the universe. The unit opened with the Entry…

In their recent ‘Brainwave’ IPC unit, Grade 2 has been learning about how we best learn. The students examine the key learning styles, necessary skills, and the various sources through which we absorb and understand…

The Primary teaching team spent some time in their Professional Learning meetings reflecting on assemblies in our school. This process enabled us to think carefully about the form, function, and content of our assemblies. One…

Grade 1 welcomed a visitor last week! A local police officer hosted a road traffic education session for the students. This learning experience is organized every year to educate the children about basic road safety…

33, 3, 12, 3-18, 25, 8 …. 72,463 A random list of numbers or a winning sequence – sometimes an opportunity to speculate, to wonder and to explore keeps the reader engaged. At other times…

Over the past few months, our fifth graders have been learning about climate control and global warming. Through their lesson inquiry, they recognized the problem of waste separation and decided to do something about it,…