In the spirit of tradition, grade 2’s helped Foods 8/9 students make bannock to celebrate Métis Week!

Science Guy “Dr. Lucio” presents to our Grades 3-6 students!

More reading by flashlight! This time, with buddies!

Friday afternoon, 5H wrapped up their matter unit by making some ice cream.

The Importance of Oral Language Development in the ESL/ELL Classroom. Food for thought on the amount of "teacher talk" vs "student talk" in the classroom.

Why do younger teachers often work in the most challenging classrooms? For example, teachers aged under 30 are much more likely to report that over 10% of their students have disruptive behaviour. See the latest data: https://t.co/HFmqC0SfKu

Grade threes explored forces and motion using tumble mazes, marble tracks, and Turing Tumbles today!

Is student discipline getting worse? New data show that teachers now spend more time keeping order in their classes than they did six years ago... ... this could impact the number of teachers leaving the profession. See more: https://t.co/HFmqC0SfKu

Don't miss my keynote with a follow-up session on Leadership Rewired. In one of the most beautiful places you can visit, this is going to be something special. You don’t want to miss it. Register@ https://t.co/x2ykIgxC6D

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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard.

Grade threes interacted with artifacts from the Musee Heritage this week to learn about how people used the bison for survival.

Leadership 8/9 students braved the wintery weather today as they walked to Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence for our first community outreach visit of the year.  Students spent the morning connecting with residents through card games, decorating, and conversation.

Coding robots in grade three connect clubs!

Educators, let’s focus on the Big 7: 1. Take care of yourself. 2. Take care of each other. 3. Love kids. 4. Control the controllables. 5. Pursue excellence, not perfection. 6. Look for the “little” moments. 7. Have fun!

This is a great read by @ToddWhitaker that explores engagement, high quality instruction, classroom management, and the importance of focusing on what we can influence. No matter the obstacle, there are always teachers and leaders who make a difference that we can learn from.

Mr. Harrison took some time to read a story to 2J today! They loved how he compared himself to The Good Egg (they even look alike)!

NEWS: Breaker, breaker: Paul Kane school wires up new electrical lab

Congrats to the Sr. Boys for taking home the Gold at the SAPEC tournament and to the Sr. Girls for winning gold in the C division. Well done Warriors!!

Remember. Reflect. Honour.