DANCE / DRAMA

DRAMA & IMPROV (GR 3-7)

Children will explore the unique process of improvisation using the five pillarsas a foundation: Support, Trust, Risk-taking, Confidence, and Fun. Each day students dive into an exciting array of theatre games, improvisational exercises, ensemble-building activities and a final performance on the last day.

FEE-PAYING

SELF-REGULATION & SOCIAL SKILLS (GR 4-7)

An important life skill, self-regulation helps improve academic performance as well as increasing positive behaviour. Participants in this program will be provided with an opportunity to enhance their social emotional and self-regulation skills while decreasing behaviours that interfere with learning. Topics covered include empathy and skills for learning, emotion management, and problem solving. Students will participate in active discussions and role pays, in addition to having chances to build positive relationships with their peers.

PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH CODING (GR4-7)

As technology increasingly becomes a part of our world understanding code is a necessity for the future. This is a beginner inquiry-based coding course designed to teach students the fundamentals of code through games, game design, and hands on coding in order to build a strong set of foundational abilities. After an initial introduction to code, students will use skills from the design cycle to choose from a set of problems and use coding strategies to design solutions for those problems. This student driven course is designed to prepare students for a future in which code is everywhere!

COOKING IN THE CLASSROOM (GR 4-7)

Students will learn about healthy food as related to Canada's Food Guide, and the skills to prepare food in a safe way. After they've created their meals, they will enjoy them together in a social setting. Bon Appetite!

SUMMER GAMES 2018 (GR 4-7)

Through a variety of cooperative games, activities and team sports, students will have the opportunity to build basic fundamental skills and improve their fitness while learning the value of teamwork and sportsmanship. Activities will be held indoors and outdoors. Join us for some summer fun!

FRENCH IMMERSION

NOUS SOMMES ARTISTES! (GR 4-7)

Be free to express yourself through art. This highly exploratory and collaborative class will challenge students to explore different art techniques using a variety of mediums (chalk, paint, modeling clay, and more). Learn fun crafts and create exciting art pieces!

FRENCH WRITING EXPERTS (GR 4-7)

Students will experience the joy of writing through various cooperative writing projects. They will practice and develop many pre-writing strategies to help plan and organize their ideas into interesting texts. They will also participatein post-writing activities, sharing their writing in various ways, working with peers and learning from one another.

FUN FRENCH COMMUNICATION (GR 4-7)

Students will practice their oral French skills by participating in debates, telling jokes, performing skits, magic tricks, and simple science experiments. The main focus will be on providing students opportunities to speak French whilehaving fun!

HEALTHY COOKING & LIVING 1-MMM...HEALTHY SALADS! STAYING FIT!(GR 4-7)

This course is for students interested in learning about healthy food options, basic food preparation and tips for staying active and leading a healthy lifestyle. Students will have the chance to prepare small meals and stay fit through fitness challenges and skill development in a variety of sports. Each week will have a different food and fitness theme. Register for one, two or all three weeks!

FRANCAIS TECHNO (GR 4-7)

With the support of iPads, students will create various projects and learn how to present in interesting and engaging ways. They will brainstorm, plan, scriptand record their own original productions. This course will strengthen both their technical abilities as well as their French language skills. Students will learn about various educational apps and tools as well as receive tips on how to improve their presentations skills. Français techno is designed for both Early and Late Immersion students.

HOME ARTS

CREATIVE COOKING (GR 4-7)

Things will be heating up this summer in the kitchen! Beginning with kitchen basics, students learn safety procedures, how to set the table, table manners and nutrition. With that mastered, students will collaboratively practice stovetop cooking and oven baking by creating meals and snacks. Muffins, grilled sandwiches, stir fry and more delicious treats.

MUSIC

MUSIC EXPLORATION: UKULELE AND SONGWRITING (GR 4-7)

This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn the basic music skills in rhythm, music fundamentals and music history through music exploration and ensemble and solo playing. Students will be introduced to various instruments throughout each week from ukulele, guitar, recorder and voice. Handson playing will be taught and students will work towards a final performance on the last day.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (GR 4-7)

Love being active and want to learn the basics in various sports? Don't sweat it, this course will give you the opportunity to learn about teamwork and improve your athletic skills while playing various games and team sports. Let's enjoy the summer indoors and out!

READING / WRITING / INTEGRATED STUDIES

EXPLORING CREATIVE WRITING THROUGHLITERATURE (GR 3-4)

Are you ready to become a powerful writer? This course is designed for students who wish to develop a strong writing ability and are ready to step into a rich world of literature and imagination. Students will learn to captivate readers with the use of descriptive language in their writing. Emphasis will be placed on extending ideas, grammar, and sentence structure.

RESEARCH, WRITE, PRESENT! (GR 4-7)

Enhance your non-fiction reading comprehension and essay writing skills. Learn study techniques and valuable research skills that will help you in all subjects! Students will learn strategies for choosing sources, gathering information, note-taking, and organizing ideas. Using the process, students will create a variety of language arts projects including written reports, oral presentations, and multimedia projects. This is a non-fiction based course.

READING, MATH AND SPORTS (GR 4-7)

Exercise your mind this summer! Students will gain and develop various sport skills as well as academic skills. By participating in team sports and working on reading and math skills, students will build confidence and strengthen their abilities.

WRITING THROUGH SCRAPBOOKING (GR 4-6)

Improve your writing as you develop your artistic style. Students will receive writing instruction in a fun and creative environment as we combine the science of good writing with the art of scrapbooking. Each lesson will include the fundamentals of writing such as grammar and punctuation as well as learning how to write to capture the interest of the reader. Photographs, drawings, clip art, and scrapbooking materials will help embellish student work by adding visual interest. At the end of the course, students will take home their own personalized scrapbook complete with many examples of their own outstanding writing!

NON-FICTION READING, WRITING AND RESEARCH (GR 4-6)

In this course, students will enhance their non-fiction reading and writing skills by learning how to interact with informational texts. A focus will be given to the power of reading and writing with the purpose of description, instruction, persuasion, and explanation. In addition, students will learn valuable research skills which will help them in all subject areas.

IPAD ADVENTURES IN LEARNING (GR 4-7)

Let your creativity come to life! This course will teach you how to connect learning in the classroom, to the digital world. Come and learn how to write and share stories, film a news show or event, build a scrapbook, bring words or sentences to life, and more!

MATH AND WRITING THROUGH SPORTS (GR 4-7)

Math and Writing through Sports is a course designed to allow students to develop their academic skills while participating in a variety of popular sports. Students will have the opportunity to collect and review data from games and use their math skills through applied practice. Students will be given the opportunity to discuss, read, and write about various topics in the world of sports. Students will also develop writing and research skills by learning about various athletes and sports.

SHARPEN YOUR WRITING SKILLS (GR 4-7)

Students will learn about the writing strengths they already possess and how they can further develop those skills to create effective stories, essays or posts. Students will develop writers' fluency through the use of daily creative writing warm-ups and exposure to the relationship that exists between reading and writing.

FRANCAIS, C'EST FACILE! (GR 4-7)

This course is a fun introduction to French culture and language. The course focuses on building students oral skills through songs, games, conversation and writing activities. Come learn for the first time or strengthen what you know in an encouraging and supportive environment. At the end of the course, students will create their own French comic.

FUN WITH FRENCH LANGUAGE ARTS (GR 4-6)

This course is designed for grade 4 and 6 students who want to build a foundation in the French language before starting Core or Intensive French! Eachweek, we will explore different themes in French through games, stories, music, and hands-on activities. The focus will be to develop communication skills throughout the three weeks so that students starting or continuing Core French or Intensive French feel confident in their language skills. Amusons-nous en français cet été.

GENIUS HOUR (GR 4-7)

This course is meant to teach students the important skill of inquiry as the new curriculum moves in this direction. Through exploration and discovery in a supportive environment, students will learn to ask relevant questions and develop ways of finding answers to these questions. Students will engage in projects of interest to them. Topic areas covered include language arts, social studies, career education, and applied design, skills and technologies.

READING COMPREHENSION, WRITING ANDSPEAKING (GR 4-7)

This course will focus on further developing reading comprehension, writing and speaking skills. Students will strengthen these skills through a variety of themes, such as animals, space and other interesting topics to make the course engaging and fun! We will learn from and create comic strips, narratives, non-fiction, fiction, reader's theatre and presentations.

FANTASTIC FICTION (GR 4-7)

Want to improve your language arts skills and practice your reading comprehension strategies? Then this course is for you! Become a successful reader through a variety of novel study activities. Students will respond to literature and hone their language arts skills through group and class discussions, written response.

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING / MATHEMATICS

HANDS ON MATH AND SCIENCE EXPLORATION (GR 4-7)

Celebrate science and mathematics by engaging in hands-on activities which include: problem solving, research, puzzles and creative thinking. Students will be taught processing skills and how to conduct an experiment. By using an inquiry based approach, emphasis will be on learning to think and present as a scientist and mathematician.

INTRODUCTION TO CODING (GR 4-7)

Develop critical thinking and creative thinking skills with this challenge basedand experiential learning course. As a part of the Applied Design, Skills and Technology curriculum, students will learn how to define a problem or task, generate ideas and objectives, create a general plan and then test their ideas or products. These skills and processes will be practiced using a variety of innovative apps and hands on challenges.

EXPLORING SCIENCE (GR 4-7)

Explore the mysteries and methods of science! Students will explore the laws of science through engaging and hands-on experiments. By using an inquiry approach, students will learn to think and present as a scientist. Let's have fun experimenting!

SCIENCE MADE FUN (GR 4-7)

Have fun and make observations as a young scientist by completing hands-on science experiments daily! Curiosity for science will deepen as the student works independently and in groups!

SPORT SCIENCE (GR 4-7)

Interested in playing sports and developing skills? Join sport science and develop agility and strength through targeted aerobic and anaerobic workouts. Learn new skills and compete across a variety of popular sports with likeminded peers.

MATH BASIC (GR 3-4)

Let's get your child engaged in math. In this program they will learn many math skills like regrouping, fractions, multiplication and division. They will engage in games and open-ended math problems.

MATH MASTERS (GR 4-7)

Math Masters! An intermediate math enrichment course designed to make math meaningful, relevant, and fun while helping students to master concepts and increase speed and accuracy of basic math facts. Topics will include problem solving, geometry, graphing, multiplication, division, fractions, math games and more! Become a Math Master!

SPACE SCIENCE: THE FINAL FRONTIER (GR 4)

Students will investigate the solar system and beyond in this 3 week course. Through experiments, hands-on activities and art, we will learn about lunar phases, planetary motion, gravitational pulls, extreme environments, strange solar systems and far away galaxies. We will investigate some of the many mysteries that space has to offer, such as black holes, worm holes, as well as the possibility for life in remote places in the universe.

EARLY ENGINEERS (GR 4-7)

This course is for kids who love science and love to build! Want to recreate the Golden Gate Bridge using linguine? How about creating the tallest structure possible using only toothpicks and marshmallows? Ever heard of the 'egg drop'? What about aluminum foil boats that can hold up to fifty pennies? In this coursestudents will develop their engineering skills and thinking outside the box with everyday materials to create extraordinary structures.

VISUAL ARTS

ART-RAGEOUS KIDS! (GR 4-7)

Be free to express yourself through art. Explore different art techniques using a variety of mediums (pastels, chalk, paint, modelling clay and more). Learn fun crafts and create exciting art pieces. Bring a smile and your imagination!

CREATIVE STOP-MOTION ANIMATION (GR 4-7)

Bring your wildest and most creative stories to life with stop-motion animation. Using claymation and other stop-motion media, students will learn how to use storyboarding, lighting, and a keen eye to bring fantastic scenes to the screen.

ART STARS (GR 4-7)

Does your child love art? Come join us on an amazing voyage of art explorations and creative summer fun. In this class, students will learn techniques to express themselves using various media, including painting and sculpture.

ART FOR THE ADVENTUROUS (GR 4-7)

New techniques combined with old, we will use your creativity and colour fun to produce works of art and a paper sculpture you will be proud to keep forever. We will explore artistic styles and be inspired by the First People, famous authors like Eric Carle and artists like Robert Indiana, Joe Average, Matisse, and Picasso.

CREATE YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK (GR 4-7)

Students in this course will explore their voice as a story-teller while practicing and improving written language skills in the process of creating their own comic book. Blending creative writing with visual art, students will learn how to better tell and analyze stories in both literary and visual media.

FILM MAKING (GR 4-7)

Students will take part in the creative process of acting, producing and editing their own films. They will build confidence through drama games and exercises. Students will learn how to use camera angles to create different effects. Working in collaboration with group members, students will enhance their projects through iMovie.

READY, SET, ART (GR 4-7)

Students will unleash their creativity by working on various art projects and crafts using different types of mediums such as oil and chalk pastels, paint, clay and many more. Come with a smile and be ready to create!