DANCE / DRAMA

DRAMA & IMPROV (GR 4-7)

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.

FUN WITH STEM: DESIGNING IN THE CLASSROOM (GR 4-7)

Students may build the strongest structure, a marble maze or participate in a car race challenge! By designing and building a variety of projects students will explore a combination of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills. This hands on course will focus on creativity, problem solving and analytical thinking.

FUN FIBER CRAFTS FOR BEGINNERS (GR4-7)

Students will be able to choose from a variety of creative projects involving skills such as hand sewing, felting, knitting, and embroidery. Skills such as sewing on a button, patching, and other minor repairs and adjustments will also be covered. No sewing or fiber experience necessary.

FUN WITH FOOD - COOKING IN THE CLASSROOM (GR 4-7)

Students will explore the importance of healthy eating. With emphasis on what we put in our bodies matters, students will gain tips on making nutritious food choices and learn skills to prepare simple snacks safely. Recipes will be journaled so that students can continue practicing at home. Please send a container for leftovers!

SUMMER GAMES & SPORTS (GR 4-7)

Students will keep their minds and bodies active while building fundamental communication and collaborations skills through a variety of cooperative games, activities and sports. With an emphasis on teamwork and problem solving students will have an opportunity to develop fundamental fitness, coordination and strategy skills. Activities will be held indoors and outdoors.

SUMMER GAMES (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!

SOLVING MYSTERIES & CRAFTING GAME STRATEGY (GR 4-7)

Do you like solving real-life puzzles? Do you like building new strategies in board games and team games? In this course, students will learn about some of the world's greatest historical, scientific and fictional mysteries, and will write their own mystery to try to stump their classmates! In parallel, students will work together to build strategies to create new civilizations, protect their civilizations from pandemics and finally, work together to create their own board game world!

FUN WITH BRAIN GAMES & FIBER ARTS (GR 2-4)

Like playing games that stimulate the mind & enjoy creating projects made of yarn? This course is for you! Here is your chance to stimulate both the right side and left side of the brain in this fun-filled class. Students will enjoy the chance to learn and play various games in French to reinforce concepts taught at school. They will solve logic puzzles, play various Math, reading & speaking games, as well as develop and use strategy skills. Afterwards, students will learn new skills and how to innovate when they create projects with yarn. They will learn to make pompoms, the basics of weaving, and how to use small knitting looms. These skills will be put to the test when they eventually design their own project. It's a great opportunity to have fun while also reinforcing French

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, share their writing in various ways, work with peers and learn from one another.

FUN FRENCH COMMUNICATION (GR 4-7)

Students will practice their oral French skills by participating in debates, performing skits, doing hands-on activities, playing collaborative games and challenges and completing multi-media personal interest projects. The main focus will be on providing students opportunities to speak French while having fun!

HEALTHY COOKING & LIVING 1 (GR 4-7)

This course is for students interested in learning about healthy food options, basic food preparation and tips for staying active and fit. Students will have the chance to prepare 3 small meals each week and stay fit through fitness challenges and running. Students will also create small projects throughout the week such as making their own menu, learn about spices and herbs, etc. Register for one, two or all three weeks!

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. Hands on 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.

ORIENTEERING (GR 4-7)

Get outside the classroom this summer with orienteering! In this course, you will use map making skills and teamwork to complete and create orienteering courses that will put your math, science, and social studies knowledge to the test. Explore the local neighbourhood and learn new skills in this exciting outdoor adventure.

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.

HOOKED ON READING & WRITING (GR 4-7)

Students will have a chance to enhance their reading and writing skills through engaging lessons and activities. Students will read a variety of texts to inform and improve both their creative and informational writing skills. The focus will be on developing ideas, fluency and word choice in writing and strengthening comprehension and vocabulary in their reading.

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.

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.

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING / MATHEMATICS

HANDS ON MATH & 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.

DESIGN & BUILD LIKE AN ENGINEER (GR4-7)

Challenge your design and building skills over the summer! This course offers hands-on problem-solving activities that give students the opportunity to design, build reflect on and present their innovations. These challenges will encourage collaboration, resourcefulness and ingenuity. Technology-based projects will also be offered, including Robotics and stop-motion animation. Throughout the course, students will gain an increased understanding of engineering and the design process while taking part in fun and exciting activities!

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!

MATH WITH A PURPOSE (GR 4-7)

If you think that math is all about tests and letter grades, you couldn't be more wrong! As well as learning new math, you will use math for practical purposes. From art and design, to science, technology, and geography, you'll be amazed at how useful math really is!

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 MASTERS (GR 4-6)

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!

CREATING THROUGH CURIOSITY - ADST (GR 4-7)

Students who like to build and invent, use their sense of curiosity, will be excited to develop projects that reflect their creativity in this course! They will acquire new skills and gain confidence in their ideas. Students will design projects, test their ideas, communicate ideas, evaluate and reflect on their work, as well as sharing their learning in a variety of ways. Learn more about Drafting, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Media Arts within the Applied Design Skills and Technologies curriculum. Come out and have fun creating cardboard arcades, egg parachutes, building structures, developing commercials, and more!

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 course students 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 (GR4-7)

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 MASTERS (GR 4-7)

Discover some of the worlds most famous artists and their ways of creating todays masterpieces. Students will be introduced to many different kinds of mediums, from acrylic paint and pencils to charcoal, watercolour, and more. They are also taught to apply different techniques to their work to improve their knowledge of classical and modern ways of painting, drawing, and creating while also learning about art history!

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.

FRACTIONS & FABRIC (GR 4-7)

Each student will design and sew a quilted block. In order to do this, they willreview and practice operations with fractions, learn to sew, and create their own design using a variety of fabrics.

LET'S MAKE A MOVIE! (GR 4-5)

Love reading? Love movies? Then this is for you! We will "power read" a novel, then turn that book into a movie! This program is ideal for kids who are wanting to get hands-on experience with the filming process from script-to-screen. To start, we will learn about writing a script based off of synthesizing a novel; then, move into scouting locations, coordinating costumes, and making props. From there, we'll dive into the editing process using software from the Apple program "iMovie" where we'll learn about adding scene changes, sound effects, music cues, and more! Finally, we'll have a movie premiere on the last day for families to come and see your finished creations. Come to this program to get into the Arts, Language Arts and ADST facets of the curriculum.

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.

WEAVING CURRENTS OF CHANGE (GR 4-7)

Using recycled fibres and plarn students will learn the age-old practice of weaving using techniques similar to those of the Salish peoples. Through an exploration of the materials, they will reflect on the effect plastics are having on our oceans and how they can bring about change. Each student will create a finished weaving incorporating these ideas.