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“Emergent Curriculum is sensible but not predictable.  It requires of its practitioners trust in the power of play. Trust in spontaneous choice making among many possibilities.”   –  Elizabeth Jones and John Nimmo As a democratic musical educator, I am always asking questions of myself, other 
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Our Director of Community Life, Mrs. Laura Murgatroyd shares her perspective on Richland Academy. [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/79673340″ width=”100%” height=”300″]
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On Saturday, October 5th, a group of teachers and administrators from Richland Academy made their way downtown to Bitmaker Labs to participate in the first ever Ed Camp Design Thinking open model “unconference”.  We arrived armed with our individual questions, prepared to seek the answers to 
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This year, our PK and JK friends have taken a keen interest in animals, which is playing out in a number of different ways in each of the classrooms.  Fregly, the school’s skinny pig, has been a consistent topic of discussion, as students pass him 
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Today Inquiring Minds brings you a post from Richland’s Director of Community Life, Mrs. Laura Murgatroyd… Recently I was at a Professional Development workshop for a character building program.  The group was a collection of hardworking and dedicated educators, all hoping to glean a way to 
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Once again, Inquiring Minds is pleased to share a thought-provoking video from one of our favourite advocates for progressive learning ~ Sir Ken Robinson.  In this video, Sir Ken emphasizes the importance of creativity for children, and the impact it has on all of us. 
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Richland Academy’s Faculty are committed to delivering the curriculum in such a way that students are curious and engaged.  Today’s Inquiring Minds post comes from Richland’s Grade 5/6 teacher, Ms. Bei, who has been piloting the flipped classroom with her students. This year, Ms. Bei 
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At Richland, we celebrate Reggio-inspired learning and are delighted to share this link to the Novak Djokovic Foundation’s Blog. Within this post, they share the benefits of Reggio-inspired learning for children, and have included a wonderful video interpretation of Loris Malaguzzi’s poem, The Hundred Languages 
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Ms. Amy Pitt, Richland Academy’s Children’s Rights Team Leader and Performing Arts Teacher, has high hopes for Richland students and the local and global community, as they embark on the 2013-2014 school year as the first elementary UNICEF Rights Respecting School in the GTA.  Inquiring 
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Inquiring Minds would like to share this informative post from one of Richland Academy’s SK teachers, Ms. Paola Ciocio, about emergent literacy.  We look forward to sharing more posts from Ms. Ciocio, along with other Faculty members, who bring a wealth of experience and insight 
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