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Recently Richland’s Grade 5 & 6 students competed in our annual Slam Poetry Competition. After weeks of carefully crafting and editing their poems under the guidance of professional slammer, Truth Is, and their teachers; the students took to the stage. Congratulations to all of our 
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“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.” This Scandinavian proverb gets it right. Every season has a reason to get outside and explore the natural world. Richland students love spending time outdoors, whether it’s digging in the garden or building in 
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We welcome you back to Inquiring Minds, Richland Academy’s blog, with an article that continues our series of links to support learning in the 21st Century. Today’s link connects to Mindshift, and highlights what students need from their school. The article focuses on a number 
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While outside earlier this year, the JK and SK students gathered and were asked, ‘How could we show our friendship?’. They decided to form a circle and called it their ‘Circle of Friends’. It was an interesting process to watch as they worked collectively to 
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Richland Academy has launched its campaign to be recognized as a Rights Respecting School in association with Unicef Canada. Unicef Canada’s Rights Respecting Schools Initiative uses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as a basis for enhancing an inclusive, participatory and 
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Our Prek children are deeply engaged in using technology within the classroom on a weekly basis. They are learning to print their first names on the Epson Board; exploring the alphabet and sounds with the Letterland Software; developing their artistic skills with drawing; investigating the 
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To continue our series on 21st Century Learning, we would like to share an article from a fellow educator, Margaret Powers, who considers a number of key questions in the development of age-appropriate practice in the 21st Century. This article focuses on what the future 
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At this time of giving and receiving, and with so much to be thankful for, we wanted to share a few simple ways to cultivate gratitude in children.
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For many of us it is the time of year when we celebrate with our family and friends. We also take time to remember those who are not as fortunate as ourselves, and to give what we can to others. The children in the Grade 
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With the holidays quickly approaching, we would like to share a list from Parents Magazine of 25 engaging activities to do, rather than watching a TV or video screen. There are so many great ideas – one of our favourites is building a fort! If 
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