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At Richland, our students have regular opportunities throughout the day to experience spontaneous play, where they can safely create, experiment and explore the world around them. During outdoor play, children have the opportunity to yell and run, and to experience their world through sounds, textures, 
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Our 2010-11 Graduates returned to Richland for a special morning gathering where they presented their hand-crafted mosaic stepping stones as a gift to our community. The stones will be placed in our community garden with a commemorative plaque dedicated to “District 6.”
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At Richland Academy, the arts are regarded as an instrument of expression and considered an important component of the ‘Hundred Languages of Children.’ Students engage in active learning programs that instil confidence in them, allow them to express themselves and take risks, learn collaboration and 
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Our Grade 2 students  combined their understanding of scale and representation by using models to represent the different things they see in the classroom and in the school on a daily basis.
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The Grandparents and Special Guests of Richland Academy were honoured in a special event on October 14th, Grandparents’ Day… one of our favourite days here at Richland! The morning was filled with laughter and love as students, staff, Grandparents and Special Guests gathered for an 
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Our Grade 4 classroom began their year-long journey to become literate in the ways that the media sends us messages and shapes our communities. They started by questioning “What is Media Literacy?” They brainstormed their initial impressions and came up with a definition to start 
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Today the JK embarked on a ‘collaborative progettazione’, exploring the realm of ‘Relationships through Friends’. A poem was read to introduce the unit of interest. Several questions were asked of the JK children and recorded for documentation: What do ‘friends’ do together? What are you 
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The PK children experimented with colours, numbers and shapes while printing with apples. They selected paint colours based on the apples that they had gathered- yellow, red and green. They carefully cut open the apples in different directions, and the children excitedly counted the seeds 
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Leading up to Thanksigving, Richland Academy collected non-perishable food donations for their annual “Thanksgiving Food Drive” in support of the Richmond Hill Community Food Bank. Thanks to the generous support of the Richland Community, we were able to deliver a substantial amount of food to 
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Spatial Awareness is an organized awareness of our body’s position in space.  It is a concept closely related to Kinesthetic Identification and studies suggest that there are strong links between a well-developed sense of spatial awareness and artistic creativity; as well as success in math. 
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