WELCOME MESSAGE FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Our Elementary Section caters to students from Early Years right through until Grade 5, and we know that our students learn in a variety of environments; their homes, schools, and communities. Parents and teachers form a partnership to assist this learning. When parents know what their children are doing at school, they can provide a further enriched and supportive environment at home. This Elementary School Curriculum Guide is designed to give parents an overview of their child’s education by fostering an understanding of what students will be exploring at each year/grade level.

Our curriculum is inquiry-based, aligned to standards, and is planned using the UbD or “Back by Design” approach.

Each grade plans their year through blocks of time, defined as learning “units.” In the homeroom, where our Elementary students spend the majority of their day, these units are planned for within the areas of Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Other focuses, such as technology, personal, social and emotional education, health, child protection, and making, are not planned for as separate subjects but are integrated drivers that help shape our units.

Outside of the homeroom, children explore the specialist subjects of PE, Music, Art, Indian Studies, and World Language (Spanish and French, from Grade 3 onwards).

The Elementary School begins in the Early Years and continues to Kindergarten and through Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Each year/grade has its own distinct set of events, projects, and units that are specifically planned with the developmental stages of the child in mind. Our curriculum is continually evolving to be further personalized, inquiry-driven/play-based to best meet the needs of our youngest and oldest AISC learners.

Lynn Schneider

Elementary School Principal