Every day at The Akiva School is filled with so many special opportunities to learn and grow. Members of the Akiva community share some of their favourites here…
On Tuesday, March 7th, The Akiva School took part in World Math Day, a global challenge to get children, ages 4-18 excited about math. The Akiva team came out in full force and below are some of the statistics from … Continue reading
Tagged: 21st Century Learning, Technology
Our teachers are always thinking of new innovative ways to teach. Check out what’s going on lately in our classrooms: Twister and phonics? Hats off to grade one teachers who are incorporating many diverse ways to teach their students phonics … Continue reading
Tagged: 21st Century Learning, Education, Lessons
Research shows that by supplying a more authentic context for learning, you will increase the chance that a lesson will be remembered and can be used in other similar situations. Last week, Grade 2 classes did a fun exercise to … Continue reading
Tagged: 21st Century Learning, Education, LessonsAt The Akiva School, we try to teach our students the importance of Eco-friendly living. Here are a couple of examples of projects that our school is doing to promote re-cycling and helping to keep our Earth healthy: Kindergarten and Grade 1 … Continue reading
Our Grade 1A class reached out across the seas and made some new friends with Grade 1 students in an elementary school in Castelnaudary, France via a Skype video call over the Internet. Skype technology and the Internet provide a great way for … Continue reading
Tagged: 21st Century Learning, Education, TechnologyJust a quick summary of some of the great things going on in Akiva classrooms: In Grade 5: In English class, the children were listening to a podcast written by an author in order to picture what the author was … Continue reading
Tagged: 21st Century Learning, Education, Lessons
