Get Ready for Grade 4 / Year 5 Literacy

Teacher: Philip Rogers

Grade / Year:  Starting Grade 4 / Year 5

Time: Mon-Thurs, 8:00am - 9:15am

Category: Academic Enrichment

Getting Ready for Literacy will prepare students for next year through interactive activities, shared and independent reading, writing opportunities and foster a deeper understanding of the language.

Students transitioning from Grade 3 / Year 4 to Grade 4 / Year 5:

• Will explore some famous poems/poets and foster a love for writing poems of their own.

• Revise and consolidate rules with spelling, punctuation & grammar (SPaG).

• Explore some useful comprehension strategies.

• Write a range of sentences using a variety of sentence starters.

• Have opportunities for group participation & discussion.

• Edit work as part of the writing process.

Get Ready for Grade 5 / Year 6 Math

Teacher: Komali Abbineni

Grade / Year: Starting Grade 5 / Year 6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 8:00am - 9:15am

Category: Academic Enrichment

Getting ready for mathematics will prepare students for next year through interactive activities, games, problem-solving, and collaborative learning.

Students transitioning from Grade 4/Year 5 to Grade 5/ Year 6 will:

• Explore fractions to get a solid understanding of what is a fraction.

• How and why to find equivalent fractions.

• Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.

• Divide multi-digit whole numbers with single-digit divisor.

• Estimate quotients.

• Use virtual manipulatives and simulations will for conceptual understanding.

 Unusual Animals

Teacher: David Gibson

Grade / Year:  Grade 4-5 / Year 5-6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 8:00am - 9:15am

Category: Arts & Crafts

Learn about some of the most weird, strange, peculiar and unusual animals alive.

Some areas of learning include incredible methods of movement, amazing hunting techniques, ridiculous sounds and forms of communication, as well as many other breathtaking facts!

Science

Teacher: Fatima Faisal

Grade / Year:  Grade 4-5 /Year 5-6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 8:00am - 9:15am

Category: Science

Explore science from a student-relevant and integrated perspective. Develop strategies to move students toward scientific literacy, thinking critically and creatively, understanding the nature of science, and seeing relationships among science, technology, and society. Explore Science teaches science using the 5E Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate).

Topics: Earth and space • Separating mixtures • Types of change • Materials • Our Body

Get Ready for Grade 4 / Year 5 Math

Teacher: Enda Trench

Grade / Year: Starting Grade 4 / Year 5

Time: Mon-Thurs, 9:30am - 10:45am

Category: Academic Enrichment

Getting ready for Year 5 / Grade 4 Mathematics will prepare students for the year ahead.

In our sessions, we will:

• Review and consolidate key concepts already covered and introduce foundational concepts from Year 5.

• Enhance problem-solving skills through interactive activities and games.

• Foster collaborative learning through group work and discussions.

• Topics we will cover are number sense, operations, geometry, measurement and statistics.

Get Ready for Grade 5 / Year 6 Literacy

Teacher: Philip Rogers

Grade / Year: Starting Grade 5 / Year 6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 9:30am - 10:45am

Category:  Academic Enrichment

Getting ready for literacy will prepare students for next year through interactive activities, shared and independent reading, writing opportunities and foster a deeper understanding of the language.

Students transitioning from Grade 4 / Year 5 to Grade 5 / Year 6 will:

• Explore some famous poems/poets and foster a love for writing a variety of poems of their own.

• Revise and consolidate rules with spelling, punctuation & grammar (SPaG).

• Write a range of sentences using a variety of sentence starters.

• Explore some helpful comprehension strategies.

• Discuss useful idioms, parts of speech, vocabulary and meanings.

• Have opportunities for group participation, peer feedback and discussion.

• Edit and review their writing using checklists.

French

& Cursive

Teacher: Zeina Jrieje

Grade / Year:  Grade 4-5 / Year 5-6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 9:30am - 10:45am

Category: Global Connections

In French and Cursive, students will learn about cursive writing while exploring the French language through engaging activities and interactive lessons. Learners will develop a cursive writing foundation alongside basic vocabulary, and simple sentences.

This course encourages students to learn French in a fun and interactive way.

Exploring Science

Teacher: Komali Abbineni

Grade / Year: Gr 4-5 / Yr 5-6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 9:30am - 10:45am

Category:  Science

"Embark on a Scientific Adventure" is an immersive summer course designed for curious minds in Grades 4 and 5. Delve into the scientific process of observation, pattern recognition, and inference. Through engaging Gizmos simulations and hands-on investigations, students will unravel the mysteries of gravity, density, ecosystems, and plant growth. From exploring the laws of nature to understanding the delicate balance of ecosystems, this course offers a dynamic blend of inquiry-based learning and interactive exploration. Join us as we ignite a passion for science, fostering critical thinking and discovery in a fun and supportive environment.

Biomimetics: Nature Inspired Design Thinking

Teacher: Rana Fatima 

Grade / Year:  Grade 4-5 / Year 5-6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 11:00am - 12:15pm

Category: Academic Enrichment

Why is the spider’s 🕷️ web stronger than steel? 🕸️ Are you inspired by engineering within nature? 🦎Why do gecko’s feet not slip?

⚒️ Biomimetics explores the way nature inspires design and engineering. It is one of the new advancing disciplines that will help your child find inspiration in nature. Biomimetics is forecasting the future of science, engineering and medicine. A very rigorous interactive course where you can harness both the engineering and design skills. By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Engage in why biomimetics from a big picture perspective.

• Research in the tools and principles of biomimicry and identify core steps from biology to design challenge through Engineering.

• Explore nature and learn key nature's design concepts in represented case studies.

• Apply to develop a biomimetics design model of your own.

 Countries

of the World

Teacher: Emer McDaid

Grade / Year:  Grade 4-5 / Year 5-6

Time: Mon-Thurs, 11:00am - 12:15pm

Category: Academic Enrichment

Ready to board?! Let’s take off on a whistle stop tour around the world and create a world atlas in your brain. We will visit one new country each day and together explore the four corners of the world.

From hot dry deserts to the cold icy tundra, we will explore the wonders that this word has to offer. So grab your passport and join me in the departure lounge!