About Mme Groves

This is my eighth year at École Barrie Wilson Elementary School, and my fifteenth year teaching elementary school French Immersion. 

During this time, I have taught grades 1 through 7, as a classroom teacher, District Learning Recovery Teacher, Learning Assistance Teacher, and Learning Intervention Teacher. All the while, I have  delighted in my students and in continuously learning and growing right alongside them! 

This year, I will have the great pleasure of teaching Grade One French Immersion, relishing the opportunity to help students build many foundational understandings and skills. 

As for a quick autobiographical sketch, some highlights include:  

• growing up in Vancouver

• studying in Montreal, Paris (France) , Kobe (Japan) , Oxford (England)

• travelling extensively (Europe, Africa, the Arab Gulf and Asia)

• playing cello and violin (I think my musical training made it easier to learn languages!)

• learning four languages (French, English, Italian and Japanese)

• devouring books  (brain research, natural sciences, art history, poetry, psychology, and modern literature)

• obtaining three degrees:

  • Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education with Distinction from University of Alberta;

  • Bachelor of Jurisprudence from University of Oxford; and

  • Bachelor of Arts with Great Distinction from McGill University with a Major in History and a Minor in East Asian Languages and Literature
    
    

• obtaining certification as a DELF assessor (for levels A1 through B2) (DELF stands for the Diplôme d'études en langue française; it is awarded by the Ministry of Education in France to prove the French-language skills of non-French candidates)

• obtaining certification as a Level B assessor (Level B assessments are standarized one on one tests designed to help identify a student's current areas of strengths and weaknesses in academic performance) 

• becoming a mother to two wonderful sons, Andrew and Michael, now aged 25 and 22 respectively.

The only other thing you really need to know about me is that I am passionate about learning … and I LOVE TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRENCH IMMERSION! 

I am thrilled to be part of École Barrie Wilson Elementary School where there is such a positive, progressive learning community. I look forward to continuing to learn and grow with my students and colleagues at École Barrie Wilson Elementary School!  

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