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A great fire has destroyed all that we have created. With our community in ruin, we have been left with nothing but the clothes on our backs, some money in our pockets and the hope of starting over. Welcome to ‘The Experience.’ The Grade 3’s have begun the journey of a lifetime; each student has adopted an avatar personality equipped with jobs, skills and resources. With only 41 survivors, the Grade 3’s must bind together and recreate a society lost; they are on their own to make great decisions and endure what ‘the experience’ will throw their way. Join us on their journey…enter ‘The Experience.’ |
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Urban or rural? Big city or small town? East coast or west coast? In 2010, we find ourselves bombarded with an abundance of choices about our communities. People are more mobile than ever before, changing communities and living in a wide variety of places around the world during their lifetimes. Grades 4 and 5 are exploring the notion of “community”, and probing deep questions about what it takes to be a group of people sharing land, responsibility, decisions, problem-solving, and culture. We challenge you to discover what it means to truly live “on common ground”. |
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Our inquiry this year is about geometry – or earth measure.
We will be exploring the nature of line, shape, and space in two and three dimensions. In terms of sustainability, we will be asking questions about balance. For example, How do we use our concrete and abstract understanding of the world around us, using what we discover about line, shape and space, to create a restorative and sustainable vision for our future? |
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We all experience challenges throughout our lives. How we decide to react to that challenge can result in an opportunity. This year the grade 2 students will examine how challenges can affect people and communities. |
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Water is everywhere—gushing from the tap, floating high above
as drops in clouds, falling as rain, lying around in puddles and ponds
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rushing along rivers to the ocean. Kindergarten will explore this
topic in depth as they learn the curriculum this school year.
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Technology is such an integral part of our daily lives. Understanding how we interact with technology and how we can develop a critical perspective is the focus for Grade Six this year. Throughout the year, our understanding and perspectives are developing and changing. |
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Music is such an important part every child's experience at Glendale
School. Students sing, move, dance and play instruments to learn about
the joy of making music in a supportive community and about the techniques.
The music program reaches out to support the inquiry in the school. |
Continuous Inquiries
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NEW! Here comes Spring 2010!
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