Category Archives: Études Sociales

Student Vote Canada

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We are so excited to be participating in Student Vote Canada again this year! As part of the Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum, students explore the three levels of government and their responsibilities. When this learning aligns with an election year, we join schools across the country in participating in Student Vote Canada.

With the election happening earlier than expected this year, our students and teachers have been working hard to transform our classroom into a realistic voting station. Students in Grades 3 to 8 will learn about the political parties running in the Ottawa West–Nepean riding, and then cast their votes in a mock election on Monday, April 28th.

Once the votes are in, we’ll submit our results to Student Vote Canada, who will compile and compare them to the official national results—an exciting way to see how youth perspectives match or differ from the broader electorate!

We can’t wait to share photos and results with you on Monday, once voting is complete.

In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at what we’ve learned about voting and how our special election day will be set up.

Student Vote 2025 by m.thompson

Delving into the history and culture of First Nations.

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Salut les parents!

What a productive month it has been! After the holidays,we delved into exploring various First Nations communities,learning about their culture and history while comparing different aspects such as food,beliefs,houses,clothing and roles within their societies. The students thoroughly enjoyed building their longhouses and sharing interesting facts during their presentations.

In French, we focused on adjectifs demonstatifs,articles definis et indefinis and the verbs aller,faire,pouvoir and vouloir.  They also created their own story. I am truly impressed with their progress in reading and comprehension as well as their ability to acquire new vocabulary.


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Salut salut chers amis,

It has been a fantastic first month with my amazing grade 5 Extended kids during which we got to know each other and learnt together. It is wonderful to see how engaged they are with both the language and social studies content. We started by reviewing the basic verbs AVOIR,ETRE,ALLER,they learnt vocabulary to describe their family’s character and appearance,they described Terry Fox and they wrote texts about the traditions of Rosh Hashanah. In social studies, we started exploring the First Nations and they completed their first quiz on the Anishinaabe with great results. I couldn’t be prouder of these kids’enthusiasm. Our next project is going to be on “Les Maisons longues”.

Attached are some pictures and a few videos of our activities.