As part of our quest toward deeper learning, we are in the process of establishing a Makerspace in our school. The idea of the Makerspace stems from providing students with opportunities to imagine, create, innovate, experiment, collaborate, share, and learn. Creating a Makerspace supports the importance of hands-on, student-centered, meaningful learning and embraces the knowledge that students learn through exploration and discovery. True learning is a continuous cycle of curiosity, investigation, experimentation, research, and reflection, all of which are key… Read More
At Landmark Collegiate we want to develop important life and career skills to help our students be successful after graduation. On our first day of school this year we focused on exploring these skills with our students to help them develop a better understanding of them. Communication and Collaboration To explore communication and collaboration students were tasked to stack 6 cups as a group without touching the cups directly. They had strings, an elastic band and teamwork to help them… Read More
This year the grade 8 students have been learning science and social studies through the inquiry process.They have also incorporated ELA into their inquiry to give students real-world applications for their ELA skills. Through the inquiry process they have been focusing on not just the content but also skill development. They are using the content as the vehicle to drive the development of important skills such as; inquiry, research, critical thinking, communication, planning, revision and reflection. Last month they were working through the inquiry process with… Read More
The grade 10 Geography students decided to do a citizenship project that focused on raising money for Fort McMurray. Students raised money by helping out people in the community, whether that was their neighbor or their parents, or one of the teachers in the school. The students really learned what it’s like to be a citizen of Canada by helping out one of our neighboring provinces in a time of crisis and tragedy. The students ended up raising $240 that… Read More
Beginning on April 28, 2016, Landmark Collegiate will facilitate a community engagement through the online group insight platform, Thoughtexchange. We invite all parents/guardians of children attending our school to take part in this unique and exciting opportunity to share their thoughts. Contribute to the conversation, and help our school identify community-shared priorities, appreciations, and concerns. The results of this engagement will help inform future decisions at the school and divisional levels. Participation is voluntary but as our partners in the… Read More
A group of grade 8 students planned and implemented a fundraiser for Siloam Mission during their learning in our Learning Project class. Siloam Mission serves 1 million cups of coffee every year, but coffee isn’t donated often. So they developed a plan to have a coffee drive last week at LC. Students organized everything from communication with staff to a prize incentive to help peak student interest. With the donations of coffee and money we were able to collect 14 containers… Read More
