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Multi-age program at École Riverview School
We believe the mission of École Riverview School is to create a
positive
learning community which encourages creativity and enables
individuals
to become active, cooperative learners and responsible citizens.
Philosophy
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Where possible, children
should be grouped over 2 years with the same teacher
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Teaching should be
child-centered, based on individual progress along the continuum of
development
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Children and teachers
should take active roles in the learning process
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Individual learning styles
and strengths should be embraced
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Children should have the
opportunity to guide their own learning and take
responsibility for their learning
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The community plays an
integral role in the child’s learning
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Children should be given
opportunities for mentoring and leadership
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An atmosphere of
collaboration enhances the sense of community
Practice
Using provincial curricular outcomes as a framework, best
teaching practices will be
implemented within an environment of collaboration, inquiry, and
theme and activity-based
learning, while developing children’s ability to self-assess
and take responsibility for their
learning.
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Insofar as possible,
children will be grouped with one teacher over 2 years
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Balance among teacher-led,
shared, and student led inquiry processes, while integrating
curricular outcomes and content
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Teachers are facilitators
of learning throughout the inquiry process
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Focus on integrating
curricular subject areas into theme, experiential and activity–based
learning through differentiated instruction and multiple intelligences
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Nurturing of the sense of
community within the classroom, the school, and the larger community
through celebrations, cross-groupings, community speakers, etc.
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Opportunities for
mentorship, leadership, peer support and cooperative learning
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Fostering of an
appreciation of the arts and their use as a vehicle for expression
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Atmosphere that values
literacy and literature
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Assessment of and for
learning to drive instruction and growth
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Active involvement of
children and teachers in the assessment process to promote ownership
of learning, intrinsic motivation and goal setting
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Parents encouraged to
participate in their child’s learning and to support the learning community.
Benefits
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Children become lifelong
learners
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Sense of secure and
comfortable environment given 2 year timeline with same teacher
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Uninterrupted continuum of
learning over 2 years
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Less adjustment from year
to year
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Home-school connection is
enhanced to support learning
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Increased opportunities to
lead and to follow, to collaborate and to make stable peer connections
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