SUMMER EXPEDITION begins TUESDAY July 3rd!
Due to incredible interest in this program, REGISTRATION is CLOSED and we will not be maintaining a waiting list!
Does your Grade 7 or 8 son or daughter need help with reading, writing, math and technology skills? Are they losing interest in school because they just aren’t doing as well as they used to?
Explore a free, fun 9-day learning journey during the first two weeks of July with
• Coding (in all its forms)
• STEM Olympics
• Writer’s Craft
• Escape Rooms for the Classroom
• Nuts & Bolts
• Google Expeditions
Something NEW Every Day!
(Summer Expedition is a 2.0 version of the former Summer Skills Builder)
Summer Expedition begins TUESDAY, July 3rd.
Monday is the day after Canada Day and is considered a Statutory Holiday.
See you then!!
Summer Expedition is a 9-day interactive learning journey for students currently enrolled in or going into Gr. 7 & 8 in September. Spend some time this summer finding alternative, fun, engaging experiential activities, infused with lessons in literacy and numeracy, to help them prepare for the next grade level. Summer Expedition will give them confidence, create new excitement about learning, and fill some of the learning gaps. This “expedition” will be a journey in small class-sizes, by grade level, with the particular purpose of being ready for the next grade! Some may be strong in Math and need help in language or the other way around OR need help in BOTH! Blended learning that challenges both sides of the brain creates balance
Enhance your child’s learning in fun ways using:
Coding: Using scratch, lego, or robotic kits — Grade appropriate activities will enhance the learning in this area
STEM Olympics: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math can be challenging at the Intermediate grades. Help your child achieve success blending math and sport, experimentation and problem-solving skills, following blueprints etc
Writer’s Craft: Telling a story can be done in SO MANY ways! Tap into your creative expression while working in pairs or small groups.
Escape Rooms for the Classroom: Find your way OUT! Use cooperation skills, solve problems, understand figurative language.
Nuts & Bolts: Build it and they will come, drop or fly. Learn the hands-on math behind trajectories, construction, sports and games and puzzles
MathLibs: a little twist on old favourite game. Have a blast finding out that math can be both serious and silly.
Google Expeditions: Explore and tell others about the world you see. Recreate the virtual world into a story yet to be told!
As part of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board’s values, creating success for each and a place for all, SUMMER EXPEDITION is a literacy and numeracy support program for students currently attending Grades 6, 7 and 8 classes and entering Grades 7, 8 and 9 in Fall of 2018. Students who may participate may be attending ANY school within Waterloo Region and has an OEN# (Ontario Enrolment Number, a 9-digit number found on your child’s current or past report cards).
- Would my child benefit from added instructional support at their grade level (Have they shown Level 1 or 2 in some areas of their progress reports)?
- Has your child’s day school teacher or principal recommended this program to be beneficial to your child? If you are not sure, have the conversation with them.
- Is your child: in Grade 6 entering Grade 7 in Sept 2018 (born 2007)
- Is your child: in Grade 7 entering Grade 8 in Sept 2018 (born 2006)
- Is your child: in Grade 8 entering Grade 9 in Sept 2018 (born 2005)
Tuesday, July 3 to Friday, July 13, 2018
(program not offered on Canada Day Holiday, July 2nd)
Summer Expedition is offered free to students who are currently in the qualifying grades and can provide an Ontario Enrolment Number (OEN). Much thanks to the Ontario Ministry of Education for supporting the Continuing Education Literacy and Numeracy Learning Opportunities Grant.
Online registration is now closed.
For More Information, please contact:
519-745-1201 or email email@example.com