The 2017-2018 school year has gotten off to a great AND busy start. We are back into the full swing of things. We've already had our Back to School BBQ, try outs for our varsity soccer team, and students are enjoying 'daily life' on our...
That is the close of another school year here at Braemar. The 2016-2017 school year finished up this week with many activities! We had a wonderful Graduation Ceremony to celebrate our Grads and wish them well. Here are a few highlights...
We love to utilize our outdoor spaces at Braemar and provide learning opportunities for our students. They are also involved in helping us to take care of our gardens. Students have the hands-on experience of our food garden. The food garden supports curriculum objectives in...
Oral Communication is an important part of our Language programming. Our students are given experiences to enable them to communicate information, and express and clarify their thoughts, feelings and opinions. Each year we have our Public Speaking competition. Our Grade 2 and 3 students learn how...
Arts programming at Braemar provides for one Arts focus per term. We just finished our Visual Arts focus. The culminating event for this focus is our Annual Art Show, which showcases our students' art in a beautiful art gallery setting. Artistic experiences foster creative thinking and...
The month of January flew by, as we had many activities to keep us busy. We gathered as a school to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary, with our Multicultural Day activities. We celebrated Literacy Week with special guest readers, authors, visitors, a spelling bee and many...
Are you looking for educational choices for your JK-aged child? At Braemar, our youngest students begin in our Montessori program. Students are exposed to hands-on learning, concept building and critical thinking skills that come with a Montessori introduction to school. Maria Montessori believed that the hand...
We recently finished our Christmas Basket Campaign which is part of our community outreach program. Each morning the Prep One Elves “joyfully” collected items from all classrooms. They brought the items back to the Prep One room where they sorted, counted and tallied the items as...
On December 1, we hosted our annual Christmas Music Recital. All of the classes did a wonderful job, showcasing what they learned during our Music Term. We had boomwackers, Orff instruments, recorders, keyboards, ukuleles, guitars and percussion. The little ones always seem to steal the show...
Clubs and extracurricular activities are an important part of what makes Braemar special. During this term, we have had several running and many of our students participated and enjoyed the variety. Students have been participating in Choir, Origami and Chess club. The Choir sang a beautiful...