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Education Minister Pamela Gross is seen here in this 2022 file photo. The Department of Education is rolling out a full-day kindergarten pilot project in five Nunavut schools this fall. (File photo by David Venn)
By Nunatsiaq News
Five Nunavut schools will implement full-day kindergarten this fall as part of a Department of Education pilot project, the GN announced Monday.
The new kindergarten format will run at the following schools: Nanook School…
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“Just like the small moss flowers but also bloom like peonies.” Shenzhen Nanshan Education Kindergarten is located in Shenzhen Bay. Due to the tight supply of school places in the area, it needs to provide a facility for 21 classes and 630 children. With a plot ratio of 1.6, which is regularly within 0.8, it is a super large-scale kindergarten in a high-density tropical city.
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Saskatoon’s Catholic school division is planning a number of cuts and will increase fees for parents amid a funding shortfall.
Greater Saskatoon Catholic School (GSCS) said it would cut full-day Kindergarten from 10 schools to two, reduce bus routes, and eliminate teacher librarian positions to deliver a balanced budget for the upcoming school year.
Lunchroom supervision fees will also see a hike, from $70 to $100 per student per year, capped at $200 per family.
A high school lunch supervision fee of $25 per student will also be introduced
In a letter to parents and caregivers, the division said schools…
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Full-day kindergarten could soon be offered at schools across Nunavut.
This fall, the Department of Education will begin testing an all-day kindergarten program in five schools in the territory. If the pilot project is successful, the program will gradually be made available to other schools.
“There’s so much that has been reported to be beneficial in running a full-day kindergarten,” said Department of Education Deputy Minister Rebecca Hainnu, a mother of two and a former teacher, vice-principal and principal at Clyde River’s Quluaq School. “It will support the development of early language acquisitions in Inuktitut, in Inuinnaqtun, or in English…
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Mr. Speaker, as we prepare to wrap up another school year, I would like to highlight a number of exciting initiatives that reflect our government’s commitment to improve student outcomes in the Northwest Territories.
This semester, three high schools in the territory piloted the new Northern Studies 30 course. This made-in-the-NWT high school course is the first in the territory to follow British Columbia’s curricular framework.
Topics range from oral history and traditions, to historical land use, colonization, language reclamation, NWT treaties and land claim agreements, government consensus and Arctic sovereignty. It also delves into the role…
Barely able to beat the sunrise as she scurries out the door each morning, Hennessey Jones’ days unfold furiously, ricocheting between drop-offs at her daughters’ preschool first thing, a full day of work and another stop at school to gather her girls before finally returning home.
The single mom of two has come to rely on the round-the-clock care that her children’s preschool, Clayton Early Learning, offers her family, allowing her to work eight-hour shifts repairing phones and computers uninterrupted while they attend school 40 hours per week.
But that well-worn routine may soon require further sacrifice as she weighs…
APPLETON – After a two-year process, the Appleton Area School District will revamp its math curriculum to make it more consistent from kindergarten to 12th grade.
“This allows us to have a consistent resource and standard to provide opportunities to minimize our instructional gap,” said Thai Xiong, director of STEM and health and human performance for grades seven through 12.
The Appleton school board approved the changes with an unanimous vote Monday evening.
The math review that led to the changes was carried out by a work group with teachers, administrators, interventionists and representatives from special education, English learners and…