The Inauguration Ceremony of our school Guiding Light Academy was held on Saturday September 20th, 2014. There was a buzz of excitement all around the school as the children, staff and management planned for the big day. The ceremony started…
Salve Maria! This past week, our Grade 3/4′s continue to study about plants and habitats. The students put together a science experiment featuring a self-sustainable ecosystem. The purpose of the experiment is to demonstrate the interrelationship between different organisms in…
Jolly Phonics! As part of a Teacher’s Workshop we participated in the training for the Jolly Phonics Program. Guiding Light Academy welcomed Susan Whittaker from Jolly Reading to train the entire staff on the Jolly Phonics methodology. Susan discussed the…
September 23rd, 2014 Here we go on this glorious day in September. Our Grade 5/6 class are looking and taking apart the great question of “Who Is God?” Of course there were two different approaches that we can use we…
September 18th, 2014 An interesting read…. – Cursive Writing is an integral part of the GLA curriculum – “Whatever inherited level of sensory-motor coordination people may have, they can always improve on it with practice. Most parents observe this when…
September 18th, 2014 Our Budding Mathematicians in Grade 2 have been busy sorting concrete objects, they have recognised that objects have different attributes. Using a combination of creativity accompanied with reasoning these students have sorted Gingerbread men…
Apples, Apples, Apples! This week the JK/SK class has been learning all about APPLES! Students explored what an apple is, how they…
September 20th, 2014 These past few weeks, the staff and students of the school worked extremely hard in preparing for the first of many…
September 15th, 2014 Bienvenue au Monde du Français! The weather we’ve been experiencing lately lets us know that fall is on the way and our students are getting ready for it during French class. The kindergartens have done a fantastic…
September 16th, 2014 Salve Maria! In this week of Science, our Grade 5′s have started their first unit “Body Works”. Students will have the opportunity to study the different systems and organs in the body, and how different systems work…