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art swirls aroundQuilchena for40thanniversaryInspired by visiting some of Vancouver’s Biennale artprojects, Richmond’s Quilchena Elementary schoolstudents have created their own permanently-installedpublic art to celebrate the school’s 40th anniversary.
The word ‘biennale’ is an Italian word meaning everyother year and is commonly used to describe a large-scale art exhibition. Students from Grades 3 to 7participated in Vancouver Biennale’s Big Ideas in-
school program, which provided the school a financialgrant and an artist to help them explore and createtheir own art pieces.
“Identity, place and time was the overarching theme,”explained principal Janet Powell. “The kids started outby investigating their own families; how over time theirown families came to Richmond. We then turned it tothe school as we are celebrating our 40th anniversary
this year.”
After learning and sharing their findings abouttheir families, students were asked what QuilchenaElementary school and its school nickname (theCyclones) means to them. Their next assignment wasto come up with images, sentences or phrases to showwhat they want a visitor to their school to know about
Chairperson’s message............3Art/Superintendent message ..4Coding........................................5
Science ................................. 6/7Leadership ................................8Math...........................................9
Circle........................................10News........................................11
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On behalf of the Richmond Board of Education,I am excited about this edition of EdCom. It isan opportunity to highlight the changes to ourcurrent curriculum and learning in the 21stcentury for students, parents and communitymembers.
Classrooms of today have and continue tochange in many positive ways. Gone arethe rows of desks, blackboards, chalk andbrushes, out dated textbooks and the teacherat the head of the class sharing his or herknowledge.
Today, classrooms are vibrant hubs of learningwith students discussing and problemsolving collectively while using technologyamong other tools to facilitate their learning.The teacher is actively engaged with thestudents, challenging them to seek andexplore information they are curious about,while encouraging them to think critically andexpress themselves creatively.
What a welcome change to the classrooms ofbygone days when students were to hold theirknowledge while raising their hand to give theanswer the teacher was looking for.
We are hoping you enjoy reading thispublication and learning about the ways ourclassrooms are transforming to meet theneeds of students in preparing for adulthood inthis rapidly changing world.
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them and their school. Thisthen lead to how they canexpress that explanation inart and what it would looklike. This is where theirimaginations went a littlewild, noted Powell.
“They came up with somewonderful ideas that wouldcost millions of dollars,”Powell said with laughter.“The students were thentold it had to be twodimensional, not three.”
One of the ideas was a 25-foot inukshuk, welcomingall who visit the school.
The students then choseto express themselves bycreating 60 pavers, withartwork created by studentscollaborating with eachother. The pavers willbe placed near the mainentrance and the inukshukwill be represented in oneof them.
“We chose the symbol oftwo inukshuks holding theworld,” said Grade 5 student
Shaan. “Our message isthat Quilchena Cyclones areunited as a community thatrespects you as a friend.
Grade 6 student Mariamand her partners createdpuzzle pieces as theirdesign, explaining that likea puzzle piece, each personon earth is of a differentshape, size and colour.
“Each piece, linking witha distinctive piece, is likeeveryone who is part ofour community acceptingothers,” Mariam said. “Asour community grows,the puzzle will seem likeit is almost completed,but really, it feels as ifthis puzzle representingQuilchena community isnever ending becausewhoever comes along onour journey building thepuzzle is always welcome tojoin.”
Having over half the entireschool participate in thisproject is an example ofQuilchena Elementary
school’s educatorsembracing the neweducational curriculum’sapplied design section,which includes researchingand creating.
“The process has beenextremely powerful asstudents have donepersonal reflections andparticipated in groupdiscussions to try to putinto symbols and wordswhat our school means tothem,” Powell said. “Theydrew, sculpted and collagedto make mock-ups of theirdesigns. Students havedeveloped their inquiry,communication andproblem-solving skills inorder to hone their ideasand agree on a design andmessage.”
Quilchena Elementaryschool’s 40th anniversarycelebration will be held onMay 27th, which is whenthe pavers will be formallyunveiled.
As a newcomer to the RichmondSchool District, I continue tobe impressed by the variety oflearning experiences that aremade available to our students.Dedicated staff in our schools areworking to prepare our studentsto be “future ready” for a worldthat will look very differently fromtoday.
In order to ensure that ourchildren can participatemeaningfully as global citizens in
both workplaces and communitiesof the future, learning needsto look differently today! As adistrict, we will continue to focuson supporting all learners to besuccessful in tomorrow’s world.
We will continue to move aheadin the implementation of thenew curriculum and the designof new ways of teaching andlearning. There are already manyexamples of exciting new activitiesand lessons occurring acrossour district. Our teachers andadministrators are demonstratingexemplary provincial leadership!
It is an exciting time to be part ofthe transformation of education –we will continue to work togetherto ensure that Richmond studentshave the skills and experiencethey will need to be positivecontributors in a dynamic world!
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The next LoGicaL step to LearninGBrandon Sekhon and Anthony Irwinwere a little anxious to learn codingwhen they started Grades 3 and 4 lastSeptember, but their apprehensiondisappeared when they found it to bechild’s play.
Last fall, Diefenbaker teacher MargaretChoinski decided to teach her Grades3/4 class coding after attending aprofessional development day seminaron the subject. She wanted to findsomething challenging to teach herclass that produced tangible resultsand coding fit the bill. But first, she hadto put to rest any preconceived notionsregarding what coding is.
“I thought it was going to be difficult,”Brandon said. “When Mrs. Choinskisaid we are going to learn coding, Ithought, ‘Oh my gosh, we are coding acomputer?’”
“When I heard about it, I thought it wasall about ones and zeros,” Anthonyadded.
To show what coding is about, Choinskiintroduced the class to a grid carpetwith letters, numbers, pictures andcolours. After the students agreed on
commands, such as using the letter ‘L’to go left and ‘F’ to go forward, the kidswrote commands on paper and thenphysically followed the commands onthe carpet, to see if their coding madesense.
“It’s very logical problem solving,”Choinski said. “It’s connecting real lifemath to school.”
The math component became evenmore apparent when the lesson wentfrom the grid carpet to the computer.Students were introduced to a mathcoding game called Turtle Pond, wherethe objective is to get the turtle intothe pond, within a set time. Grid markscan be removed and obstacles can beadded in higher levels, requiring theuse of angles to make the game morechallenging. This introduces students togeometry and measurement.
Some students found coding challengingas it takes patience and lots of trial anderror, but others found it easy whileothers still enjoyed it so much theytook further courses on coding at theRichmond Public Library.
“Everybody loved it,” Choinski said. “The
ELL [English Language Learner] kidswere able to quickly understand it andeverybody got good at it.”
The new provincial educationalcurriculum puts an emphasis onapplying reading, writing and arithmeticto the real world, and coding fits intothat perfectly, Choinski added, who hasbeen teaching for 25 years.
“There are lots of jobs that are computer
based,” Choinski said. “Knowing howthey work is useful for everybody.”
And while math is a huge componentin coding, Brandon, who enjoys playingvideo games and is interested indesigning them, didn’t even notice it.
“I don’t think there is much mathinvolved,” Brandon said. “It was just a lotof fun.”
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LiugoesfortripleGoLd,chanonquesttoconQUercancerOn the top floor of his family’stownhouse is where Grade12 Palmer secondary schoolstudent Ray Liu brainstormshis ideas, amidst a sea ofelectronic supplies and tools.
As impressive as his sciencefair projects have been over thepast few years, is his equallyimpressive mastering of thetools that help craft thoseinventions and innovations.
“I never took electronics. Ikind of grew past that,” saidLiu, who is planning to attendthe Canada-Wide ScienceFair this month in Montreal,where he hopes to earn a thirdconsecutive gold medal. Hewill be joined by one otherRichmond student.
“It may be a bit messy. All
my parents say is ‘don’t burnthe house down,’” chuckledLiu, who does, in fact, keep afire extinguisher next to hisworkbench, or rather his bed.
Liu has innovated a standard 3Dprinter to make it more energyefficient and potentially easierto print products.
His printer uses a compositematerial of solvent polymer andcarbon fibre, which is stored asa liquid in a compartment butquickly hardens when it comesout of the nozzle. Standard 3Dprinters heat plastic and thenspit out the product.
“My printing process doesn’tuse any heat,” said Liu.
To boot, his products arestronger than normal 3D
printers.
Liu had grown tired ofprinting too many things andoverheating his original printer.
“Because I use the compositematerial, there are no heatingelements,” he said.
One of the problems his newprinter has is a lower resolutionrate than regular printers. Liusaid he’s examining evaporationrates of the solvent, whichcould allow him to reduce thenozzle size, thus increasing theresolution of printed products.
Liu has already won eightregional science faircompetitions on top of his twonational gold medals. Last yearhe built a laser-based non-lethal weapon.
Liu, who professes to be“pretty good with computers,”has scored perfect grades inphysics and math classes.He’s off to engineering schoolat the University of B.C. thisSeptember.
Burnett secondary schoolteacher Sam Jessa helpedstudents get to the GreaterVancouver Regional ScienceFair earlier this year, where Liuwon his all-expenses paid tripto the national fair in Montreal.
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Ray Liu with his 2014 and 2015 national science fair medals.
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The regional science fair wasa perfect opportunity to allowscience-focused students toexplore the new curriculum,noted Jessa.
“With the new curriculumchanging, I had the kidsdo their own inquiry,” saidJessa.
So, whereas in the past ateacher may have directedstudents in a certaindirection, Jessa allowed thestudents to choose theirown projects so long as theydemonstrated learning.
“Students picked a problemaround the world or a topicthat’s of interest. Then theydeveloped questions aroundthe subject and found aninnovation that will solve theproblem,” said Jessa.
One of Jessa’s formerstudents at Burnett wasGrade 11 student VanessaChan, who helped the BCCancer Agency recognizegenetic variants of long-term survivors of pancreaticcancer.
Chan also won a trip to thenational fair, joining Liuas the only two Richmondstudents at the exclusiveevent.
“I was really surprisedbecause all the projectsaround me were excellent,”said Chan, who wassupervised by Jessa afterbeing one of her students inGrade 8.
She was able to sequencehereditary pancreaticgenes by analyzing tumoursamples and comparingthem to normal tissue.
In working on theproject, Chan was ableto demonstrate all of thecritical fundamentals ofsenior biology classes,however she also wentabove and beyond what wasexpected of her — exactlywhat the new curriculum isdesigned to do.
Burnett student Vanessa Chan, pictured here at her stand at the national science fair in Montreal inMay, researched genetic variations in pancreatic cancer survivors for her award-winning project.
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students find their voice with new curriculumGrade 10 Burnett secondary schoolstudent Kishoore Ramanathan is aleader among leaders, having helpedorganize the first Richmond StudentVoice Conference April 8 at City CentreCommunity Centre.
“The overall mood was what I lovedthere, and there were a lot of positivefeelings,” said Ramanathan.
The conference was a follow-upworkshop to last October’s provincialB.C. Student Voice Conference, forwhich Ramanathan also participatedin, representing her Richmond SchoolDistrict colleagues.
Conference co-organizer Anne Gillrie-Carre, a district administrator, saidstudent-led conferences help empoweryouth to envision how they can becomeparticipants in the new curriculum —designed, in part, to allow students tofocus on their strengths and engage inlearning that also teaches others.
Ramanathan expects to participatein more conferences in the years to
come, to help adult educators betterunderstand student perspectives.
“You see more students gettinginvolved. For instance, now I’m involvedin committees. Students want toknow what they’re learning, and theywant to choose what they learn,“ saidRamanathan.
Richmond’s conference at the newcommunity centre involved about 130
Grade 10-12 students from across thedistrict and the Richmond City CentreLeadership Program. They participatedin fun and engaging leadership activitiesand brainstormed how to becomea better role model in the schoolcommunity and beyond.
“We’re trying to get student voicesheard,” said Ramanathan.
The day-long conference also featured
ice-breaker games, a group cha chaslide, and, of course, a healthy lunchwith cupcakes at the end.
Notably, feedback from the students willbe shared with the Ministry of Education,the district, administrators, schoolemployees and teachers so adults canbetter understand the needs of students.
Information gained will help form futureschool policies.
“Seeing the change in how studentvoices are perceived was positive.Everyone involved in this youthleadership process is very determined,”noted Ramanathan.
Specifically, students also brainstormedand discussed ideas around how thedistrict can better prepare students forpost-secondary studies and the work ofwork, how the schools and communitycan help support students have a healthybalance in all areas of their personal“wellness wheels” (financial, physical,emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual,environmental, and occupational).
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multiple funstrategiesemployed innewmathclassesAt least two teachers at DeBeck Elementary Schoolhave thrown out the textbooks when it comes toteaching math as they embrace a somewhat new wayto teach the often feared subject.
Sara Lai and Cynthia Clarke both teach a Grade 2and 3 combined class, and in anticipation of the neweducation curriculum coming in September, the twoare already teaching math by using real life examples.
“Many math concepts were previously taught throughrote memory and algorithms, but the new curriculumenables us to explore multiple strategies,” Clarke said.
Lai added, “Instead of always sitting inside ourclassroom and completing math work at our desks, weare going out into alternative learning environmentsand applying math principles in different ways.”
Recently, the two classrooms worked on a bottledrive project with proceeds going towards purchasingnew books. The students collected bottles and cans,estimated the total, classified and sorted themaccording to capacity, figured out how much each canand bottle was worth, tallied, and represented theirnumbers in different ways. The teachers then visited arecycling depot and netted $44.70. The exercise allowedthe students to learn and practice skip counting,estimating, problem solving, number operations and
the basics of money, along with financial literacy.
The students then used book catalogues to “spend”this money. “They learned that buying books in apackage was cheaper than buying books separately,”Lai said. “This activity allowed students to think aboutthe value of the money that we raised and how to spendit wisely.”
Another exercise brought the students into the gymbut not for a physical education class. They exploreddifferent math concepts like measurement by figuringout the size of the gym and various types of equipment,such as the diameter of a basketball.
“We are finding different ways to introduce mathconcepts to the kids so they can understand thembetter by relating them to life experiences,” Clarkesaid. “The new curriculum places more emphasis onreal world application of what they learn.”
And the students say they are enjoying it.
“My friends and I are excited to learn math in differentways,” said Vanita. “My friends and I love our new mathcurriculum because it is really fun.”
“We all love our new math because it is fun to do,” saidGabby. “We feel excited and joyful during math.”
To reassure skeptical parents and show how thisslightly different way of teaching math is effective,the teachers and staff held a math night and about 50families attended.
“Kids are so excited to do math now, it’s amazing,”Clarke said, a teacher of 35 years.
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connecting to the classroomandclassmates comesfull circle atcurrieMr.T’s class at General Currie elementary schoolis talking in circles these days. Now that may seemunproductive so let’s put a little context behind.
As part of focusing on the competencies of thenew curriculum, teacher James Thesiger’s class isincorporating talking and teaching circles into itsweekly routine. The circles, held indoors or on the
grass field, serve as a moment of reflection for theGrade 6/7 students.
On one sunny day, on a freshly cut patch of grass, thestudents were asked by Thesiger to rate how their dayshad been going and how they felt. Answers could varyand if anyone wasn’t willing to speak much, they didn’thave to. The students passed around a small glassturtle to symbolize their turn to speak.
“I think that class circle is important because I believeit helps our classroom community grow and developtogether as we learn all the new wonders of the worldand ourselves. Class circle makes us feel connectedwith our peers and it allows us to understand andsupport each other with our struggles and successes,”said Jasmine, one of Thesiger’s students.
After students were done sharing their thoughts,feelings and/or ideas, they were asked by Thesigerto brainstorm ideas for preparing for a school play.Students paired up to discuss what an actor needs todo to have a good performance. Ideas were shared andThesiger wrote them down on a white board.
For instance, student Ale Montoto noted an actormust memorize lines ahead of time in order to have asuccessful play.
Thesiger called the circle a “sacred place” wherebylearning occurs in a holistic manner.
The circle assists Thesiger in facilitating student-ledideas and shows him what issues are on the minds ofstudents.
“This approach to teaching has been an excellent wayto strengthen our student’s mental well-being andbuild social and community health,” said Thesiger.
Helping Thesiger achieve more holistic teachingmethods are various teaching methods that have beenaccepted by the new curriculum guidelines, such asPlay is the Way, Mind Up curriculum, Circle Forwardand the First Peoples Principles of Learning.
“The new curriculum has inspired us to collaborateand design instruction that includes all of our studentsin engaging ways in which they have learned to valuethemselves, each other, and the community with whichthey are a part of,” said Thesiger.
Aside from facilitating principles of the newcurriculum, “class circle” is also a time for studentsto clear their minds and unwind, if needed. “We are alldealing with a lot of stress, adults and students alike.We have busy lives and lots going on” said Thesiger.
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hereare just someof the2016newsmaKers for therichmondschooldistrictWestwind elementary school studentsmade the front page of the RichmondNews on Feb. 26 for their Comic-Con2016 event, which exemplified howkids were participating in the newcurriculum.
Grade 4 debeck elementary schoolstudent Terrence wang baggeda pair of first place medals at thePacific Northwest Regional Yo-YoChampionship in Seattle in February.
Leadership students at cambiesecondary school raised money for theRichmond Food Bank at a leadershipchallenge at the Richmond Olympic Ovalon March 2.
In early March, students from acrossthe city celebrated Education Week, withevents ranging from school plays, skillscompetitions, art displays, Science Jamand public open houses.
Grade 5 debeck elementary schoolstudent sherry Tian will be representingthe province in the U.S.A.’s most
prestigious girls’ chess tournament, the13th Annual Susan Polgar FoundationGirls’ Invitational (SPFGI) in St. Loiusthis July after becoming a provincialchampion in March.
It was announced on April 5 that Grade12 steveston-London secondarystudent diego san Pedro was off toOregon State University to join its golfteam.
Students at Lord byng elementaryschool cut their hair for kids with canceron April 11. Richmond-based Wigs forKids BC helped organize the event thatalso raised over $500.
On April 22, Earth Day,woodwardelementary school students made thefront page of the Richmond News fortheir efforts in building an outdoor(green) classroom.
On May 5,mcmath students madeheadlines in the Richmond News,after hosting a sleepover fundraiserto raise money for homeless people in
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Palmer secondary school studentsemma Lu and Jana caine created theGlass Half Full Foundation to raiseawareness about the importance ofpublic water fountains. Their foundationwas featured in the Richmond News onMay 4.
On May 11 students from spul’u’kwukselementary school raised money and
sent inspirational messages to thevictims of the Fort McMurray wildfire.
Themcnair secondary school bloodand bone marrow drive was held at theschool gym on May 12 to find a donor forJoshua weekes, a DeBeck student whohas recently fallen ill to a rare form ofleukemia. Students across the districthave raised money and sent lettersof inspiration to Josh since his storybecame known.
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