Phoenix Elementary provides a unique

Learning Environment with Mulitage Classrooms

 IMPORTANT NOTICES:
There is a change this year in that Lindsay's Intermediate Class is at 8:30.  Please drop the students off after 8:20 at SSE.  Students are to wait outside until led into the school.  If it is pouring rain then students may go sit quietly in the hall by the office.

Phoenix School follows a multiage teaching philosophy in its two multiage classrooms: Kindergarten to Grade 3 and Grades 4 to 8.  A multiage philosophy includes a focus on students’ individual progress through a developmentally appropriate curriculum.

In keeping with the Phoenix Elementary Community goal to attempt to individualize learning for children, while covering the Ministry’s curriculum, we hold student led conferences.

The goals for these conferences are to:

•     have students reflect on their learning, self-evaluate and set goals;
•     provide the opportunity for students, parents and teachers to consider and evaluate

       goals for the forthcoming Individual Learning Plan (ILP) meeting;
•     give students a leadership role in explaining their learning to parents; and
•     have parents connect with the learning that goes on in their child’s school.

Our classrooms are diverse learning communities that provide an environment where we strive to meet each student’s academic, social and emotional needs.  Instruction includes whole-class and cross-grade groupings where students have the opportunity to interact and learn from each other, and benefit from the various ages, abilities and interests in the class.