Academics & Classes

ÉCOLE SIR WILLIAM OSLER

ÉSWO Priorities

1. Well-Being, Belonging, & Co-Regulation

Our school community is committed to cultivating a profound sense of belonging and connection by grounding our daily interactions in Shanker’s Self-Reg framework. Moving beyond reactive behavior management, staff and students will partner in proactive co-regulation across all five domains—biological, emotion, cognitive, social, and prosocial. By learning to recognize, reduce, and reflect on stressors together, we will co-create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where positive relationships thrive, and every individual feels secure, valued, and empowered to succeed.

2. French Language Acquisition & Proficiency

Our school is committed to advancing French oral language proficiency across all grade levels by equipping staff and students with strategic language acquisition practices. We will foster an everyday learning environment where students are empowered to consistently and confidently express themselves both academically and socially in French throughout the entire school day.

3. Structured & Balanced Literacy

We will implement a structured, balanced literacy framework that delivers daily explicit instruction alongside engaging, purposeful reading and writing opportunities. By exploring various text types and a diverse choice of books, we will cultivate students' identities as competent readers and creative, lifelong authors who view literacy as a deeply reflective and interactive process.

4. Mathematical Thinking & Communication

To cultivate confident, flexible, and experienced mathematicians, our staff will focus on fostering creative problem-solving and adaptable thinking skills. By prioritizing the learning process over the final product, we will maintain a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment that encourages risk-taking, independence, and the active use of the French language to communicate diverse mathematical strategies.

5. Truth and Reconciliation Education

Our school community will engage in meaningful dialogue and decisive actions regarding Truth and Reconciliation, grounding our efforts in educational awareness and historical competency. Staff will utilize best practices to teach Indigenous cultures, worldviews, and histories, unearthing the past while empowering students to build a collaborative future. Ultimately, we will work together to help every staff member, student, and community partner discover and articulate what reconciliation means to them individually and collectively as a school.

As teachers at École Sir William Osler, we believe that all children are capable of learning and it is up to the teachers to create a successful learning environment in which children feel safe, loved, and accepted for who they are. We have the opportunity to encourage children to set realistic learning goals, enjoying real-life, hands-on learning experiences. Through positive role modeling, we strive to create independent problem solvers and creative, critical thinkers.

English Language Arts (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Viewing and Representing)

French Language Arts (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Viewing and Representing)
The new FLA curriculum is based around three competencies: Understanding the meanings of ideas and information (listening, reading, visual interpretation); Communicating needs and intentions (oral, writing, visual representation); Identifying as a learner in French Immersion.