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Uniforms are worn by students. House activities require wearing the House Colours, and a House T-shirt is given as a welcome gift by the Sunnybrook Parents' Association when students arrive.
The lunch program is provided daily at no extra cost and meals are prepared fresh daily on the premises by the SBS chef.
The school has five Houses: Birch (yellow), Willow (blue), Maple (red), Oak (purple) and Pine (green). Grade 6 students serve as House Heads, and House activities include House Games, Spirit Days, and eco-friendly initiatives; points are awarded for various achievements, including wearing the uniform properly and speaking French.
Sunnybrook School was founded in 1952 by Mrs. Irmingard Hoff. The Director is Irene Davy, Ph.D. (since 1984) and the Principal is Teralee Brunn (since 2018) with Vice Principals Michael Rossiter and Tanya Low. All parents are members of the Sunnybrook Parents' Association, a parent-run organization that supports the school through fundraising and activities.
Sunnybrook School is a private IB elementary school in Canada serving ages 4 to 12 (JK–Grade 6). The curriculum follows the IB Primary Years Programme, with reference to the Ontario guidelines, and also incorporates Singapore mathematics and Canadian curriculum elements. The school emphasizes inquiry-based learning, concept-based teaching, and global citizenship through the IB Learner Profile. Literacy emphasizes phonics and literature, integrated across the Program of Inquiry in a transdisciplinary approach, and digital literacy and basic coding are embedded. The campus features a renovated library with over 14,000 volumes, flexible Learning Studios, and an outdoor playground with artificial turf, basketball hoops, and spaces for mixed-age play. The school runs a one-to-one iPad program with a digital citizenship curriculum developed with Common Sense and Project Zero. French is taught daily starting in JK, and arts, music, drama, and physical education are woven into the program. Enrichment includes author visits, field trips, and school-wide performances.
