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Social and Emotional Learning is integrated into the curriculum through the PYP enhancements. The school teaches students to understand and manage emotions, set positive goals, and maintain healthy relationships. Positive Discipline is used in the classroom to teach responsibility, self-discipline, problem-solving, and cooperation, and to build trust and self-esteem. Brain-based research shows students learn best when they feel safe and connected, guiding classroom practice. Younger students develop cooperation and independence skills, while older students are guided in managing group settings and relationships.
Many children are learning English as an additional language while attending Sunnybrook. The staff create goals for the children to work towards while they are learning a new language. The school takes care to establish these goals to help students become bilingual by the time they leave Sunnybrook. A speech pathologist works weekly with children who qualify.
The school embeds mental health and well-being into daily life. Recent teacher professional development in mindfulness and mental health allows staff to support students in various ways. Mental health breaks, mindfulness sessions, one-on-one teacher–student meetings, and community sharing circles are integrated into the curriculum and daily school life.
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.
