Many adults will remember their Middle School history classes as times filled with textbook readings, board notes, and memorizing fact after fact. But that is not how we approach Social Studies at BSS. Here, studying history and geography is an active pursuit. Our first unit…
In early February 2026, the BSS vocal class and members of the Black Student Union took to the stage at the Meridian Arts Centre alongside the University of Toronto Faculty of Music Gospel Choir and vocal students from Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School. The…
As educators, we are continually seeking to bridge abstract academic concepts and the tangible, complex world our students live in. In the Grade 5 Junior School classrooms, this connection was recently made through an immersive inquiry project that focused on Ookwemin Minising, a vital part…
When Middle School students lined the stage last November to recreate the absurdist world of Wonderland for the play Through the Looking Glass, the gravity defying flowers and giant toadstools surrounding them were a product of STEM learning in their classrooms. STEM learning is the…
In a brightly lit room in the BSS Learning Commons, a small group of Junior School students are gathered around a long table to learn how to analyze words using colourful miniature blocks. Junior School Learning Resource Specialist, Aida Fahoum, reminds students that for the…
Grade 5 and 6 music students integrated their knowledge of sound with new technology skills in coding and video editing to create trailers for their favourite books, shows and movies. Students explored how music and sound is used to influence viewers’ emotions and how to…
From body systems to mechanical systems, Grade 8 science students explore the structures that make up the world we live in. In December, Mr. Tim Somerville’s class focused on a system that exists in all living things: the cell. Each student was assigned a unique…
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