Curriculum

Ontario Curriculum

Ontario and the symbol of Ontario: the white trillium flower

The Ministry of Education sets curriculum policy and defines what teachers are required to teach and students are expected to learn in each grade and subject in order to ensure a consistent, province-wide curriculum. However, teaching and assessment strategies are left to the professional judgment of teachers, enabling them to address individual student needs and deliver the curriculum in a context that is locally meaningful.

If you’re new to public education in Ontario, reading Who’s Responsible for Your Child’s Education? is a good place to start. Here you’ll also find information about testing and reports, community use of schools and alternative sources of education.

Learn more about the Ontario curriculum and access the curriculum documents.

School Plan for Continuous Improvement

The School Plan for Continuous Improvement (SPCI) is the document that outlines academic goals specific to Cornell Village Public School.

Learn more about CVPS’s SPCI.

Homework Policy

Homework serves as an intellectual discipline, establishes study habits, eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered in class, and supplements and reinforces work done in school.

Read our homework policy.

Homework Help Resources

Are you having problems helping your children with their homework? Do you have questions that the material they bring home doesn’t seem to address? We all do from time to time.

Get homework help here.

Special Education

Under Ontario’s Education Act, every exceptional student is entitled to special education programs and services to meet his or her needs.

Learn more about special education at CVPS.

English as a Second Language

English is not the first language of approximately 20% of our students.

Learn more about the ESL program.

EQAO

EQAO stands for Education Quality and Accountability Office and is the provincial agency that designs and tests Grade 3 and Grade 6 students in reading, writing and mathematics. The EQAO tests give parents, teachers, principals and school boards information about how well students have learned the Ontario curriculum in reading, writing and mathematics.

Find our how CVPS performs in the annual EQAO testing.

Talk with Your Child’s Teacher

Communication between students, teachers, and parents is important if your child is to succeeed.

Find out how to contact your child’s teacher.

Student-Led Conferences

At the close of term one in 2008, CVPS introduced student-led conferences. This was an evening where students celebrated their learning with family and plotted a path for continued success in the future.

Learn more about student-led conferences.