Our School

Since its inception in 1925, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School has been a place where children grow mentally, physically, and socially. Within our classrooms, children are challenged to think independently, to use their natural curiosity to investigate the world, and to gain the skills to communicate with others. Children at the Laboratory School learn to love learning.

The Laboratory School is a Nursery School to Grade Six elementary school in downtown Toronto. It is part of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and has a threefold mandate: teacher education, research, and exemplary education for the 200 children who attend the school. A satellite Jackman ICS classroom at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation School provides an Integrated Junior and Senior Kindergarten Program (IKP) for children with and without special needs.

As a unique Nursery to Grade 6 Laboratory School, Jackman ICS makes a noted contribution to the understanding of strong educational practices in elementary schools, and Faculties of Education in Canada.
 

ICS Principles

We welcome you to the Jackman ICS Laboratory School and are proud to introduce you to the principles of our teaching practice. Please explore the links below to learn more about what is important to us.

       Whole Child         Inquiry         Time          Joy

      Security         Community        Dissemination             
 

"Your young persons are thinking well, building up knowledge, while enjoying themselves and also childhood, in the best, fullest sense of the term." 

Howard Gardner, Harvard School of Graduate Studies