by Andres BRADSHAW | Nov 18, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
This week’s focus has been on research and changing data into information and into knowledge and in some cases taking those seemingly unrelated facts and making some insights. The old adage that states “Knowledge is power”; not data, or information, but...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Nov 11, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week the students, parents and teachers have been reflecting on the past 4 months and have been looking backwards to work out how to move forwards. This reflective practice is one of the IB Learner Profiles that really enables us to grow in the direction we...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Nov 4, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
The IB defines communicators as those who “express [them]selves confidently and creatively in many ways…collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.” This has been more evident this week with classes reflecting on...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Oct 14, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
This week the DP physics students have been ‘thinking about the Theory of Knowledge (ToK) in the scientific context. One of the questions we debated was, “If a physical quantity is -ve it must have physical significance. Can you have a -ve apple?”...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Sep 30, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Hello, This week we have been demonstrating the learner profiles of knowledgeable and communicators. Grade 10 displayed that they are good communicators as they completed a Summative task on Snail Racing and the grade 12’s finished drafting their Internal...
