by Joanne Brettell | Oct 15, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
I can’t believe we are at the end of term 1 already. Time flies when you are having fun! We have been concentrating on Criterion D: Writing for 2 weeks now. The students have been reflecting on how writers engage their audience- specifically, how vocabulary...
by Joanne Brettell | Sep 24, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Today we celebrated our secondary counselor, Sharouq. It wasn’t just her birthday; she also found out that she passed her Psychology VIVA with the Ministry of Health. So, we are now lucky enough to be able to say that we have a licensed psychologist working for...
by Joanne Brettell | Sep 17, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Another amazing week with my Grade 7 English class. I have seen some amazing collaboration and students actively supporting each other this week, where the students have been looking at the connections between what they have read and how this links to our inquiry...
by Joanne Brettell | Sep 3, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week the G7 recruits have been introduced to blog articles. We have been investigating ‘register, audience and purpose’. They have been required to learn a lot of new vocabulary and it has been great to see their visual self-assessment move over from...
by Joanne Brettell | Aug 26, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
It’s been a pleasure to meet my new G7 LA class this week. They’ve all settled in really well, been on time, and are engaged and ready to learn. Our first unit is ‘Me, Myself and I’. We kicked off our first week by looking at some of the new...
