by Joanne Brettell | Nov 20, 2025 | The Grades
Wow- what a week last week! On Monday, Mr Cooper and I took the G8 students to their sailing camp. It was such a good trip and they all looked like they’d been sailing for years after the first day. I was so impressed by their enthusiasm and conduct throughout-...
by Joanne Brettell | Oct 23, 2025 | The Grades
Breast Cancer Awareness Event. The SSC working in collaboration with Primary, successfully held the bake sale and raised money for a local cancer charity. The atmosphere was lovely amongst a sea of pink!! Once again, I’m so proud of the SSC members for their...
by Joanne Brettell | Oct 16, 2025 | The Grades
This week our Secondary Student Council has been working hard to arrange the Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale and ‘Wear It Pink’ day. I always admire their tenacity to accept and act on constructive feedback, and as such, they have collaborated with the...
by Joanne Brettell | Oct 9, 2025 | The Grades
In our Grade 8 Advisory this week, we continued with our micro-unit on stress and stress management. Today, students explored a range of realistic scenarios and thought carefully about advice they could offer to help someone lower their stress levels. We were...
by Joanne Brettell | Oct 2, 2025 | The Grades
This week I reflected on how lovely it is to be able to pop in to all of the different classes across ABIS. I was met enthusiastically by our lovely KG2 students, who insisted I join them on their walk back to class. There’s nothing like a gaggle of KG2 students...