by Joanne Brettell | Jun 19, 2025 | The Grades
Here we are, the end of the academic year has arrived! It’s been a huge year for me: moving country, changing schools, and adapting to a new curriculum. I can’t thank the students and staff enough for helping me settle in and navigate all the new experiences. I’ve...
by Joanne Brettell | Jun 12, 2025 | The Grades
Today we held our secondary awards ceremony. Whilst it is always lovely to see students’ hard work celebrated, decisions about who wins are very tough, so many of our G8 students have surpassed themselves this year!! Myself and Mr Duncan have been hugely proud...
by Joanne Brettell | Jun 4, 2025 | The Grades
Had an interesting visit to The Knowledge Gate School in Muscat with other Learning Support Leads from around the region. This weekend conference was inspiring, reassuring and interesting all in good measure. It is always valuable to talk to other people in the same...
by Joanne Brettell | May 22, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
This week my G8 English group reflected on how many technological advances my 88 year old father has seen. We thought about this in class and the students generated questions that they would like to ask him. Wonder of wonders, we got my dear Dad on Google Meets, 3700...
by Joanne Brettell | May 15, 2025 | The Grades
This week some of G7 and 8 have been busy doing their WIDA tests- I have been really impressed with G8 as I can see the progress they have made since the beginning of the year. In our English classes, they have been gaining more experience of writing Sci-Fi texts. The...
