Introduction to the Extended Essay

1. This Week in Our Learning: • Today in our advisory session, we introduced the diploma year one students to the extended essay. This a first exam session for the new extended essay guide and many new and exciting opportunities have been opened to students. The IB is...

University Fair

1. Visit to Edutrac Oman • Our grade 10-12 students visited the Oman Convention Center on Monday and allowed students a chance to talk with university representatives and to learn a bit more about next steps. For some, this was a great chance to connect with...

HL Essay Selection

1. This Week in Our Learning: • We introduced the HL essay in DP English today. For this task the students will choose a line of enquiry and examine one of the texts that we have studied in the course. This will be their first piece of formally assessed work for the...

Political Cartoons, Portfolio, and Camus

1. Our First Assessment • This week we took our first assessment, an oral presentation exploring the work of a political cartoonist. Students worked in pairs and selected one cartoonist, whose work they then examined. They presented to the class the central themes and...

Forms of assessment

1. This Week in Our Learning: • Last week, students received feedback from their diagnostic assessment and this will be shared with parents today. This week, students had their first formative assessments. On Monday, they did a practice writing in which they paired...