by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Oct 16, 2025 | Grade 10, The Grades
1. This Week in Our Learning: • We have spent this week working on the summative task for our film review unit. On Sunday, as you know, we went to the cinema and watched the new Tron film. Students took notes on the bus ride back and have now spent the last two...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Oct 9, 2025 | Grade 11, The Grades
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...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Oct 2, 2025 | Grade 10, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), The Grades
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...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Sep 25, 2025 | Grade 12, The Grades
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...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Sep 18, 2025 | Grade 11
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...
