by Meghan KENNEY | Oct 19, 2017 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 students are developing tableaux of the short stories by Ray Bradbury that they’ve been reading. A tableaux is a creation of a scene, where no movement is allowed, only narration and body expression. Students have to interpret the text very closely to be able...
by Meghan KENNEY | Oct 12, 2017 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities
Grade sevens have been investigating into some very remote parts of the world, and creating a promotion to try to get people to immigrate to their destination. As part of this, they have to demonstrate an awareness of the pushes and pulls with why people stay or leave...
by Meghan KENNEY | Oct 5, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9s are taking their Advisory time to develop their organizational skills. As IGCSE students, they need to make sure that regular revision is part of their study routines. They have also amassed quite a few files over the years and so we review organizational...
by Meghan KENNEY | Sep 21, 2017 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
One of the book week activities this week was a collaborative story written together with the entire secondary. Each class was responsible for a different part, and by the time grade 7 received the story it was clearly a suspense tale. Grade sevens quickly revealed...
by Meghan KENNEY | Sep 14, 2017 | Secondary English
Secondary got a head start with book week this Thursday, as our morning advisory time was devoted to some creative writing. Student’s created 6-word memoirs, two-sentence mysteries, poems, and riddles and jokes to create a language rich environment. This...
