by Melodee PETERS | Apr 30, 2026 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, The Grades
This week the grade 7s were eager to learn who their mystery teachers would be for the start of the second topic of their biomes unit. Such happiness when they realised Grade 11 ESS students would be teaching them. The Grade 11s did very well by providing a detailed...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 22, 2026 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, The Grades
Grade 7 students began the second half of their unit on biomes quite aptly on Earth Day by investigating how tropical rainforests are ‘systems’ – the key concept for their unit. The students were provided 5 sources to explore and from which to gain...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 16, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities, The Grades
This week Grade 8 students engaged in a hands-on demonstration to learn about population growth. They could visualise the impact birth rate and death rate has on population growth. Students had to apply their Math knowledge of equations to calculate whether a country...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 9, 2026 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
This week, our Grade 7 students had opportunity to practise set questions for analysing visual texts. It is surprising how they get thrown when a word is changed (e.g. visualisation to visual text). The students find it difficult to adapt to changes in wording, yet...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 2, 2026 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, The Grades
Grade 7s are studying biomes, specifically freshwater biomes currently, as their environmental unit for Humanities. This week they got to engage through movement activities as a means to learn about the differences between lotic and lentic water environments. In one...
