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...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 2, 2026 | Grade 8, The Grades
This week Grade 8 students got a reward if they were on-track with the expectations for their Service as Action projects for this semester. The expectations are: a. Have a completed summary of the project recorded on Managebac. b. Have a completed pre-activity...
by Melodee PETERS | Mar 18, 2026 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary English, The Grades
I always appreciate students who show strengths in the ATL skill of self-management, specifically the affective skill of perseverance. Students in English and Humanities had classes continue as usual till Wednesday and those who attended benefitted from collaboration...
by Melodee PETERS | Mar 12, 2026 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities, Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 7 to 9 English Language and Literature students have started their final units for the academic year. It is important that students review their progress and the MYP objectives to set clear targets for improvement in Term 4. The same goes for Grade 7 and Grade 8...
