by Sean HOWES | Apr 13, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
It’s an unusual situation: you marry someone behind your parents’ back, because you love him and you hope it will unite the two families. The next thing that happens is that your new husband kills your cousin in a fight and your dad tells you you’re going to be...
by Sean HOWES | Mar 14, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week, Grade 10 have been thinking about the turning point in ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ where a terrible fight leaves two characters dead. We have been discussing how social expectations of young men actually make a fight more likely e.g. notions of family...
by Sean HOWES | Jan 21, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Grade 10 have started to study Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and how he introduces the themes of conflict of in the play. We are focusing in particular on how gender affects the different characters’ behaviour, and what society expects of young men and...
by Sean HOWES | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
Grade 11 have moved on this week to study ‘The Importance of being Earnest’ in English. We continue to think about the representation of marriage and gender here, which makes for a good contrast with ‘The Taming of the Shrew!’ Both plays are...
by Sean HOWES | Nov 18, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
Grade 10 have started to consider how poetry can be used as a lens through which the writer observes his or her own world. This week the students were asked to consider how poets’ countries of origin inspired poetry. Each student was asked to find a poem written...
