by Sean HOWES | May 7, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week, Grade 7&8 English reached the climax of their class reader, ‘The Ruby in the Smoke.’ Our doughty heroine, Sally, had to face off against not one, but two horrible villains: Mrs Holland and the fiendish pirate Ah Ling! It was a remarkable...
by Sean HOWES | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
This week we finally reached the conclusion of our literary text for DP Language Acquisition: ‘Things Fall Apart’ by China Achebe. The novel’s protagonist, Okonkwo, exemplifies the struggle of native cultures to persist in their traditions in the...
by Sean HOWES | Apr 2, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
In English language and literature this week, Grade 9 have started to look at travel writing, which is a varied and interesting genre of study. We agreed a common definition for this and went on to read and discuss a number of different travel writing texts. We will...
by Sean HOWES | Mar 26, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
We have now begun the study of ‘Things Fall Apart’ for one of our literary texts in English Language Acquisition. This week we have been thinking about the social bonds and rules which bind the Igbo community together in their African setting, both in the...
by Sean HOWES | Mar 26, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
It seems that not everything in Victorian London was about drinking tea from china cups and saucers! This week, Grade 7 and 8 have been thinking about how excitement, tension and mystery have been created in their class reader. We have had lots of action keeping us on...
