by Geetika MEKHALA | Mar 25, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, The Grades
Grade 12 advisory organised an inter-house competition today. The popular American game show, Family Feud, was brought to ABIS. Students competed in their house colours but within their classes. There was tension. There was drama. There was some spirited yelling. And...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Mar 25, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week we have been focussing on our collaboration skills, namely delegating and sharing responsibility for decision-making and helping others to succeed. This has been seen in Science with the grades 10 helping each other whilst tuning in to the chemistry unit and...
by Greg PERRY | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
March Mammal Madness 2021 The annual, world-wide mammal competition is well underway now that the first round is complete. There were three upsets in the first rounds, one of them major, that will put the brakes on several people’s brackets. These include...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
Our grade 11 DP student took part in an online virtual CAS conference organised by castrips.org. Around 200 students from Africa, Europe and the Middle-East took part in this conference to discuss “equality – driving social, racial and gender...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
This week the grade 11 physics students were throwing and catching raw eggs to physically learn about a physics concept without computation and equations. The activity focussed on what they knew instinctively about throwing and catching because as the distance...
by Gary GOODWIN | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
Students in grade 11 completed a really cool sketchnote this week that outlines the reasons for the policy of appeasement in the 1930s. Sketchnoting is a note taking technique that combines text, graphics, connectors, and containers and is a nice option to have if...
