by Greg PERRY | Feb 24, 2022 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
In grade 11 biology we’ve been studying photosynthesis. Students need to recall and understand a lot of information but we did a practical to look at the outcomes of the process in leaves. We also took the chance to extract some chlorophyll. Here are some...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Feb 24, 2022 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12
The ATL skills that have been the focus this week are communication and self-reliance. What has to be done post the mocks is an in-depth reflective activity to ensure that the grade 12 scientists can move forward with what they have learnt about themselves. As said by...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Feb 23, 2022 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
Last week, we spent time consolidating our understanding of the many concepts and connections between what we have been studying and what we are learning. The grade 11 class finished up this week through a creative exploration of how this would translate into...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Feb 17, 2022 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
For DP Music, the students do not sit exams like one does for History or Chemistry. Instead the focus of the course is creation and performance centered around the four different Areas of Inquiry. This year’s DP students have been working hard on preparing their...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Feb 17, 2022 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
As a reflective exercise in grade 11, we divided into groups to explore what we had learned from the study of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The task was to identify the central concepts of the unit and to write a statement that represented that learning. Both groups...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Feb 17, 2022 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
This week the grade 9s, 10s, 11s and 12s have been using scientific ‘language’ to gather and communicate information. The grades have been using renewable and non-renewable energy sources, latent heat, ideal gases and nuclear equations, all topics using the language...
