by Scott MCBIRNIE | May 19, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Music, The Grades
We don’t need to recount the many challenges that our diploma students have faced over the duration of their diploma courses. However, it’s been encouraging to see them overcome these difficulties and persevere in their work. This was certainly the case in music...
by Gary GOODWIN | May 6, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History, The Grades
Over the past few weeks, we have been tracking the expansionist activities of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. This is part of our paper 1 studies on The Move to Global War. Below is a diagram we have collaborated on which shows information about each event, what the...
by Andres BRADSHAW | May 6, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
It is that time of the year when the grade 10 and the DP students take their end of year or end of phase final examinations. The purpose of the examinations is to make a final review of the topics/units covered and assess the level, against a benchmark, of each...
by Oscar DASS | May 5, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
Grade 11 has an exam coming up on the 24th of May. It will be two hours long and cover all the work we have done this year. In fact from the 23-27 of May is exam week. So please support your kids and urge them to keep a balance during this time. Work hard and revise...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Apr 29, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), The Grades
One of the benefits of having small science classes is having the opportunity to work collaboratively as a team. The Grade 11 Biology and Physics students do a marvellous job of encouraging each other, giving valuable peer feedback and suggesting ways in which they...
by Oscar DASS | Apr 29, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths
We have spent most of this year doing statistics and measurement, with a slight detour into mensuration (measurement of shapes, area, volume, and surface area). In measurements, we considered HOW we measure distances to various places – local distance and...
