by Gary GOODWIN | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary ToK
Grade 11 students have been engaged in creating a mini TOK exhibit to practice for one of the final TOK assessments. Students are required to choose 1 of 35 prompts and then an object that focuses on knowledge and religion that addresses the prompt. A write up is...
by Margot SIMONDS | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Library
Wow, we have been very busy in the primary and secondary libraries rearranging, organizing, and categorizing! Furniture has been rearranged to allow for easier browsing ( once we are back to normal), along with reading, meeting, and working spaces. Books are...
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 Erin REHIL | Nov 30, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Visual Arts
Lizzy has recently completed her first two prints, which were made in homage to two existing works by Käthe Kollwitz and Edward Hopper. After reflecting on this process, she is taking her ideas a bit further and making a third piece that will be more uniquely hers....
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 25, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary History
Grade 11 students have started a new section on the Chinese Civil War as part of their paper 2 studies. We have been able to link the material effectively to our paper 3 sections on 19th and 20th century East Asia. Below is some of our work in jamboard focusing on...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Nov 24, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week’s focus has been on research and changing data into information and into knowledge and in some cases taking those seemingly unrelated facts and making some insights. The old adage that states “Knowledge is power”; not data, or information, but...
