by webtester | Nov 1, 2011 | Community and Service, Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 9, The Grades
The sound of the rain on the roof of our 15-passenger van was in competition with Renzo’s music as we made our way to the work site. Wyclef Jean’s “Gone ‘til November” was today’s choice, an appropriate welcome to the new month. After the physicality of yesterday’s...
by | Nov 1, 2011 | Front Page, Grade 4
Students in Grade Four are completely engrossed in the Exploration Unit of Inquiry. They are collecting information from the Internet, TV, literature and from discussions with family and sharing what they are learning in the classroom. They are now sorting out the...
by webtester | Nov 1, 2011 | Front Page, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), The Grades, Uncategorized
For our Unit of Inquiry on play, we are looking at imaginative use of everyday materials. Today we used our imagination to come up with ideas of what we can make out of boxes, toilet rolls, etc. The students worked very...
by webtester | Oct 31, 2011 | Community and Service, Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 9, The Grades
It was 9:30 in the morning and everyone was already drenched with sweat. Miss Khadija and I were busy clearing away a site before we began digging the foundation for a kitchen. Old chunks of concrete crumbled in our hands like brown sugar as we tossed them aside into...
by webtester | Oct 30, 2011 | Community and Service, Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 9, The Grades
The rain was pouring down on the runway when we landed in Sri Lanka last night. We had seen the dark monsoon clouds over the island as we approached, a sure sign that we were no longer in Oman. The air was warm and heavy with humidity when the bus dropped us off at...
by | Oct 29, 2011 | ECC, Front Page, The Grades
K1 and K2 have been exploring stories for their second unit of inquiry and they have used many different ways to express themselves. In Music they told stories through songs using instruments to add rhythm and texture. In Technology they created their own plays on the...
