by Andres BRADSHAW | Apr 8, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
The Grade 11’s and 10’s are back online and the general feeling is one of despondency. We can use this time to build or self-management and resilience skills even though we would all like to be face-to-face in school. Please reach out if you need help,...
by Oscar DASS | Apr 6, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Maths
Statistics is a tool used to make decisions that will impact on real-life choices, and where to spend our money and effort on activities – hopefully with some beneficial outcome. In Applications SL, the use of statistics covers about 50% of the course and is...
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 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...
