by Andres BRADSHAW | Mar 3, 2022 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
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 MYP students helping each other whilst tuning in to the chemistry unit....
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Mar 2, 2022 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12
We have been getting political in grade 12. We have been examining political speeches and exploring how the choice of language and technique can help a speaker connect to their audience, achieve multiple purposes, and downplay stereotypes or labels without ever being...
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 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 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...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Feb 9, 2022 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
The Approaches to Learning are skills that enable us all to succeed in life. The ATL skill of perseverance is defined as the ability to “demonstrate persistence and delay gratification” The grade 9’s, 10s, 11s and 12s have been using this skill this week in the...
