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...
by Oscar DASS | Feb 3, 2022 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary Maths
With the Mock Exams nearly over, a brief reflection on what is expected at the end of this road is a sobering thought. The exams seemed challenging to many and points to a call to action. With IAs and some syllabus left to complete, the pace is frenetic. It is vital...
by Margot SIMONDS | Feb 3, 2022 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Library
This week Mr. Bradshaw and his grade 9 students came to the library for a refresher workshop on using Noodletools for their research projects. Noodletools is a research management platform that ABIS has a subscription to. It is a flexible system that students...
by Oscar DASS | Jan 27, 2022 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary Maths
Break it down. Daily task accomplishments become habits which becomes a discipline to success. In Maths, it is simple. Review your learning, each day. Do about 5 problems to challenge your learning and understanding. This simple approach is all that is...
