by Rachel HOWES | Nov 15, 2019 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Uncategorized
As our first session of Passion Projects this year comes to a close, the ladies involved in a film making project this term packed new ideas into their work until the last minute. They have been designing a range of short films to address both fun and serious topics...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Nov 14, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths
Grade 8 mathematicians where making posters, this week, to explain how to use the trigonometry they have been learning. This is part of their unit looking at relationships within triangles with the statement of inquiry (SOI) mathematical discoveries of the past...
by Paul Healy | Nov 11, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, IGCSE, The Grades
At the beginning of the design cycle, students had been tasked with encouraging birds to visit our school. The students have come a long way the students. From novice wood workers to bird house designers…. Saws, hammers, tape measures and cordless drills are...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 31, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science
Grade 8 Scientists were examining the samples they took on their field trip to Wadi Hibi. The location at Wadi Hibi they visited before the holidays They looked at the living (biotic) factors and what adaptations life had made to adapt to the harsh ecosystem. To do...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
In the past couple of weeks, our grades 7 and 8 language acquisition students have learned to use similes and adjectives to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ something. This culminated in a descriptive writing assessment to finish off our unit on...
by Rachel HOWES | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
Grade 8 have been sharing ideas about national identities in French. This week they worked together to generate ideas for marketing traditional food to an international audience and were very creative in their role plays and presentations. We all learned lots from...
