by Erin REHIL | Nov 20, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Visual Arts
Students in Grade 8 have been exploring the Surrealist art movement. This style of art is known for its unsettling, dream-like imagery. But the Surrealists weren’t crazy–Salvador DalĂ, AndrĂ© Breton, and others simply used a variety of word games, games of...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Nov 19, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, The Grades
Grade 8s will be working with the Grade 4s to teach them about the Omani government in a few weeks. Tuesday all the students met in small groups and got to know a bit about one another.
by Matthew TAYLOR | Nov 18, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science
This week Grade 8 Scientists were continuing to work through their unit on ecosystems. To focus on their statement of inquiry (SOI) The Earth will become uninhabitable for humans and many organisms if we continue to damage the environment. they were producing a...
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...