by Rachel HOWES | Sep 26, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, The Grades
Grade 8 are a truly international bunch, bringing a wealth of languages and cultures together in one group. They have been rising to the challenge of presenting to each other in French to share some of this interesting heritage. They have been researching and...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Sep 26, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science
This week Grade 8 Scientists were completing an assessment for there first unit on communities. The task was assessed by criteria A: knowing and understanding and had them apply their understanding to the unfamiliar topic of scallop fisheries. Later this week they...
by Cary MARKIN | Sep 23, 2019 | Dance, Front Page, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary Dance
Students In grades 4-12 who wish to audition for the winter dance performance of the Nutcracker are invited to attend a two day audition during lunch recess on October 1 & 2 at 1:00. The first day of auditions will be learning a short dance sequence and the second...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Sep 23, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities
The Grade 8s have been learning about various aspects of the government in Oman. We had a guest speaker in, conducted our own research, created graphic organizers to help teach others about various parts of the government and had a super fun quiz to test knowledge and...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Sep 18, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science
This week Grade 8 Scientists were investigating Photosynthesis. They then used their creativity to communicate their understanding in the form of a display. The activity came from their inquiries into communities as part of their unit looking into the SOI:to achieve...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Sep 18, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths
Recently grade 8 mathematicians have been collaboratively investigating the laws of indices. They then made posters to communicate their findings. These posters will be assessed by the group in terms of their Criteria C: communication. This will help them to further...
