by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 20, 2016 | Grade 8, Oman Week, The Grades
Packing gear, loading the boat, suiting up and jumping in. The water was cold but the fish were plentiful. The afternoon ended with kayaking and a ride on the banana boat (no photos). Dinner? Pizza take out… A good day. ...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 19, 2016 | Grade 8, Oman Week, The Grades
Students are happy to be in the water finally! They are putting all their theory into practice… the best kind of learning. Camping is also educational between the formal lessons and activities. Some students have volunteered to wash up after meals (a skill...
by Suzanne TOMLINSON | Jan 19, 2016 | Grade 8, Oman Week
After a full day of study, theory and exams for their PADI courses, our G8 students let off some steam frolicking in the sea and then made their own patterned chicken, beef, veg combo kebabs before snuggling up by the fire with G6 friends. Today they came back from...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 18, 2016 | Grade 8, Oman Week, The Grades
Grade 8 students spent another day studying dive charts, underwater hand gestures, symptoms and signs of decompression sickness and regulator readings. They finished the day with their theory test and ready for the dive experience tomorrow. ...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 17, 2016 | Grade 8, Oman Week, The Grades
We arrived in the morning, pitched tents, splashed in the ocean, ate lunch, organized chores for the week, and set off to class. After a few hours, they returned to clean the beach with grade 6, prepare dinner, roast marshmallows on a bonfire, shower, then head to...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Jan 5, 2016 | Grade 8, Secondary Science, The Grades
This week in Science, Grade 8 started looking at inheritance and variation, as well an inherited and environmental characteristics. They created mini-monsters (of the Reebop species) out of marshmallows, basing their features and characteristics on the genetic...
