New standardised grading system in the Secondary School

Dear parents, One of the teachers’ areas of focus recently has been to standardise our grading system, which will have a number of benefits ultimately leading to higher student achievement. A great deal of time has been spent on this and we have now arrived at a...

On the big screen

This week the Secondary Learning Suite welcomed a few additions: stylish and height-adjustable classroom tables, “wobbly” seats for our more, ummm, antsy students, and three iMac desktop computers. These computers are elegant and powerful, and feature a...

Target Setting

Dear parents, It’s been a very busy week for students (and teachers for that matter) as students have set up new CAS projects and begun discussions about target setting. As you’re aware, three Secondary School areas that we are focusing on this year are...

I am inspired by my favourite artist!

Grade 7 students shared information about their favorite musician with the class. The next step of this Unit called Inspiration, is to perform a musical piece on an instrument of their choice. Some students will be improving, some will be developing their performing...