by Oscar DASS | Jun 16, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science
incredibly, we have reached that time of the year when it is time to relax, kick back and enjoy. No more online, staring at screens and deadlines. We have spent ANOTHER year with Covid restrictions – and we are not out of the woods yet! So please take care...
by Paul Healy | Jun 10, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
This week we have focused on mini projects to reinforce good design practices and have some fun. This week students prepared and presented their design sketches to ‘clients’ otherwise known as their classmates. In groups of 3 they took turns presenting their ideas and...
by Paul Healy | Jun 3, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, The Grades
It’s been a week of exploration for all students now that their summative assessments have been completed. Sketching is an important part of developing ideas. Students watched a YouTube video demonstrating effective product sketching techniques and then evaluated the...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Jun 3, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
Contrary to what it sounds like, blackout poetry is not about blacking out from reading poetry. Rather, it is an interesting form of ‘found poetry’ developed by Austin Kleon in 2005. In this method, poets take a printed document such as a newspaper or a...
by Sahar Mohammad IBRAHIM | Jun 3, 2021 | Arabic, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
During the last unit for G8 students about advertising and media and their study of how communication is a means of self-expression and its impact among people through scientific and technical means, the students did several formative assessments, and began a...
by Robert MUNN | Jun 3, 2021 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
The 7th, 8th, and 9th grades have been working on the Aesthetics Unit using yoga as the activate. One of the assessments was to perform and video themselves performing a short yoga routine. Here are some photos of their work.
