by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Community and Service, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In a PBL (Project Based Learning), the Grade 9 practiced their fledgling composition skills through the lens of Advocacy Music. Each student selected a Sustainable Development Goal to use as stimuli for their compositions. As a class, we focused on how to use timbre,...
by Duncan MAKORI | Jan 25, 2024 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Eco School, Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary Science
Service as action stands as a fundamental component of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP), aiming to cultivate compassionate community members dedicated to making a positive impact on others and the environment. After...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Jan 25, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Students have just completed their essays comparing genres in ‘Animal Farm.’ Our next unit is called ‘Principles and Hysteria.’ To investigate this idea we are looking at ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller which is set in the time of the Salem witch...
by Christopher LEE | Jan 25, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Visual Arts
The Grade 9 Visual Artists have completed their Identity final outcomes – fusing elements of their personality with the style of Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. The students have created some interesting and vibrant final works (see image below), giving...
by Duncan MAKORI | Jan 25, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary Science
Commencing their latest unit, eighth-grade science students are delving into the intricacies of the cell cycle, encompassing interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis, and delving into the development of cancer. This unit aims to foster interactions amongst the students...
by Duncan MAKORI | Jan 18, 2024 | Creativity, Action, Service, Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Science
We’re thrilled to welcome back our Grade 9 science students for their final semester. It’s heartening to see them return well-rested and full of eagerness to dive into the world of science. This week, they’ve been hard at work...
