by Erin REHIL | Jun 3, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Visual Arts
Students in Grade 9 have finished their graphic novels and are now working on a mini-unit about photography. We started with two scavenger hunt activities, looking in and around our homes for examples of texture, pattern, color contrast, and value contrast. Students...
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.
by Paul Healy | Apr 22, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
This week students learnt an easy but useful framework to analyse a products Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT). It is a framework that can be used across the subjects and if used will help students be more successful learners. Grade 8s spent the...
by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 15, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary History
Grade 9 students have started a unit looking at the Industrial Revolution and how this event created social, political, and environmental change. Students are currently researching an invention from the era and preparing a pitch to potential investors. They are to...
by Paul Healy | Apr 1, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
A busy week in the design classrooms. Most of the students have been building on their basic cooking skills by completing skills based activities. The cooking units in design offer students the opportunity to learn vital life skills of how to feed themselves through...
by Paul Healy | Mar 25, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
Another busy week across the MYP grade levels. Grade 7 have been continuing to learn safe practices in the kitchen area. Grade 8 focused on the design challenge and the statement of inquiry. Grade 9 explored the sensors this week while grade 10 started to evaluate...
