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 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...
