by Greg PERRY | Apr 30, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Students are 7 weeks into planning their Personal Projects. During each week of our learning from home, students have had an assignment. Each assignment was a step toward reaching their goal, completing their Personal Project. We have continued to hold our weekly...
by Paul Healy | Apr 29, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Design & Technology
We launched Criterion C this week – “Creating the Solution”. We talked through what students can realistically achieve while learning from home. We paid attention to each strand; discussing expectations, slide show info pack, youtube clips created by the design...
by Paul Healy | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Students have been piecing together specification and sketches as part of the design cycle over the last 2 weeks. Again, thanks to the students ‘clients’ for being valuable spokes in the design cycle. Next week, we shift focus from being Designers to Prototypers....
by Matthew TAYLOR | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Shortly the grade 9 class will be entering a review period. The focus for this will be to develop skills that they will need in MYP5 and at Diploma level. This will also have an ATL focus of Create plans to prepare for summative assessments & Plan strategies and...
by Gary GOODWIN | Apr 23, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary ToK
This week grades 9 and 10 collaborated in online sessions to reinforce material that was covered through video lessons. In grade 9, we analyzed sources pertaining to the Berlin Wall crisis in 1961. In grade 11 TOK, students looked at the Areas of Knowledge (AOKs) to...
by Paul Healy | Apr 16, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Design & Technology
Students have submitted their analysis and research for their chosen “design challenge”. Thank you to the parents and staff that are the students “client”. They have now moved onto the next design cycle, which is to developing their ideas.
