by Paul Healy | Jun 18, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Congratulations on finishing the Academic area 2020. You should be proud of your effort during this challenging period. A big thank you from Mr Healy and Mr Isles for all your effort and engagement. Have a great summer.
by Gary GOODWIN | Jun 11, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
This week, grade 9 students reflected on the concepts from the past unit by looking at the factual, conceptual, and debatable questions for the unit. This kind of activity is helpful in preparing for eAssessments as students will be required to think conceptually...
by Greg PERRY | May 21, 2020 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
At ABIS we use the IB Middle Years Programme 1-8 grading system to grade all the summative work students do in their classes. I like to think of the grades received as being in one of four bands with 7-8 being great work, 5-6 being good work, 3-4 being minimally...
by Paul Healy | May 21, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
It has been pleasing to see some students continue with their prototypes, here we have an example of an egg box to sell the school farm eggs recycled from a pizza box. It is great that the students are engaging in design. As one student emailed “I am still doing it...
by Greg PERRY | May 20, 2020 | Grade 9
The Personal Project (PP) is a unique way all IB students can accomplish something they think is important, valuable, and challenging. Along with meeting Sevice as Action Goals, it is part of a pair of requirements all students must complete in order to receive the IB...
by Greg PERRY | May 19, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
Teachers continue to award points to students showing good attributes of the IB Learner Profile and also for demonstrating Approach to Learning skills. Many students have shown their teachers their best efforts and have been earning points for the house for our annual...
