by Peter LAWSON | Mar 23, 2023 | The Grades
Hello all, Well, it’s been a busy few weeks in the music department! We have had our first musical since Covid which was a huge success. Congratulations to all the students involved for making it a show to remember. Working on the show since October, students...
by Greg PERRY | Mar 23, 2023 | The Grades
We are finishing our unit on Change in the Natural world. Students had time this week to begin their final digital presentations. Each of them possible for contributing their work to a class production highlighting a set of endangered mammals, information about them,...
by Magz BRAY | Mar 23, 2023 | Arabic, ECC, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, The Grades
This week, our Classroom Assistants undertook some Professional Development. We used the Theme of Omani Mother’s Day to explore how Graphic Organizer and songs can be used to support developing writers organize their ideas before writing a retell. It was a great...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Mar 23, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In Grade 8, the students have been looking at how Music can color our perspective of different contexts. Taking the classic film, “An American in Paris” as a jumping off point, the students looked at how the audience’s perspective of French music...
by Oscar DASS | Mar 23, 2023 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
I ordered a 9-inch pizza. The waiter brought me a 5 inch pizza and said the 9 inch pizza was not available and he was giving me TWO 5 inch pizzas instead – and that I am getting 1 inch more for free! I requested the waiter to call the manager. I told the manager...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Mar 21, 2023 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In Music, the Grade 7s have been learning and exploring the sounds, timbres, and textures of Gamelan orchestras from Southeast Asia. Using the instruments available to us in the Music room, the students have been constructing and composing pieces in small groups. All...
