by Khadija Ali Abdullah AL JABRI | Oct 24, 2024 | ECC, The Grades
Dear KG2 Families, Wow! We can’t believe we’re already writing the final broadcast for the first semester of 2024/25. First of all, a big thank you to all the parents who came to support their children as they celebrated their learning on stage. It was such a...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 24, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
Thursday classes for English are student-led. This Thursday, Luis designed a debate for his peers on the ethics and perspectives of a murder that occurred in the text they are reading in class. It was interesting listening to opposing perspectives about the reasons...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 23, 2024 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 7 students, this week, started practicing critical reading strategies (aka Active Reading Strategies) as the lead-in for their second unit in English. In teams, they discussed the strategies they used when reading the exposition of a Dick King-Smith novel. The...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 17, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
G8 Teaching G8 The grade 8 students take responsibility to teach their peers about a specific narrative element of the novel they are studying. Last week, Mona presented an activity on characterisation and Fatma on Setting. Mona had the students create character...
by Dorota Ziemnicka | Oct 17, 2024 | The Grades
Dear Parents and Students, As we spent the last two days in front of our computers or iPads, there are a few reflections. Generally, the lessons went well; however, the students raised concerns about the need for short, perhaps 5-minute breaks between lessons to have...
by jbrettell | Oct 17, 2024 | The Grades
Well done 8A- you adapted admirably to the sudden online learning experience! Feedback from of of your teachers has been extremely positive. Once again, I’m super proud of you all. Thank you for always turning up, being so polite and being willing to learn! Have...
