by Todd DAVIS | May 16, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, The Grades
As part of the passion projects program, MYP students are finding out how to make things with their own two hands and a few tools. This offers students the chance to create objects like bird houses, cutting boards, book stands, pencil cups and hopefully a whole lot...
by Marie USHER | May 16, 2019 | Grade 1, The Grades
This week the children consolidated their knowledge of probability. They enjoyed playing the different games and comparing their findings. In language we read the big book “Clever Mr Brown” and discussed whether or not he was clever. We then used his...
by Celine ROWLANDS | May 16, 2019 | ECC, The Grades
This week we introduced patterns to the K1 students. We demonstrated what a simple pattern looked like and asked them if they could create their own and name it. They could use paint and different shapes to Print patterns which they enjoyed. Some of them were able to...
by Cheryl ISLES | May 16, 2019 | The Grades
We have also been using inquiry and thinking skills to consider the choices we can make by ourselves in order to solve ‘small’ problems. Kelso is a pretty cool frog who we got to know this week. We had fun making kelso’s to help us remember all the...
by Liezel BOSHOFF | May 16, 2019 | ECC, Front Page, The Grades
We examined blocks, magnets, toys etc and identified different shapes. The students discovered similarities and differences in these shapes and decided to call them ” fat” shapes ( 3D) and ” thin” shapes ( 2D ). We took the ” fat”...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | May 15, 2019 | Grade 6, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Science, The Grades
Sunday through Wednesday Grade 6s are in reading groups. Three groups are reading novels and completing various jobs. Ask your child about how to be a vocabulary enhancer, discussion leader, literary master, connector, image maker or summarizer. Sometimes students...
