by Matthew CROMWELL | Mar 12, 2025 | Grade 6, The Grades
We started the week in Grade 6 by reflecting upon our exhibition experience, the skills we developed, what we learnt about ourselves throughout the process and how we can refine and improve the event for next year’s cohort. This reflective part is a really good...
by Leah FOSTER | Feb 27, 2025 | Grade 2, The Grades
Weekly Pictures Here Unit of Inquiry ‘Sharing the Planet’, is in full swing. Students have chosen their animals and the research has begun. Research skills are very important for this UOI. Students will write a description of their chosen animal, what the...
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 27, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This term Grade 9s students have been studying protest poetry. They learned note-making skills such as annotations and how to use a key for their annotations. They learned and practised identifying poetic devices that poets use to structure their poems as well as...
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 27, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Students in grade 7 who did not go on the field trip had an opportunity to learn about reverse poems and write their own. Upon the return of the other students, these students took on the role of peer coaches to teach their peers about reverse poems and help them...
by Chris COOK | Feb 27, 2025 | The Grades
This week we conducted practice paper 2 and 3. Leading up to these we reviewed the structure and markscheme of the tasks as well as some samples. The two practice papers were modified for reduced time available, with a focus on assessment for learning which is...
by Joanne Brettell | Feb 27, 2025 | The Grades
A highlight for me in the past week was, of course, the International Food Festival. I cannot write about this without mentioning our ABIS Secondary Student Council who initially approached Mr Dominic with hopes of reinstating the event this year. What a spectacle of...
