by webtester | Nov 21, 2012 | Grade 7, Humanities, Secondary History
In our History curriculum there’s a strand called “Continuity and Change Through Time”. It’s the most far-reaching of the strands, as it seeks to highlight the patterns of change and critical differences across human societies and cultures...
by Jean Provencher | Nov 18, 2012 | Arabic, Community and Service, ECC, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), News Flash, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades, The Head's Blog
As you know, we have been working hard to improve the reporting processes at ABIS. As a result there are some changes to the Mid Semester Progress Report that we would like you to note.On November 21st, you will receive a Mid Semester Progress Report, briefly sharing...
by Jean Provencher | Nov 14, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary Visual Arts, PTA, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, Uncategorized
Dear parents, One of the teachers’ areas of focus recently has been to standardise our grading system, which will have a number of benefits ultimately leading to higher student achievement. A great deal of time has been spent on this and we have now arrived at a...
by webtester | Nov 14, 2012 | Grade 8, Humanities, Secondary History
This week the Secondary Learning Suite welcomed a few additions: stylish and height-adjustable classroom tables, “wobbly” seats for our more, ummm, antsy students, and three iMac desktop computers. These computers are elegant and powerful, and feature a...
by Wayne Hampton | Nov 7, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Dear parents, It’s been a very busy week for students (and teachers for that matter) as students have set up new CAS projects and begun discussions about target setting. As you’re aware, three Secondary School areas that we are focusing on this year are...
by webtester | Nov 7, 2012 | Grade 6, Humanities, Secondary History
Around 20,000 years ago Neanderthals, our closest relatives in the family tree of man, went extinct. This left only us, Homo sapiens, as the dominant species on the planet. Our more complex brains (developed by thousands of years of eating fish) made us more adaptable...
