by Sean HOWES | May 21, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
As we come to the end of our Victorian adventures, Grade 7&8 are now creating a protagonist of their own: a Victorian lady who time travels into the future. When we begin to create her story, I am sure that we’ll have some great adventures! What will they...
by Greg PERRY | May 21, 2020 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
At ABIS we use the IB Middle Years Programme 1-8 grading system to grade all the summative work students do in their classes. I like to think of the grades received as being in one of four bands with 7-8 being great work, 5-6 being good work, 3-4 being minimally...
by Paul Healy | May 21, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
It has been pleasing to see some students continue with their prototypes, here we have an example of an egg box to sell the school farm eggs recycled from a pizza box. It is great that the students are engaging in design. As one student emailed “I am still doing it...
by Greg PERRY | May 19, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
Teachers continue to award points to students showing good attributes of the IB Learner Profile and also for demonstrating Approach to Learning skills. Many students have shown their teachers their best efforts and have been earning points for the house for our annual...
by John MWITA | May 18, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Science, The Grades
Balloon powered cars! This week Grade 9 have been putting their creativity skills into developing balloon powered cars using simple materials such as balloons, paper cups, plastic straws and rubber bands. By using Newton’s third law of motion which states that...
by Sean HOWES | May 7, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
This week, Grade 7&8 English reached the climax of their class reader, ‘The Ruby in the Smoke.’ Our doughty heroine, Sally, had to face off against not one, but two horrible villains: Mrs Holland and the fiendish pirate Ah Ling! It was a remarkable...
