by Scott MCBIRNIE | Nov 7, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music, Secondary Music
In their current unit Less = More, our Grade 8 students have been studying minimalist music. Minimalist music is built on constantly repeating musical patterns (ostinato). In addition to learning compositional skills in preparation for the moment when they will...
by Sean HOWES | Oct 31, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
In line with the time of the year, Grade 7 have been taking part in some spooky dramatic activities! Today we were looking at physical theatre and the students were asked to use their own bodies to create the door to a big old haunted house! Ooooooh! There were some...
by Sahar Mohammad IBRAHIM | Oct 31, 2019 | Arabic, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
G7 students expressed the phenomenon of belonging after perusal and research by writing an ounce topic where they merged their previous ideas with innovative new ideas they learned during the study of MYP from the analysis, organization and production of text of...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 31, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Science
Grade 8 Scientists were examining the samples they took on their field trip to Wadi Hibi. The location at Wadi Hibi they visited before the holidays They looked at the living (biotic) factors and what adaptations life had made to adapt to the harsh ecosystem. To do...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Oct 31, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
Grade 7s were working together on an activity to calculate simple probability. Many of them were also wearing pink to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness.
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
In the past couple of weeks, our grades 7 and 8 language acquisition students have learned to use similes and adjectives to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ something. This culminated in a descriptive writing assessment to finish off our unit on...
