by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Week 1 of passion projects brought out 5 chefs from grade 7. We spent the session brainstorming all the food we want to cook (this required some serious restraint as we possibly cannot make EVERYTHING we want to), planning the menu for the next 5 sessions, making a...
by Scott MCBIRNIE | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Music
Some students came down to LC3 to use the music space for their Passion Projects. One student is busy honing her lyric and melody writing skills in order to compose a song. Two other students are wanting to cover a pop song from their own country and so are busy...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
This week grade 9 were working through challenging questions on fractional exponents. They were encouraged to work collaboratively (Approaches to learning: help others to succeed) and that they should delay seeking support, see clip from Professor J. Bowler at...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths
This week Grade 8 mathematicians have been developing their approaches to revision. They began this process by making mind-maps of what they had learnt. They were encouraged to include pictures, calculations & anything they associate with each topic. After this...
by John MWITA | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), IGCSE, The Grades
Grade 7 continued on the unit FOOD this week. Students had to research, present and use empirical data to decide whether a smoothie is better than a fruit salad. Later in the week, students did some activities to showcase their understanding of what a balanced diet...
by John MWITA | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, IGCSE, The Grades
This week we continued on the sub-unit Gravitation. Students determined the Earth’s gravitational acceleration experimentally. They documented limitations to the methodology and suggested improvements for more accurate and reliable data collection...
