by Melodee PETERS | Feb 19, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This week the grade 9 students practised a variety of the Approaches to Learning Skills in order to develop as learners. They practised Social skills of Collaboration by negotiating tasks and ensuring every person in their team gets help to succeed in completing the...
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 5, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
This week the Grade 8 students practiced their social skills of collaboration. They specifically focused on 3 strands of collaboration: Help others to succeed Encourage others to contribute Delegate and share responsibility In English, they worked as a team to analyse...
by Melodee PETERS | Jan 22, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary English, The Grades
Update on students’ learning: Grade 7 Humanities – students are being guided through how to make clear and purposeful research notes. They have received formative feedback and must use it to show improvements in the upcoming summative. Grade 8 Humanities...
by Melodee PETERS | Dec 11, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This week, after completing their end-of-unit summative, Grade 9 students worked through video lessons on the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how to avoid plagiarism. To show their understanding, they produced infographics for Grade 7 and Grade 8...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 23, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 students have now produced a text of their choice (Criterion C) to complete the Travel Writing Unit. Five students challenged themselves to perform monologues, which they did for their class. All text choices were new to them, so it was great to see students...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 9, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
As you all know, Grade 8 students analysed print advertisements for the first half of this term. Now, they are creating their own print advertisement or commercial for a brand and product of their choice. This requires them to do research into the ethos of the brand...
