by Melodee PETERS | Sep 11, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 9 students have been examining travel advertisements for their first unit of study. This week, they had the opportunity to collaborate with a partner on a chosen advertisement; thus, using each other’s strengths in analysis to complete annotations of the...
by Rachel Louise MacLugash | Aug 28, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
In English Grade 9 students are exploring the concept: “Why Travel?”. They started to look at some of the techniques used by travel companies to entice their target audiences into paying for their dream holiday package! Students started to identify how the...
by Melodee PETERS | Jun 4, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
As we end the current year for English Language and Literature in Grades 8 and 9, our focus has shifted to the areas in need of development for the students to be ready for next year. Both grades, have been working on familiarising themselves with 6 critical (active)...
by Melodee PETERS | May 15, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
This week the Grade 7 and Grade 8 students in English were practicing their Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills of communication and collaboration by sharing and discussing their ideas and responses to issues related to Aboriginal culture (grade 7 English) and issues...
by Joanne Brettell | May 8, 2025 | Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
Last week, as part of their Sci-Fi unit, my Grade 8 English class used their creativity and imagination to make futuristic technology. What has this got to do with learning English? They had to follow a design brief to make them and these models are being used to...
by Duncan MAKORI | Apr 24, 2025 | Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, Secondary Science, The Grades
Grade 10 IDU May Onscreen Exam Progress Update This week, our Grade 10 students dedicated all their science classes to thoroughly unpacking the upcoming Interdisciplinary Unit (IDU) exam, as outlined in the IB pre-release material. Together, we carefully explored the...
