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Hello Secondary!
Let's encourage mathematics conversations after school. Ask your child to show you an example of...
Grade 11 Theory of Knowledge
Grade 11 TOK students are finishing up with the first of two optional themes. This first theme...
Thank You Plants!
In grade 11 biology we've been studying photosynthesis. Students need to recall and understand a...
Knowledge and Understanding
The ATL skills that have been the focus this week are communication and self-reliance. What has to...
Creative Exploration of 1984
Last week, we spent time consolidating our understanding of the many concepts and connections...
DP Music Mini Concert
For DP Music, the students do not sit exams like one does for History or Chemistry. Instead the...
Conceptual understanding
As a reflective exercise in grade 11, we divided into groups to explore what we had learned from...
Using the language of science and mathematics to communicate
This week the grade 9s, 10s, 11s and 12s have been using scientific ‘language’ to gather and...
A focus on ATL’s – Perseverance
The Approaches to Learning are skills that enable us all to succeed in life. The ATL skill...
A Visit to the Medical College
As our diploma students work through the challenges of...
Fermentation and Respiration in Biology
Biology students have been studying cellular respiration. We did an experiment to compare the...
Focus on Practice
With the Mock Exams nearly over, a brief reflection on what is expected at the end of this road is...
Experiments the basis of Science
The DP and Grade 10 students have been conducting experimental work this week. The grade 10's have...
Noodletools in Secondary
This week Mr. Bradshaw and his grade 9 students came to the library for a refresher...
Grade 11 DP History
Grade 11 History students have recently begun a new unit on Authoritarian States. This unit will...
DP Math Applications and Interpretations
Break it down. Daily task accomplishments become habits which becomes a discipline...
Self-discipline
Self-discipline is the key to success. It is the force that drives you to do things. And in doing,...
Chemistry Practicals
In grade 11 we finished our topic with a final practical that used transition metals. We also got...
Mock Exams are in Two Weeks
Reminder that mock exams are fast approaching for our year 2 diploma students. Please check...
Agentic Learning in the DP Classroom
When student agency is the goal, then students learn how to learn. The traditional "One size fits...