Green flag certification has been a whole school journey over the past two years. In order to keep certification, we pick three development areas to work on over the course of a school term. The first term we made a …
Throughout November and December PYP 4 have been on an exciting journey through time and space! The combination of our year long Units of Inquiry into the Past, Present and Future, Inspirational People, and the current discrete Unit of Inquiry …
If you look at a list of the best-selling books at any given time the majority of the titles are fiction. Whether the reader is looking for escapism, action, adventure or ‘something different’, fiction has a plethora of options available. …
Our two science days were a fantastic opportunity to continue with our unit of inquiry; ‘Energy’. On the first science day, we made a fruit battery. We used fruits such as lemons, limes, grapefruits and tomatoes to investigate which fruit …
The month of February has been an exciting time in PYP 3. Our current unit on Sharing the Planet focuses on the five Rs. Students were responsible for creating a recycling schedule in our building and doing the recycling in …
Everyone has a chance to feel, make and experience 2d and 3d shapes. 3d shapes are introduced with a wide range of experiences. We began by investigating what they are made of and using their own words to describe them. …
During the last week of January, we started looking at Contractions, with the help from Annie and Moby on BrainPOP Jr. After spending a few lessons discussing this concept, it was time to put this understanding into practice. After coming …
PYP 2’s third Unit of Inquiry, How We Organise Ourselves: Transportation and Societies (which we started in November) encouraged us to inquire into how transportation helps societies to connect. On the 2nd of December 2019, PYP 2 Blue received a …
As part of our Changing Earth Unit students gained new knowledge regarding the changes of the Earth and how volcanoes are formed. Each class created their own volcano independently using a salt dough recipe, a recycled plastic bottle and a …
An important part of the IB curriculum is the celebration of students demonstrating Agency for their learning. Agency, from a facilitator’s (teacher’s) point of view means connecting student’s interests (based on prior knowledge, experiences, understandings) with intention (the essential elements …