World Maths Day is just round the corner! Be sure to spend as much time as possible on Mathletics over the next few days… you should already have a username & password (let me know if not!). You can also visit the official blog and find information on the event AND find out about the [...]
Yes, it’s round two of the potential-pizza-party-possibility in 5P and THIS TIME we ARE going to conquer our division nightmares… Here are some resources to help you…: For a more simple introduction to division (and they give you the digits you need to answer the problem!), go to ‘Sum Sense Division‘ a great site from Oswego City School [...]
GWA (our school!) have been voting on the design of the dragon logo for our school mascot. Here are the choices – which would YOU choose?
For those of you who are interesting in car design, here are some cool/weird/amazing designs to start you off. The great thing about this site are the 10 tips at the bottom of the page which give you great suggestions on how to be a better designer. AND yes, this can lead to a degree [...]
Quick notice from Mr Howe for all you clarinet players in G5: Where to buy clarinet reeds: Clarinet reeds can be purchased at many places around Dubai. Beginner clarinet players should be using 11/2 or 2 strength reeds. Stores include: Thomsun music at Ibn Battutta Mall or Wafi Virgin megastore at M.O.E. The Music Place [...]
Here are the photos from our summative assessment task for our ‘Choices’ Unit of Inquiry. I used Photobucket to generate the slideshow – fingers crossed it’ll work!
After a conversation with Mr C today, we added a Google Translate widget (a little “tool”) to our sidebar so that when you send this site to your home countries, they can translate to a more familiar language… Very cool – let us know how useful it is – and if you actually use it! [...]
I forgot to mention this to you today: The Haiti Clothing Drive – please remember to bring in new and or good quality clothing that you have no use for. This is a GREAT cause organised by our very own PYP Student Council (thank you Gabi & Seong Beom!)
Please respond to this…: You see a friend doing something that they shouldn’t in school – what would you do? Explain your thinking… TRY NOT TO LOOK THROUGH OTHER COMMENTS until after you have written yours. THEN comment on someone else’s idea…! Can you make any other connections to this? Has this ever happened to [...]