by Angela | Jun 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last week, I accompanied 52 Grade 9 (MYP 4) students and 5 colleagues on a unique field experience to support an interdisciplinary unit between English and Individuals & Societies. The unit focuses on memorialising conflict, with a link to SDG 16: Peace, Justice...
by Angela | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
As the new term commenced, many MYP students embarked on new units. For years, my MYP unit introduction lessons followed a pretty standard formula: I would share the statement of inquiry, key and related concepts, and global context with my students. Then we would...
by Angela | Oct 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Just over two weeks ago, I had the privilege of presenting at the IB Global Conference in The Hague. It was great to connect with people whose names I recognised from WhatsApp groups and meet in 3-D individuals who had been postage sized through a Zoom lens for the...
by Angela | Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe that we have completed the first full school year in three years. What once felt so normal, so routine, now feels like a novelty. Despite some individual hiccups, collectively we made it through three full terms, two parent-teacher...
by Angela | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Why didn’t anyone ever tell me this before? How could I have entered the classroom without knowing all of this? ” My colleague was sitting around my kitchen table with a cup of coffee in one hand, a cookie in the other, and literally having an aha...
