G6 (Mr. Du)

In Language and Literature class, grade 6 students have been learning the unit Narrative Prose. In this week, students have completed learning the text Zhujieren, in which the Zhujieren was a popular hand-made toy among students in the times when the writer was young. Students used some materials or bought materials and made real ones with their own hands, and played with their peers. While playing the Zhujieren, they had a lot of fun and also used some idioms in the text and some new idioms as well. By doing this, students have a deeper understanding about the text and the popular toy in the past. 

G6 (Ms. Lisa)

In Ms. Lisa’s G.6 Mandarin Language Acquisition class, students started to learn the new topic ‘Leisure’ this week. After learning the new words and phrases about the activities people often do  in leisure time, students had a conversation about the activities they often do in leisure time with other students. They enjoyed their learning in the conversation and developed their communication skills through this activity.

G7 (Ms. Summer & Ms.Miko)

In Ms. Summer & Ms. Miko’s G7 Chinese language and literature class,We studied "The Gift of the Magi" by American short story writer O. Henry.After analyzing the characters, we performed several scenes in groups to help our classmates better understand this poignant and moving story, and draw valuable qualities from the protagonist. After the performance, the students provided feedback to each other. Through this activity, the students gained a deeper understanding of the characters' psychology and personalities in the novel.

G7 (Ms. Tina)

In Ms.Tina’s G7  Language Acquisition class, students have been learning the topic “Friendship”. Students made their own Chinese vocabulary flashcards to play games in class, and in this process, they not only practiced writing Chinese characters but also trained their ability to quickly match meaning ,character and read them. They had a lot of fun during this practice.

G8 (Ms. Lisa & Ms. Tina)

In Ms. Lisa & Ms. Tina G.8 Chinese language and literature class, this week students did extended reading about science fiction and learned how to write science fiction novels to prepare for the Summative Assessment of our first inquiry unit. They analyzed a short science fiction story to prepare for Criterion A and examined a science fiction novel to learn how to write the starting, body and ending of a novel to prepare for Criteria B, C and D. Students are confident for the coming Summative Assessment because of good preparation.

G8 (Ms. Summer)

In Ms. Summer’s G8 Mandarin Language Acquisition class, in order to develop students’ social skills, students in different phrases collaborated with each other and helped each other. They practiced dialogues and had conversations on the topic ‘Time’ and ‘Leisure’. They also gave dictations to the lower phrases and corrected the wrong characters for them. Students exercised leadership and took on a variety of roles within groups in these ways.

G9 (Ms. Tina)

This week in Ms.Tina’s G9 Language and Literature class,  students are preparing for their Summative assessment of the first unit “Film Study”. They have been writing about their family history this week. They have interviewed elders and relatives in their families and  gained a more comprehensive understanding of their family's development. Through this assessment, they developed their research and communication skills. 

G9 (Ms. Echo)

In Ms. Echo’s class, grade 9 language acquisition phase 6 students have been learning the topic of Abilities and opportunities. As we approach the first unit exam of this semester, after leading students in a brainstorming discussion and summarizing the key points of the unit, the students actively engaged in independent review and earnestly prepared their respective PowerPoint presentations to be ready for next week's oral presentations.

G10 (Ms. Echo & Ms. Miko)

In Ms. Echo and Miko's grade 10 language literature has been learning the topic of the Nineteen Ancient Poem 《古诗十九首》.We studied the poem "Today's Banquet"《今日良宴会》 through a combination of self-exploration and group discussions. Firstly, the students read two pieces of literature individually to identify key words related to the poem. Secondly, they participated in group discussions to establish the key words for their respective groups and formulated thought-provoking questions based on the literature. Afterwards, they rotated among different groups, answering the questions like a train passing through different stations. Through self-study, discussions, and presentations, the students not only practiced their ALT of thinking abilities but also improved their communication skills. They did  a great job!

G12  Chinese A (Ms. Michelle)

In Ms. Michelle’s G12 Chinese A class, students were reviewing and Practicing Paper 1 writing. We focused on the argumentative text this week. We summarized the features of argumentative texts and studied two past papers. We generated our own structures and learned the criterion together. We had group studies and used Padlet to help each group to present their ideas.

G11 & G12  Chinese B (Ms. Fiona)

In Ms. Fiona's G12 Chinese B class, students are preparing for the coming SA exam. They are reviewing and summarizing the text types and writing tips, and preparing the words and phrases that are useful for the writing, as well as good vocabulary and sentences that may be used in writing. Each of them tries to keep a logical reviewing documentary to prepare for the exam. I believe they will perform well in the upcoming exam.

Pre-K (Evan Kirby)

In Pre-K this week we are doing a water color intensive! Where each day we engage with the material in a different way so we can see how one medium can manifest in multiple ways. We had so much fun developing our fine motor skills with our water color tape creations.

K1 (Evan Kirby)

This week in K1 we are making jack-o-lanterns out of play dough and helping out with the other halloween decorations around the school. It's been wonderful to have such good help making our school look beautiful and high-spirited for the upcoming festivities. Thanks so much everyone! Here you can enjoy some photos of these beautiful creations, so much talent!

K2 (Evan Kirby)

This week with our K2’s we spent time making halloween decorations for our upcoming festivities! Our school spirit is so much bigger after having all this wonderful help decorating. We had so much fun creating jack-o-lanterns and creepy crawly spiders! Thanks everyone for such a good week!

K3 (Evan Kirby)

This week in K3 we continued working on our landscapes and spent some time creating halloween decorations for the school's upcoming festivities! For the landscape project, we are learning a process, a way of working that can translate into all kinds of different end results. The process is made up of three steps: color, cut, and glue. In that order. Some of the students have taken this above and beyond that of a landscape, I am so proud of you all!

Grade 1 (Katija Bogdanic)

This week for our HWEO unit, we learned about artist Joan Miro. We responded to his work by identifying his use of line, shape and color. We focused on his Constellation series and reflected on his use of abstraction. We started our own Miro inspired art work by cutting out shapes we identified in his paintings and pasting them onto colored paper. We will continue the work next week by adding lines with black markers.

Grade 2 (Katija Bogdanic)

Continuing our study of Mexican folk-art sculptures called Alebrijas, students reflected on their own clay creatures from last week. We identified successful techniques of attaching pieces together and responding to each other’s use of pattern and color. Artists made their final Alebrijas combining two animals together to make their very own mythical creatures.

Grade 3 (Katija Bogdanic)

Continuing our David Hockney inspired landscapes for our HWEO unit, artists are working on mixing colors, and adding patterns to their canvases after drafting their final compositions. They are being mindful of vanishing point, perspective, and fauvist color palettes.

Grade 4 (Katija Bogdanic)

This week we are diving into a variety of Surrealist concepts and ideas. We reflected on our “exquisite corpses” surrealist game that combined the work of both 4th grade classes. Artists made collages by cutting out images from found/ recycles materials and made environments for our characters. We also started our abstract ink blot paintings by using straws to make interesting organic forms that we will form into compositions next week.

Grade 5 (Katija Bogdanic)

After completing the self-assessments on our embroidery projects, we dove into our new unit, WWAIPAT: Past Societies. Students researched their chosen ancient civilization for our new quilted landscape project. We are working on drafting our compositions and combining ideas for our final work. Students reflected on fibers works and tapestries from a variety of artists, responding to their use of color, pattern, and composition. 

Grade 6 (Roxane Joubert)

Beautiful progress. The perfect phrase to sum up another productive week for Grade 6. As we continue to create and refine our CRITERION C artworks, The Grade 6 Visual Arts group are to be applauded for their vividly creative zentangle doodle summative assessments. With shapes, swirls, patterns, and fine linework slowly merging into a cohesive whole, we can now begin to appreciate 7 weeks of conscious, and proactive creating.

Grade 7 (Roxane Joubert)

Grade 7 keep consolidating their understanding of colour theory with another week of intensive paint- and brushwork. As our artworks begin to take shape, pleasantly unexpected results are starting to emerge. Some paintings have a clear visual narrative whilst other artworks are simply a vivid exploration and celebration of colour. Ultimately, we are enormously pleased with the body of work being produced for UNIT 1.

Grade 8 (Roxane Joubert)

With another week of shaping, molding, cutting, pasting, mounting, and sculpting behind us, our Grade 8 students are slowly preparing for the conclusion of this fascinating unit. A range of captivating maquettes have resulted after 7 weeks of painstaking trial and error and creative exploration. Experimentation with a range of materials and tools has challenged our understanding of form, aesthetics and what constitutes an effective work of art.

Grade 9 (Lucian Stefanescu)

A relatively new medium similar with woodblock printing technique, linocut appeared in the contemporary art world as an established professional print medium at the beginning of twentieth century, promoted by artists like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Linocut is a type of relief printing technique in which an image is carved into a block of linoleum, then ink is rolled onto the uncut surface, paper is placed on top of the block and, finally, pressure is applied to produce the print. During this unit, students will be guided through historical, cultural and conceptual aspects of printmaking with a focus on linocut printing technique.

This week, Grade 9 students started their research task working on increasing their knowledge and understanding of linocut printing technique.

Grade 10 (Lucian Stefanescu)

Drypoint is an engraving method in which the design to be printed is scratched directly into a copperplate with a sharply pointed instrument. Lines in a drypoint print are characterized by a soft fuzziness caused by ink printed from a burr, a rough ridge of metal thrown up on each side of the furrow of the drypoint line. Drypoint is most often used together with other printmaking techniques like monoprint or monotype in which the image created can only made once. This allows for more unique creations, but with more flexibility, as a combination of monoprinting techniques including printing, drawing, and painting can be used. During this unit, class activities will give students an opportunity to practice art fundamentals while learning technical skills in printmaking.

This week, Grade 10 students started their research task gathering information and comparing various printing techniques.

Grade 12 (Lucian Stefanescu)

In New Brunswick Programme, our student continued her previous year’s work on her portfolio and started her independent studies lens unit. During this week she practised using DSLR cameras and their manual speed settings in order to capture different images of running and falling water. She continued her practice with GIMP using various image enhancing techniques.

Grade 6 (Jose Correia)

Grade 6 It's working the unit "An Introduction to Theatre," offers students an exciting exploration of the captivating world of theatre. Throughout the course, students will become familiar with essential theatre terminology, discover the diverse practices of theatre around the globe, and engage in a variety of stimulating activities such as script work and devising.

Grade 8 (Jose Correia)

The grade 8 worked on body percussion with harmony, in which they had to compose a harmonic sequence with melody, snapping fingers, clapping, chest, legs and vocal sounds, now starting to prepare the performance for the winter concert.

Grade 9 (Jose Correia)

In this unit students will explore the performance and analysis of a piece of music in which they have to choose a piece and analyze it in detail using four of the musical elements.

Grade 10 (Jose Correia)

They are working in the IB Areas of Inquiry (World Music for sociocultural and political expression, listening and performance, dramatic impact, movement and entertainment, technology in the electronic and digital age.

Grade 7 (Jonny Turvey)

In Grade 7 Drama this week, students have been taking part in the spooky spirit of Halloween as they started creating their own chilling and Halloween themed performances. The focus was to elicit fear and suspense, allowing their imagination to run wild. Some students cleverly incorporated elements from the theatre forms they have been studying, such as commedia, expressionism, or theatre of the absurd, to add a unique twist to their spine-tingling presentations. However, the emphasis remained on having fun and celebrating the Halloween season. Next week students will perform these Halloween skits before we move on with the unit.

Grade 10 (Jonny Turvey)

Grade 10 Drama students have been diligently preparing for the Winter Concert performance, where they will showcase a play, a song, and a dance alongside musicians. They have been rehearsing extensively to perfect their routines and collaborating closely with the musicians to ensure a harmonious performance. The students are eagerly looking forward to the Winter Concert, where they will have the opportunity to inspire and captivate the audience with their artistic talents.