A group of 29 IB Economics and Business Management students visited the Jules Destrooper factories in Lo and Ypres recently.  They began the day with a presentation of the company and extensive Question and Answer session.  Following this, the group … Continue reading Students learn about supply chain management at Jules Destrooper

This week the 6th graders have successfully designed and executed their first formal science investigation (a.k.a. experiment!). They explored different factors that would affect the time taken for a pendulum to make a cycle (period). Some chose to study the … Continue reading First science experiment for Grade 6 students

Grade 9 visited Ieper last week to enhance their studies of the First World War. The whole grade took on the role of an Australian Platoon and followed in their footsteps from 4th October 1917. We periodically stopped and the students would read out a story about a soldier they had taken on (these were all real World War soldiers). At one stage, a student read a story about what happened to Lieutenant Hart and how he died on 4th October. At this time, an older lady appeared who said he was her great uncle. She had come all the … Continue reading Grade 9 experiences the life of World War 1 soldiers

At St. John’s, we encourage and value student commitment to service to others. Our High School students have a large array of service projects they can participate in. Apart from the IB Diploma Programme Creativity, Action, Service Programme (CAS) requirements, our Grade 9 and 10 students are also expected to join two of the activities. Here is the list of the many activities currently available: Name Description National Honour Society Students of high academic standing with a record in service and leadership engage in peer tutoring and organize certain academic events throughout the year. Debate Society Students who enjoy arguing engage … Continue reading St. John’s committed to student service to others

Her face may not have appeared on election signs this year, but St. John’s senior Camille has already thought about tossing her hat into the ring. “I want to change the world in some way,” said Camille, 16, who is … Continue reading St. John’s student determined to change the world

In their current unit “What do scientists do?”, our 6th graders are exploring the steps involved in a scientific method. They are currently learning how to design and set up an experiment. They are all geared up to execute their … Continue reading Grade 6 learns what scientists do

As the Primary School Librarian, it’s not often that I am with the High School students.  It was great accompanying the High School Girls Volleyball team to Bonn this past weekend. Even more so since I’ve watched several of these girls move … Continue reading Appreciating team spirit and determination

Grade 4 kicked off their new Unit of Inquiry for Sharing the Planet by spending a day exploring a local forest near Waterloo. They spent the morning engaged in inquiries about different types of leaves, observations of local insects and … Continue reading Grade 4 Shares the Planet

During a Math in Focus activity, the students created their own animals.  They were asked to make a plan of their animal using the Interactive White Boards.  This reinforced our Units line of inquiry: parts of the body.  Once they created their animals they counted the different parts of the body they used, like how many hands, how many legs, and so on. This was a creative way to build Unit vocabulary, practice one-to-one counting correspondence and number formation.   By the Kindergarten team Continue reading Creating animals in Kindergarten

Feeling over-committed? Stretched a bit thin? Taking part in too many things? Allegra, the St. John’s student council president and an amateur photographer fresh off her debut exhibit in Italy, has some advice based on her personal experience: Do more. … Continue reading Overcommitted by choice

In art, grade 5 students are learning about graphic design. They are creating their own unique baseball cap with their monogram printed on it. Last week, they met with experienced graphic designer Renaud Garnier and learned about the history of … Continue reading Creating cool caps in grade 5 art class

In the Early Learning School, the Pre-K children went for a hunt to find lines in the Pre-K building and the Timbertops garden.  The children were excited to discover how many lines they could find.  This was our Pre-Assessment before … Continue reading Pre-Kindergarten students go on a line hunt

A swimming pool can be a good place to study. Just ask Cyril. “During exams, it helps quite a lot,” says Cyril, 16, a grade 11 student at St. John’s. “You get to focus on yourself, especially when you’re doing … Continue reading Studying in the swimming pool

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Belgium organizes an annual Chemistry Challenge, open to all 11th-grade students in Belgium and Luxembourg.  This year, 96 students who participated in the Challenge.  The Challenge is a two-hour examination, section A and B test … Continue reading St. John’s students win RSC science awards

Every day we learn more about who I am and who you are. During our unit, we have been looking at ourselves. Today we looked at our friends. We each use emergent writing to write something we have learned about our … Continue reading Who am I and Who are You?

Today is International Day of Peace. In a joint initiative with other international schools in the region, six of our 8th-grade students joined students from BEPS, ISF and DYP outside the Bourse in Brussels city centre to create a wish … Continue reading Students participate in International Day of Peace

Sam is on the road to somewhere, he just doesn’t know whether he’ll be riding a bike to get there. “Obviously, I love cycling. It drives me so much,” said Sam, 17, an avid cyclist with aspirations of becoming a … Continue reading Student pursues pro cycling dream

Using Math in Focus, we are developing concepts of same and different.  Each of us took a turn building a tower, the rest were encouraged to build the same tower.  It is a hands-on way to practice same and different. … Continue reading Fun with Math in Kindergarten

Grade 8 has just learned about the properties of matter and different categories with which properties can be classified. In this lab activity, they observed the properties of 4 “known” chemicals (Baking soda, Ascorbic acid, Cornstarch and Baking powder) and … Continue reading Grade 8 solves a science mystery

We invite you to join us for the opening of the art show “Fabric of Life – The Art and Craft of Patchwork and Quilting” on October 5 from 17:00-19:00 in the Greene Gallery VPAC. The participating artists are Catherine Blackburn, Annie … Continue reading Art show “Fabric of Life” opens October 5

The Justine Henin Academy and St. John’s International School are proud to announce the launch of The School for Pro Tennis, aimed at attracting the world’s best tennis talents age 11 and over to Belgium. It will combine the high-level … Continue reading Justine Henin Academy and St. John’s Bring World’s Best Tennis Talents to Belgium

Each school year, we welcome new teachers from around the world to further strengthen our faculty and staff. This year is no exception and we are excited to have a larger number of new colleagues with extensive experience in international schools around the world. If you have not yet met them all, you will soon through the Back-to-School nights and other school events. Please welcome to the St. John’s family: Elaine Purves                                Head of School Joanna Havenhand                  … Continue reading Welcome to our new teachers!

  Maitland Cottage Hospital Trip Report Part 1 After a very early arrival at the airport, a cancelled flight, a rebooking over Doha, and more than a whole day without sleep, we finally safely arrived in Cape town Monday afternoon! … Continue reading Student report on the service trip to a children’s hospital in South Africa

After 34 years at St. John’s, coach Davis will start enjoying his well-deserved retirement. We asked the new Athletic Director, Anthony Hennelly, about his background and plans. Please tell us about yourself and what you bring to the school?  I am Irish … Continue reading Meet the new St. John’s Athletic Director

A dreaded task of most librarians is removing no longer read books from the shelves.  It is often a taboo subject, certainly outside librarian circles. Who gets rid of books?  Certainly not the bibliophile community of school librarians! Librarians call … Continue reading St. John’s library donates books to Liberia

Our Pre-Kindergarten students in Cedar class are big supporters of the Belgian soccer team. With the World Cup coming up, they wanted to find a way to help the team, so they came up with their very best ideas to … Continue reading Young St. John’s students guide Belgium to World Cup glory!

In March I posted the story of my daughter, Savannah, who ran in the London Marathon to support the East Anglia Air Ambulance.  EAAA were the first responders responsible for saving the life of Savannah’s father, Tom O’Hare, who taught … Continue reading Life is a Marathon – Part II

The Grade 8 students of MYP Individuals and Societies staged a Gallery Walk on Friday. They presented their research-based Infographic on Demographic Profile of a Country. Each student chose a country to present. Research questions are: What factors affect the … Continue reading Grade 8 showcases population project at Gallery Walk

“Visual intelligence is comprised of images and information that is formed through experiences”. (Kay 2001) This photography exhibition explores adolescent visual culture as a compelling force of the teenage experience beyond the classroom. The primary influence in adolescent visual culture … Continue reading “Adolescent Visual Culture” Grade 10 Photography Exhibition

Research shows that children who are taught speaking skills perform better in maths, science and reasoning tests. From the earliest grades, teachers support students to find their voice. The children continue to build on their skills throughout school, until arguing … Continue reading The importance of teaching students public speaking

A student account of the field trip to the Jules Destrooper factory, in Dutch and English: Ons onderwerp tijdens de voorbije maanden was “voedsel”. Door dit onderwerp kwamen we op het idee om met mijn mama, Sofie Vandermarliere en Mrs. … Continue reading Dutch class visits Jules Destrooper factory

Our grade 8 students are currently doing their physics unit on Forces, Work and Machine. Their task for this week was to investigate how the slope of a ramp affects its usefulness in the context of building a wheelchair ramp … Continue reading Grade 8 investigates wheelchair ramp slopes

Grade 8 is continuing its project working with Mains Tendues: Mains Tendues is an organization that was founded in 1976 by Michel Corin. You can visit their website at www.mainstendues.be/ for more information on the organization, pictures, what is acceptable to donate, … Continue reading Grade 8 supports Main Tendues through clothing collection

Grade 6 students had their first hands-on experience in building electric circuits as part of their Electricity and Energy transformations unit. They have just finished learning about the two types of electric circuits (series and parallel circuits) and the different … Continue reading Bright lights as students build electric circuits

As part of their current art unit on art and sciences, Grade 4 students visited Makerstown, a fair that focuses on sciences, innovation and new technologies, where they met with various scientists and inventors. Students were very inspired by all … Continue reading Grade 4 students travel into the future

The St. John’s golf team once again had an impressive International Schools Sports Tournament (ISST) this week. At the tournament in London, where 10 international schools from around Europe fielded 62 players, St. John’s won 1st and 3rd place in … Continue reading St. John’s dominates European golf tournament

St. John’s students are provided with a great opportunity next school year. A two-week eco trip will be in the southern part of Croatia where students will be collecting data about the biodiversity and examining the community structure. The trip … Continue reading Student Eco trip opportunity to Croatia

The St. John’s Athletic Booster Program, run by volunteer parents, hosts an “ISST send-off breakfast” each sports season. The breakfast is held just before the athletes travel to their respective ISST tournaments. For the spring sports teams, we have our … Continue reading ISST athletes enjoy “send-off breakfast”

Our Pre-Kindergarten students in Cedar, the Dual Language class, have published a book entitled “Crocky the Crocodile”! Each child illustrated and wrote, in English and French, one page of the book and they also created a page as a group. The students … Continue reading Pre-Kindergarten students publish book

The Grade 6 and 7 French classes went to Brussels for a visit to the Centre de la Bande Dessinée (Comics museum) to conclude their unit on comics.  They deepened their knowledge about the Belgian comics with a very good … Continue reading Grade 6-7 French explore Comics museum

Kindergarten has a year-long Unit of Inquiry, entitled “Changes Everywhere”.  It is an inquiry into the earth’s natural cycles and how it influences our lives.  The children have been watching the TimberTops Garden and noticing the changes happening during the … Continue reading Mother’s Day Celebration in Kindergarten

Alexis and Anna, Grade 6 students, tell us about their discoveries: In Science, we are learning about Electricity and Energy transfer. This week our focus was on Static electricity. Before we started we had a very faint idea of what … Continue reading Shocking discoveries in grade 6

The IRIS Award students have been reading a special collection of books since December.  These Middle School students normally meet every two weeks to eat lunch and talk about the books they are reading. They completed the IRIS Award this … Continue reading Middle School students enjoy lunchtime book discussions

After studying two History units in Individuals & Societies, Grades 7 and 8 students reviewed highlights of events from the history of Exploration and Renaissance (Grade 7), and the Industrial Revolution, American Revolution and French Revolution (Grade 8). The students were divided into groups of two. Each group had to draw a timeline of events with about twenty previously chosen significant events, ranging from the beginning of Renaissance to the exploration of the Americas to the beginnings of slave labour and rise of wage labour in the Industrial Revolution and the invention of machines and technologies and the political revolutions … Continue reading Grades 7 and 8 Review Historical Timeline

Grade 6 students have just finished their chemistry unit on particle theory of matter. They were engaged in an activity to consolidate their learning for this unit. Various stations were set up where they got to observe varied behaviours of … Continue reading Grade 6 sees the particle theory in action

We spoke to Richard Strom, class of 2000, about his life path after St. John’s. (Read the full story in the spring 2018 issue of ROAR – at http://stjohns.be/downloads) What do you currently do? I’m a Strategic Sales Director. That means … Continue reading Taking curiosity to the next level

We caught up with Alejandro Vicente, class of 1991, to find out about his life path after St. John’s. Please tell us about your life after St. John’s. After St. John’s, I graduated from Universite of Louvain  (LLN) where I did an exchange program at Georgetown … Continue reading The perfect mix of ingredients to bring out the best in students

This week, Ms Clarissa Farr, Senior Advisor at the global group of premium schools, Inspired (http://inspirededu.co.uk), held a talk for parents at St. John’s International School on the topic of supporting your child’s education. Here are some quotes from her talk: … Continue reading Expert tips on supporting your child’s education

For the past few weeks, each grade five class practised classic fairy tale plays with a twist. The plays were called slurping beauty, the cheetah and the sloth, and the Popsicle girl. We presented it to pre-K throughout grade 1, transformed into … Continue reading Grade 5 performs for our youngest students

This story about St. John’s alumnus Joakim Svedhem appeared recently on the Potomac State College website: “This week of the Potomac State Player Diary, we are featuring sophomore right-handed pitcher Joakim Svedhem in Part 1 of a 2-part diary on … Continue reading Alumnus enjoys college baseball in the U.S.

Grade 8 advisory initiated an activity to appreciate non-teaching members of the community. It was an opportunity for students to take time to realize and appreciate the roles and effort made by various members of the community. Some of them … Continue reading Grade 8 shows its appreciation to non-teaching staff

The first and second graders have been learning about different kinds of poetry and writing some of their own. As a conclusion to this unit, the second graders invited their parents to their Poetry Café where they recited several poems and … Continue reading Grade 2 students open “Poetry Cafe”

Many of you reading this will remember my daughter, Savannah O’Hare, class of 2012.  Some of you will remember her father, Tom O’Hare who taught at St. John’s Elementary School from 1996 – 2003. This story is actually Savannah’s story … Continue reading Life is a marathon

When the ISST Dance event in London was cancelled at the last minute due to weather conditions, the teachers put together an enriched dance program for the students so they could still make the trip. On Friday, we made a visit … Continue reading St. John’s dance team enjoys the London dance scene

The 6th graders are learning about different properties of matter and how to measure them. Properties like mass and volume were straightforward for them to understand while density remained abstract. So we chose to do a couple of activities to … Continue reading Grade 6 science explores density

Grade 7 students visited the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp last Wednesday. They had the opportunity to learn about a UNESCO World Heritage site, the original residence and workshop of the Plantin and Moretus publishing dynasty, which presents a history of … Continue reading Grade 7 visit Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp

Yesterday, 20 St. John’s grade 11 and 12 students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS). NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Students who meet the … Continue reading St. John’s students inducted into the National Honor Society

Yesterday, our Varsity Darts went to the European School in Laeken to take part in the Brussels Cup. One of the outstanding dates on the darts calendar. The St. John’s team was led by 12th-grade student Alek, who demonstrated his excellent … Continue reading St. John’s Darts team wins the Brussels Cup

The current unit for the 8th graders is “Who are we?”. It is an inquiry into genes, DNA and heredity. The students did a lab activity to extract DNA from strawberries. It turned out to be a fun activity and … Continue reading Grade 8 extracts DNA from strawberries

With their two teachers ten HS IB visual art students visited Paris recently to explore the exhibitions below. Seeing art and design together with their peers in exciting museums and galleries in this most exciting of cities helped them to … Continue reading Art students visit Paris galleries and museums

Grade 5 students have been writing and learning some songs about Waterloo. They went to the Waterloo City Hall this week to record the songs. The students felt just like the professionals in a recording studio! Their songs will now be … Continue reading Grade 5 students become recording artists

In the past weeks, two groups of Grade 10 Individuals and Societies students were given an exciting opportunity to take part in the Parlamentarium role-play activity, in the EU quarter of Brussels. The aim of this experience was to allow … Continue reading Grade 10 students visit EU Parliament

Our youngest students had a sharing assembly where the Kindergarten students shared some learning from their most recent Unit of Inquiry. The central idea is that there are different ways to tell a story and children chose to re-tell a … Continue reading Storytelling by our Kindergarten students

We met up with Grace Baldridge, class of 2009, to see what she is currently doing. Please tell us about your life after St. John’s. Life after St. John’s wasn’t exactly smooth. I attended Smith College in Massachusetts, solely to play basketball, but I tore my ACL early in the season. I left after a year and moved in with my parents who had moved from Belgium to Kentucky. Ouch. During my year in Kentucky, I attended the local community college, coached a High School basketball team and tried standup comedy for the first time. After that, I knew I needed to work in entertainment, so I transferred in Elon in North Carolina. My time at … Continue reading St. John’s alumna turns comedian

The very first Dance Day Workshop at our school was a great success. Seventy students from Elementary, Middle and High School enjoyed a whole day of dance last Saturday.  Students were challenged to learn three different choreographies in a rotation, … Continue reading Students enjoy full day of dancing

The Opera Workshop last week was so much fun. We organized this workshop, together with opera singer Diana, to support our learning during our Unit of Inquiry “How We Express Ourselves”. The Timbertops children have been learning to tell stories … Continue reading Timbertops students enjoy opera workshop

The 8th graders started their new unit last week – “Who are we?”. It is an enquiry into genetics and heredity. They did an activity last week to understand how traits are passed down the generations. This led in to … Continue reading Grade 8 studies genetics and heredity

In art, Grade 1 and grade 2 students met with Belgian book writer/illustrator Francoise Rogier. She showed her books and explained her profession. Students learned about the various steps involved in making a book as well as the scratch art … Continue reading Elementary students meet book illustrator

We spoke to Erik Lonnroth, class of 2005, about his life after St. John’s and his current work in Africa. Please tell us about your life after St. John’s. After 11 great years at St. John’s, I graduated and went on to study economics and politics at … Continue reading Alumnus provides education technology in Africa

In their current unit “What is life?”, the 6th graders had an opportunity to look at plant and animal cells through microscopes. However, those slides were already set up for them. Today they learned the names and functions of different … Continue reading First encounter with microscopes for Grade 6

Sigrid Valentin, class of 2010, spent her entire school career at St. John’s. We spoke to her about her experience and about life after St. John’s. Please tell us about your life after St. John’s? Life after St. John’s started with moving to beautiful Montreal where I received my Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University. I personally don’t think I could have ended up in a better place to do my undergrad. McGill is an eclectic school with people from all walks of life who come together in an incredibly creative and supportive community. This type of environment really fed my sense of adventure and inspired me to seek out a variety of … Continue reading St. John’s alumnae thrives in telecom role in Canada

‘OBVERSE’ is an exhibition of works by Audrey Atkinson and Stephanie Slabbert which will open in The Greene Gallery on Friday January 19th from 16:00 – 18:00 Obverse: The opposite or counterpoint of a fact or truth. Corresponding to something else as its opposite … Continue reading OBVERSE Art Exhibition: transformation of the ordinary into the extraordinary

Gordon Court, class of 2004, is a St. John’s alumnus who turned illustrator. We asked him about his St. John’s experience and his life after he graduated. Please tell us about your life after St. John’s? Life after St. John’s … … Continue reading St. John’s alumnus turns illustrator

Barney Salsby graduated from St. John’s in 2013. We caught up with him to see what he is doing now. “Since graduating from the University of Bath with a Bachelor Degree in Engineering earlier this year, I have been working … Continue reading Alumnus works on first 3D printed bridge

MYP Individuals and Societies Grades 7 and 8 students staged a Gallery Walk and Talk this past Friday along the Bridge and the corridor outside of MHS Music Room. They showed and talked about the results of an inquiry process. … Continue reading Grades 7 and 8 Gallery Walk and Talk

A long-time St. John’s tradition is the annual breakfast for our bus drivers in mid-December.  As important members of our community, these dedicated drivers keep our students safe to and from school, as well as on schools trips. This breakfast event … Continue reading Celebrating our bus drivers’ dedication to student safety

Fredrik in Grade 12 is finalising his internal assessment for chemistry. He is measuring the amount of banana ester, used in candies for example, after refluxing (boiling without loss of vapour) the reacting chemicals, for varying amounts of time. A … Continue reading Grade 12 student’s complex chemistry experiment

Grade 10 students, and members of the Myth Hunters, Sydney and Minnah recently gave a presentation on historical figures who were never recognised.   Mrs. Rosalind Franklin and the double helix. Born in 1920 England, and went in 1951 to … Continue reading Students discuss historical figures who were never recognised

Recently, Grade 10 students Alicia and Belen presented their presentation ‘The Dark Secrets of one of the most renowned men of science.’ This man was the famous Sir Isaac Newton. They presented the modern image of Newton, how he discovered … Continue reading Students present the dark secrets of Sir Isaac Newton

When the first snow of the school year fell last Thursday, our students were very excited. What we sometimes forget, though, is that some of our new students have never seen snow before. Ahmed, in 8th grade, is one of … Continue reading Grade 8 student sees snow for the first time

One of our grade 10 students, Miriam, has just returned from a 3-day trip to Tallinn, Estonia to receive first prize for an essay from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was one of 30 finalists and won with her essay on … Continue reading St. John’s student wins prestigious prize in Estonia

Over the last three Fridays, Ms Laia, our Elementary School Counsellor has hosted a gathering during recess times for the new students who joined St. John’s this year. On Friday it was the turn of the Grade 4 and Grade … Continue reading New students discuss their first months at St. John’s

Grade 4 studies the different biomes of the world and the various ecosystems that they are broken into. Students researched: What their chosen ecosystem is like (Form) How the organisms are connected to each other (Connection) Threats to the ecosystem and … Continue reading Grade 4 studies World Ecosystems

Our teachers have been given an opportunity to drive the new Smart ForFour electric car. Thanks to a generous offer from the Smart Mannès dealership, St. John’s was given the car for a month to allow for test drives. The teachers … Continue reading Teachers get a taste of electric driving

The latest issue of ROAR magazine is now available. This issue contains interviews with alumni, photos of recent community events, information about curriculum and campus enhancements, a student service trip to South Africa and much more! Click on the link to … Continue reading Check out the latest issue of ROAR magazine

The St. John’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” was a phenomenal success with three performances drawing more than 1000 spectators. St. John’s is known for its high-quality productions and the student talent on display. This year’s show only strengthened that reputation. … Continue reading St. John’s production “Bye Bye Birdie” draws 1000+ audience

The sixth graders conducted an investigation into the different factors affecting the solubility. Their task was to check what are the factors that affect the time taken to dissolve Alka-seltzer indigestion tablets. Some of the investigation factors chosen by them … Continue reading Grade 6 Science studies solubility

Mr. Erlbaum and Mme. Scheinman spoke to our Grade 10 Individuals and Societies students today. The visitors were Jewish children, hidden by individuals and organisations during World War II, in different parts of Belgium. The speakers gave testimony about their … Continue reading Grade 10 meets “Hidden Children” of World War II

In conjunction with the Unit Of Inquiry “ Once upon a time/Il etait une fois”, the Pre-Kindergarten students visited the Folon exhibition in La Hulpe.  The children enjoyed the visit to this museum, and discovered the mediums and techniques Folon … Continue reading Pre-K students learn art techniques at Fondation Folon

The Grade 10 history classes went to Breendonk recently, which was used by the Nazis as a concentration camp in World War II. Each student wrote a reflection on this impressive and humbling field trip. Christopher’s reflection: “Our Grade went to … Continue reading History students visit Breendonk concentration camp

The grade 5 DLP class took ACTION! A few weeks back, during our unit of inquiry on How We Express Ourselves, the grade 5 students looked at different art movements and artists from different periods. One of the artists presented … Continue reading Grade 5 visits spray-painting artist

St. John’s 12th graders got an unusual and up-close look at how UPS enables global commerce recently during a personal tour of the Cologne hub by top company executives. Hosted by Nando Cesarone, President of UPS’s Europe region, the 39 … Continue reading Grade 12 students get up-close look at UPS Europe’s sorting hub

We had the pleasure of inaugurating our amazing Mud Kitchen in the Timbertops playground last week. Jonathan, one of our maintenance team members, made it from scratch. We would like to thank him again for this wonderful project! As teachers, … Continue reading Timbertops students open their mud kitchen

Grade 6 students carried out their first scientific investigation this week. They were looking at different factors that could affect the time taken for a pendulum to complete a full cycle. Some students chose to test the mass of the … Continue reading First scientific investigation for Grade 6 students

Mme. Verbert’s Dual Language Grade 5 class did a fun exercise yesterday to learn about energy. Continue reading Grade 5 learns about energy

Our grade 6 students had their first pre-lab activity yesterday and they were absolutely delighted. It was an opportunity for them to learn how to use some of the equipment in the lab to measure quantitative data. There were multiple … Continue reading First lab coat experience for Grade 6

Grade 5 concluded their first unit of inquiry on ‘How We Express Ourselves – Art Communicates About the Time in Which It Was Created.‘ They created their own pieces of art to show the time they are living in. Technology … Continue reading Grade 5 examines “How we express ourselves”