Tag Archives: Collaborative

Classroom desk arrangements; Rows, Clusters or U Shape?

There are a several critical teaching behaviours that affect student behaviour. One of the most important is how a teacher plans the physical classroom environment ? When I was studying Education at University, in Australia, it was pretty much an … Continue reading

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Welcome back to a new year.

Part of the vision and mission of the International Baccalaureate is an emphasis on life long learning. So, last week all staff at our school from K through to 12 attended one of four different workshops. The secondary school workshops … Continue reading

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MYP Science Fair

Annual MYP Science Fair The MYP Science Fair this year has demonstrated again, how that our students are collaborative workers, critical thinkers, problem solvers, effective communicators,  and self directed learners. This year we only had one volcano and several water … Continue reading

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Educating our Parents

Or ensuring that all stake holders ‘buy in’ to our programme At our school we regularly hold workshops about our programme, workshops for new students, workshops for new teachers, workshops for current teachers, and, just as importantly workshops for our … Continue reading

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