Academic Priority

Grades 6-12

Ensuring Additional Support for All Students. 

This academic year we are launching a new support initiative for all students at GIS. Academic Priority is a system of academic support for students that they can access in addition to their regular classes across all departments.

Each department holds a session once a week. The exact timings and locations for each department can be found on the Academic Priority Schedule posted below. This is also available on ManageBac.

Academic priority is staffed by teachers from the departments, ensuring that students have access to the teachers they need. Any student who needs additional support, has a question or just wants to discuss a particular topic is welcome at Academic Priority. There are no fixed topics for a session. The teacher will provide support based on the individual student’s needs on a particular day.

In addition, teachers make themselves available to any student who needs support whenever possible. We are looking forward to the impact Academic Priority will have on our students progress and attainment. 

French Ab Initio

Grade 12

Our Grade 12 students are preparing for their first round of assessments this academic year, which is a writing paper. In order for them to create the best possible piece of writing, it was essential for us to review specific writing conventions, such as text types, register, audience and purpose. Students were asked to work in groups to come up with strategies that would allow them to respect the writing conventions while ensuring they met the language, message and format criteria.