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MYP Top Designers of Rotation 2

Year 10 IGCSE Design Technology

MYP Year 9 Community Project Update

MYP Year 8 Visual Arts Unit 2 Rotation

Year 12 Key Dates and Information

Learner Leadership

Examinations

MYP Top Designers of Rotation 2

Design Rotation 2 has just come to an end. Congratulations to our Top Designers on their excellent products.

Year 7 - Sustainable Soft Toys & No Space for Stress

Lilly Rhys, Cailtin Light, Kimaya Bruegger-Singh & Ruhi Darda.

Year 8 - Upcycled Apron

Amber Hewit & Yumming Zhao (Emma).

Year 9 - Educational Clocks & Cultural Products

Reyna Tan, Zi En Lim, Leia Moskovitch, Ellen Tan, Katy Dizon & Sien Soong.

Year 10 IGCSE Design Technology

The Year 10 IGCSE Design Technology group has been having a blast exploring the Pewter Casting process. They began by designing a pendent —which could eventually become a keychain, a piece of jewellery or a hairpin—before carefully scribing their final designs onto a slip-cast mould. After successfully casting their pieces, students are now refining their work by cutting and filing away excess pewter to achieve a smooth finish. Some are using a power drill to create holes for metal rings, while others are enhancing their designs with accessories such as beads, ribbons, and metal chains, adding a unique touch to their final creations.

MYP Year 9 Community Project Update

We're excited to share an update on your child's progress with the MYP Community Project! Currently, our learners are deeply engaged in the crucial "planning to take action" phase. This is where their research and investigations transform into concrete steps to make a positive impact on our community.
How You Can Support Your Child:

Encourage them to discuss their action plan with you and offer constructive feedback.
Help them brainstorm potential solutions to any challenges they may encounter.
Offer assistance in connecting them with relevant resources or community members.
Reinforce the importance of organization and time management.
Encourage them to keep detailed notes of their planning process.

This planning phase is a vital step in the Community Project, allowing students to develop essential skills in organization, problem-solving, and collaboration.
We are incredibly proud of their dedication and commitment to making a positive difference.

MYP Year 8 Visual Arts Unit 2 Rotation

Learners from year 8 have just completed their second rotation of the Arts and those in Visual Arts, 8B and 8R have concluded a unit looking at endangered animals from their home countries. This unit allowed them to gain knowledge about environmental art and the way that artists can use their skills to draw awareness to important issues, advocating on behalf of the animals and issues that are important to them. The learners demonstrated many techniques for shading with pen, including hatching, cross hatching and stippling. They then enlarged a chosen image by using the grid method to transfer their creature onto the paper, all done without tracing! They applied these techniques to replicate fur, feathers, scales or skin textures and then created a collage of important news headlines to highlight the issues facing their animal, before completing the artwork! They are all fantastic and I'd love to share all of them, but here is a handful, take a look at some of the great works below! Thanks, Ms Shannon

Year 12 Key Dates and Information

Y12 will be on study leave from Wednesday 12th March. During study leave, learners can study at home or they can come into school to work. They are welcome in the common room and there will be staff available to support them. It is important throughout their exams that they come into school in uniform and have their school ID.

Thursday 13th March - Group 4 Science Collaborative Project. This is a mandatory part of the IB Diploma. The task is aimed to develop learners critical thinking, problem solving, reflecting and collaborative skills. It is not a graded task so learners do not need to prepare for it or worry about it. They just need to come along and be engaged!

Friday 14th March - our learners who do an Arts portfolio subject (Music, Theatre, Visual Arts) will be in school working on portfolio tasks. Learners who do not do these subjects can be revising at home or in school.

Monday 17th to Friday 21st March are the Y12 exams. Learners need to only come in for their exams. Exam timetable is attached here. Please encourage your child to get into school on time for their exams and bring in the correct equipment. It is essential that they bring their scientific calculators in for their Maths and Science exams as we do not have sufficient to loan out. EAL learners are also encouraged to bring a translation dictionary for exams.

If learners are sick during exams we can only reschedule the exam to another day if we are provided with a Medical Certificate that states they were too unwell to complete the exam. Learners will get their results at the start of Term 4. The Y12 exams are important and they are a useful way of us determining which learners may need further support but please note that university predicted grades are not based solely on these exam results. Predicted grades will be produced at the start of Y13 and they are based on all the work the learners have done - classwork, assessments, tests, Y12 exams, Internal Assessments completed.

If after the exams your child feels that they seriously struggled with focus, attention and/or anxiety, please do contact the IB Diploma team to see what support can be provided.

Monday 7th April - Extended Essay Day. On the first day back in Term 4, learners will be working on their Extended Essays (EEs). The EE is a compulsory part of the IB Diploma and learners will be given guidance on this day about research methods, referencing, structuring etc. Please note, your child should be working on their EE over the March/April two week holiday.

We will be holding a parent workshop on "Understanding the Extended Essay" on Tuesday 18th March. You can find more details and RSVP below.

RSVP Here

In Term 4, our Y12 learners will start Internal Assessments in many of their IBDP subjects. The Internal Assessments are worth between 20-25% of their final mark so it is really important that they are completed to a high standard. They will also complete their Theory of Knowledge Exhibition. We will keep you informed if learners fall behind on these pieces of work and would appreciate your support in getting learners to complete them to their full potential.

Learner Leadership

Learner Council meet with SLT to share Learner Voice

The Learner Council recently met with the Principal, Mr. Mann, and the Head of Operations, Ms. Gazel, to discuss feedback on the school’s cafeteria provider, Compass. Representing the voices of almost 300 learners from a secondary school-wide survey, the council presented key concerns regarding food, service, and overall dining experience over the past year and a half. This meeting was an important step in ensuring learner perspectives are heard. In the coming weeks, the Learner Council President, Kaspar and Secretary Ryan, along with selected representatives, will present their findings directly to the Head Manager of Compass to advocate for meaningful improvements.

Examinations

IB Diploma Exams May 2025 Session - this is the official IB exam schedule for the May 2025 exams.

Please note that IGCSE and IB final exams are set by external organisations and we have no control over the dates. Examinations may fall during school holidays and on public holidays.

The exam schedule can be accessed via this link.

IGCSE Exams Timetable May/June 2025 - this schedule is for Y11 learners taking their final IGCSE exams in May/June 2025. Please note that the dates and times of the exams are dictated by the exam boards: Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel and cannot be changed.
Exams start at the end of April and finish on 16 June 2025.

You can access the timetable via this link.

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