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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Written by Mr. Jason
Grade 6: Physics and Design: Students Explore Air Resistance with Egg Drop Challenge
As part of their inquiry into forces, Grade 6 students embarked on an “egg-citing” challenge to explore air resistance by designing a device to protect a raw egg when dropped from the fourth floor. This hands-on task engaged students in the scientific process, requiring them to investigate, plan, create, and evaluate their designs. The central question driving their learning was: How can we use our understanding of air resistance and gravity to protect fragile objects in free fall?
Working in teams, students applied key scientific concepts such as force and surface area, integrating knowledge from both science and design. They experimented with parachutes, padding, and different materials to increase air resistance and reduce impact. The activity encouraged the development of ATL skills such as collaboration, creative thinking, and problem-solving.
Beyond just protecting an egg, the challenge cultivated learner profile attributes like being inquirers, thinkers, and risk-takers. Students reflected on the effectiveness of their designs and proposed improvements. It was a memorable interdisciplinary experience where science came to life. It was a smashing success — quite literally!
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Written by Ms. Olive
Making Math Revision Fun: Grade 6 IMA Station Activities
To make math revision both engaging and meaningful, Grade 6 students participated in a dynamic, hands-on Math Stations activity. Covering key concepts from Chapters 5 to 12, students rotated through five interactive stations, each designed to reinforce understanding.
In Station 1, students solved linear equations by choosing colour-coded question cards, earning points as they worked under time pressure. At Station 2, they rolled the dice to generate coordinates, plotted points on a graph, and wrote the equation of a line in the form y = mx + c. Station 3 challenged them to complete number patterns and describe the rules using algebraic expressions. In the Geometry Scavenger Hunt at Station 4, students used tools like protractors and GeoStix to find angles and solve geometry clues hidden around the room. Lastly, Station 5 had them build shapes with GeoStix, then calculate area and perimeter.
Each station lasted 7 minutes, keeping the energy high and minds focused. By combining movement, teamwork, and critical thinking, the revision transformed into a fun and effective learning experience. Indeed, learning is fun with math! Each made revision enjoyable, proving once again that learning is fun with math!
Grade 8 IMA Students Explore Real-Life Applications of Quadratic Functions
Grade 8 IMA students took on a creative challenge in their "Quadratic Functions in Real-Life Contexts" project. As math content creators, they produced 3–5 minute tutorial videos showing how quadratic functions can model everyday scenarios, such as profit maximisation or the path of a moving object.
Each video featured a real-world situation, a corresponding quadratic equation, and a graph clearly interpreting key features like the vertex, intercepts, and direction. Students also reflected on their learning, making the content both educational and personal.
The project combined storytelling with mathematical modelling and was assessed through MYP Criterion D. Through this engaging task, students demonstrated how math can help us understand and make decisions in real-life contexts.
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Written by Ms. Yuan
Grade 6 CLA4-6 students performed the play "Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats" in Term 4. After choosing their roles, the students prepared their lines and props individually. They vividly reenacted the scene of "Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats" in class, gaining a deeper understanding of each character’s personality through their performance.
”Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats" is a well-known Chinese idiom story from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The clever strategist Zhuge Liang was asked to deliver 100,000 arrows in just three days. Instead of making the arrows, he used boats covered with straw and sent them toward the enemy on a foggy day. The enemy, thinking it was an attack, shot many arrows, which got stuck in the straw. Zhuge Liang then brought the boats back, full of arrows.
This story shows smart thinking and strategy, and the idiom “草船借箭” means to cleverly use others’ resources to solve a problem.
VISUAL ARTS
Written by Ms. Jeanie
Grade 9 Visual Arts students are exploring ideas and experimenting with a variety of compositions, art-making techniques, and media to follow their chosen line of inquiry for their final project this semester. They developed their idea further by investigating other artists’ art-making practices and then incorporating ideas to make their own artwork more interesting. Students started artworks in class and will complete their final A2 artwork during their art exam time.
How can I use visual details to represent socio-economic groups?
How can I create an animal portrait artwork with a unique composition?
How can I show movement in water?
How can I tell stories using movement and dynamic figures?
How can I use dynamic figures to represent memories?
UGC
UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES
Students who applied early to universities have started receiving their acceptance letters. We wish to congratulate all of our students on their acceptances so far and wish them all the best as they continue to apply to other universities throughout the semester. Regular Decision acceptances should be received by April, and acceptances to some universities in other countries may be received as late as July. This acceptance list will be updated as they come in.
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