IGCSE
CREST Project Moodboard
Today in class, we were asked to create a mood board with some connected, science-related ideas that could inspire our project. I chose to do a mood board on green technology and travel in the future, as I was originally interested in something environment-related....
CREST Project- SWOT Analysis
We are getting ready to start a research project in Science called the CREST Project. To prepare for it, we have been brainstorming ideas, researching new scientific discoveries, and also analysing our strengths and weaknesses. In order to help organise this analysis,...
Creating a Political Cartoon
Recently, we were asked to create a political cartoon along with our groups, using our knowledge of the elements and messages of political cartoons. Here is my reflection and explanation of the cartoon, as well as the feedback we received. We chose to create a...
Response: Is it Immoral to Increase The Price of Goods During a Crisis?
Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash In this article, we learn about Mr Colvin, an American who took advantage of the coronavirus crisis to empty stores across Tennesee and Kentucky of cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, and more, and sell them at highly overinflated...
Racism – the dangers of hidden bias (Writer’s Fortnight 2019)
Racism has once again become a hotly debated topic. Yet, racism has remained a problem for years, even if it wasn’t at the forefront of our minds. It has only been 30 years since apartheid ended in South Africa. Even today, indigenous people in well-respected...
Identity Unit 1 Reflection – Graphic Art
Here is my reflection on the Identity Unit we did in Graphic Design. I have learnt so much this unit, and it has been a really great experience. I also thought it was great to reflect and see how much I have done since the start.
C2 Test Reflection
I recently got back my C2 test, and we were asked to correct the answers of questions that we got fully or partially wrong. Here are my corrected answers: There was one more question which I got wrong (13b), about what happens to pentane when it goes from a liquid to...
Writer’s Fortnight Reflection
Over the last two weeks, our grade participated in Writer's Fortnight, an event over two weeks where speakers can come in to share their stories. Each of us met with five speakers over these two weeks. As students, we were posing as journalists trying to extract these...
The Three Gorges Dam – Was it worth the cost?
"China's Three Gorges Dam" flickr photo by Sustainable Urbanisation in China https://flickr.com/photos/giz-sgup/36081644880 shared into the public domain using (PDM) The Three Gorges Dam was built and completed in 2003. It was constructed over the Yangtze River (the...