2019
At my school, we will have an evening for propsective IB students and their parents in late October or early November 2018, which means we need to have answers to some key questions before then. That...
May TZ2 exams
I got my first look at the May 2018 TZ2 papers today and I thought I would write a quick reflection. Clealry it is important for us, as teachers, to have a good look through the papers so that we can...
Subject report and IA
This post is about some points to consider before people submit their May 2018 Internal assessment marks and samples. It is always a good idea to pay careful attention to the subject report from the last...
New Curriculum
This is just a quick post to remind everyone that we are about 18 months away from the first teaching of the new courses. In school terms 18 months is a long time (there are two summer holidays in there)...
Re-organisation
This is just a quick blog post to explain some reorganisation that is coming up for this section of the site so as to explain any gaps or unfinished looking parts. Currently under assessment you have...
First Draft Feedback
This post will eventually be a full page in the new structure of the IA section. For now I thought it might be interesting to share as a blog post. This year I have 17 students in my IB1 class and we...
Venns in the news
I love how often we see venn diagrams in a variety of different contexts. I think they are seen as particularly powerful visualisations and rightly so. Like most mathematics in the media though, I wonder...
This year's projects
I thought I would write this post about the topics my students have chosen for their IAs this year. I am busy re writing the IA section of the website (Big job) which will include some new resources about...
Project Planning
Just a quick post! As one class gets through exams, the other is starting to think about projects. Here is a new image I made to help them brainstorm ideas! More to come soon in the IA section. I spent...
StudyIB.net
I am excited to be able to tell you about this new resource I have been developing for students. It came from a genuine desire to be able to give my own students a really useful support resource as they...