International Academy of Greenwich

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#homequestions This week Year 8 draw on their studies in English and IndSoc to consider the extent to which the Modern Revolution (1500-1900) ushered in a Utopian or Dystopian society. What do you think? @ibmyp

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Four Emerging Trends in Learning | Getting Smart gettingsmart.com/2019/08/four-e…

The first week in the MYP | IB Community Blog blogs.ibo.org/blog/2018/01/1…

As we enter the third day of Global Citizenship week we should consider the words of Anthropologist Clifford Geertz “man is an animal suspended in webs of significance that he himself has spun.” @ibmyp @_bigeducation

Our task is not so much to “be the change we want to see in the world”, primarily an individualistic and behavioural injunction... Our task is rather to become the change we want to see in the world. Dr Jonathan Rowson.

Today was our closing day of International week and final reflections on ‘No man is an island’. Also it was our Arts showcase with the gallery and performance visited by the whole school and parents. Tomorrow. Global Citizenship week begins. #neverdull

Congratulations to 5 of our Year 9 students for graduating from the Scholars Programme. We are so proud of them!

Exceptional day yesterday at the boys athletics competition. Gold, silver and bronze aplenty. Now today, IAG Sports Day.

Singapore abolishes school exam rankings, says learning is not competition citinewsroom.com/2018/10/singap…

What did you do today at work? I did this with my crew! #wearecrew @XPschool @XPEastSchool

#homequestions Wednesday marks the start of International Week at IAG. This year, ‘No Man is an island’ - what does this mean in the context of Internationalism? Our first activity will be comparing the poem web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poet… to Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue dot’ poem.

Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh expedition this weekend. Have fun all.

The girls enjoyed their first Greenwich Cup Athletics competition yesterday. Competing very well and supporting each other brilliantly. Well done to all the girls participating.

As we become more Global, skills, the economy change. IAG’s Curriculum for Global Citizenship looks forward to ensure we prepare today’s learners for a lifetime of learning no matter what the future has in store for us. @ibmyp

Creating a Student-Run Museum in Your Classroom | Edutopia. We will be building these principles into next years series of Showcases. ⁦@ibmyp⁩ edutopia.org/article/creati…

The Economist. Something for us to think about across International and Global Citizen week’s. economist.com/open-future/20…

So so true.

This week’s #homequestions to support learning across IAG; Why do people migrate? How are we diverse? This will support this week’s Global Citizenship theme of Diversity.