Choices are about to be made?

July 17, 2019
At this stage of the year, the IB is in the minds of four sets of students… Pre-IB. There will be a collection of students who have just finished MYP or GCSEs/IGCSEs and are planning to start the Diploma around September. Will it be the right thing or not? Will you...

Who would be a teacher?

July 15, 2019
The results have come out and I feel that my holiday has ended before it began! This is of course, not true … but sometimes, it feels that way. The results are a time for celebration (hopefully!) where I can, and without being patronising, I will often try to contact...

Time to be lazy

May 3, 2019
This is the time of the academic year when IB teachers have a mix of being both happy and sad. Or maybe these are the wrong terms to use – we are nervous and feeling a little lazy – but teachers know this is an important phase for us to go through. Nervous. I feel...

Work until You’re Muscle-bound!

April 17, 2019
This is probably the most nervous time of the 2 years for the IBDP students. There is the fear that they will get crushed by the upcoming exams. And the exams come very quickly and really on top of each other. My experience of talking to students through this period,...

Is It Finished Now?

August 14, 2018
This post is really for students who have just finished the IB, although those that are half way through would do well to ‘take note’. I have just finished remarks for Physics HL – I will be honest in saying that it feels a bit strange to be doing remarks so long...