An IB student’s New Year’s resolution

January 5, 2016
Experienced IB Maths and Physics teacher, Layla Moran, shares some top tips for studying in the New Year in preparation for mock exams. The New Year is always one of the most difficult times to be an IBDP student, particularly those in IB2 as many will be thinking...

Engage your brain…use it or lose it!

Rosanna Montalbano, OSC’s IB expert, has been finding out some fascinating realities about the adolescent brain. Below she has summarised her findings, giving you four interesting facts and six tips to ensure your brain is engaged during studying. The adolescent brain...

Why we need sleep

Why we need to sleep (and why, very often, teenagers can’t) It’s obvious: we all need sleep, from teenagers to teachers. Recent studies, however, suggest that the teenage brain needs more sleep than most because it is still developing. Unfortunately, due to a...

Choosing your IB Subjects: Don’t Panic!

If you are in the year before starting your IB Diploma, your family and school will have started to get you to think about what subjects you should take for the IB Diploma. In chats at dinner you discover your mother wasn’t just suggesting you should be a lawyer...