Paper 1

March 18, 2015
IB exams are now 2 months away and students start to get worried about how they can prepare for their history exams.  Although general preparation may be the same, there are distinct differences in the individual papers, and the most distinct is, of course, Paper 1,...

New Subject Guide overview

March 4, 2015
Earlier this year the IB rolled out the subject guide.  For those who take May exams, teaching of this new curriculum will commence in Autumn 2015 for first exams in May 2017; for those who take November exams, teaching will commence in Spring 2015 with first exams...

A final EE check list for students

February 6, 2015
Does this look familiar to you?  If not, you have yet to experience a rite of passage of the IB DP student – submission of the Extended Essay. If you are a Diploma candidate, and you are taking your IB exams in May, you must submit your Extended Essay.  Now,...

A final Extended Essay checklist for teachers

Now that we are in February, those of us who have students taking exams in May are in most cases trying to finish up the Extended Essay process.  The students have numerous other requirements – our students had their Maths IAs due yesterday – and so most...

Summertime and the living is easy?

November 25, 2014
Up in the northern hemisphere, there are masses of snow falling, in some cases, in epic proportions.  But in the southern hemisphere summer is approaching.  For all of us, the holidays are drawing near.  We may have 3 weeks of school left before the students head off,...