Tuesday, September 6, 2011

your week in maths & physics, sep 6-9

we're back in action! find out what you will be doing and learning in this first week of school.

grade 10 igcse maths
trigonometry - ratios and problem solving. your homework for the week are all exerices in pages 315-321. on tuesday, september 13, there will be presentations of problems involving trig.
grade 11 ib maths sl
we're digging into the unit circle and all of its glory. homework will be on the whole chapter, until next friday, september 16, where our first test is planned.

grade 12 ib maths sl
review: center and spread of data, cumulative frequency graphs; pages 386-404 are homework, in other words, you should be able to do any exercise on those pages until friday.
grade 11 ib physics
introduction to the world of group 4 in ib, introduction to the world of physics, assessment and content plan; SI units, vectors & scalars, order of magnitude, prefixes. test on friday, september 9.
grade 12 ib physics
review topics 2, 3 & 4 involving different methods of presentation & assessment. review test topics 1-4 on monday, september 12.
have yourselves a merry little school year!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

extra sessions for grade 10 - igcse preparation

here is your schedule, grade 10:


EXTRA SKILL SESSIONS – IGCSE MATHS
Date
Time
Topic(s)
Mon, 09.05.
10:00-12:00
Focus on Paper 1/2
Wed, 11.05.
13:00-14:20
Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 17.05.
13:00-14:20
Focus on Paper 3/4
Thu, 19.05.
11:30-13:00
Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 24.05.
13:00-14:20
Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 31.05.
13:00-14:20
Focus on Paper 3/4
Wed, 01.06.
10:00-12:00
Focus on Paper 3/4
Tue, 07.06.
13:00-14:20
Focus on Paper 5/6
Wed, 08.06.
13:00-14:20
Focus on Paper 5/6
Thu, 09.06.
11:30-13:30
Focus on Paper 5/6

IGCSE Exams are on May 9th (Papers 1&2), June 1st (Papers 3&4) and June 9th (Papers 5 & 6), always in the afternoon.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

your week in maths & physics, apr 26-29

grade 12ers have received a special plan with plenty of extra sessions. plan to be there for as many as possible, starting today after school for the math sl class.

EXTRA SKILL SESSIONS – MATHEMATICS SL
Date
Time
Topic(s)
Tue, 26.04.
15:30-17:00
Unit Circle & Advanced Trigonometry
Wed, 27.04.
15:30-17:00
Functions (Types, Transformations)
Thu, 28.04.
15:30-17:00
Algebra (Logs and Exp, Binomials, Sequences & Series)
Sun, 01.05.
10:00-13:00
Full Paper 1 Exam with review

13:00-14:00
Lunch (McD?)

14:00-17:00
Full Paper 2 Exam with review
Mon, 02.05.
15:30-18:00
Statistics & Probability & Calculus
Tue, 03.05.
12:20-13:40
Calculus & Matrices
Wed, 04.05.
08:00-11:00
FULL PAPER 1

15:00-18:00
FULL PAPER 2

EXTRA SKILL SESSIONS – PHYSICS
Date
Time
Topic(s)
Mon, 02.05.
09:30-11:30
Electric Currents
Thu, 05.05.
12:30-13:30
Energy & Global Warming
Fri, 06.05.
08:00-09:30
Waves & Thermal Physics
Sun, 08.05.
09:00-13:00
FULL PAPER 1 & 2
Mon, 09.05.
14:00-15:30
Mechanics & Measurements
Tue, 10.05.
08:00-09:30
Fields & Forces

15:30-17:00
FULL PAPER 2
Wed, 11.05.
15:30-18:00
PAPER 3 PREP – Astrophysics, Communications & more
Thu, 12.05.
07:00-exam
More Paper 3 Prep Time

igcse maths will have special sessions announced in he beginning of may. for now, these three classes will be doing review, past and specimen papers.

ib math sl grade 11
vectors test today, as promised. trigonometric functions are our next topic, and we'll probably also get into statistics this school year. no hw quiz this week.


ib physics grade 11
thursday half life and atomic & nuclear physics test. friday, astrophysics intro - solar system.