av Moa Foss | jan 27, 2017 | active learning, English, international, Learning at VR Schools, natural science, school culture, staff, students, vrg info
Student authors of this blog post are: Anna Winberg, Astrid Körmendi, Clara Bergström, Ellinor Myrman and Liv Havander Every year after Christmas break VRG Djursholm has two weeks reserved from regular school work. These two weeks are often referred to as “the Project...
av Moa Foss | jan 26, 2017 | active learning, English, Learning at VR Schools, project, social science, vrg info
Each year, VRG students spend the first two weeks in January working on a cross-curricular project. We suspend the regular schedule and students work with one big task for the entire period. Students work in groups. We believe that this way of learning serves the...
av Moa Foss | dec 18, 2016 | active learning, Eastern Africa, international, Learning at VR Schools, project, vrg info
During the past two weeks, we have had the honor to host 8 students and 1 teacher from our partner school, Barbro Johansson School in Tanzania. During their visit, they have visited classes, played in the snow, tried winter sports, attended concerts, enjoyed Lucia...
av Moa Foss | dec 6, 2016 | active learning, English, Learning at VR Schools, spets, språket, students, vrg info
In small groups, Year 1 Spets students were asked to film their own interpretation of a Shakespeare soliloquy of their choice, from the respective plays that they have been studying. [wpvideo d14qDU6O] Beforehand, the class watched how different directors had...
av Moa Foss | nov 22, 2016 | active learning, Learning at VR Schools, students, swedish, vrg info
In their 2nd unit of study, A New Country, Year 1 Natural Science students are working on developing their ability to write investigative texts. This is a required skill for the Swedish 1 course. This is a skill that definitely requires the analytical side of the...
av Moa Foss | nov 21, 2016 | active learning, Learning at VR Schools, students, swedish, vrg info
During their first quarter, year 1 students have studied language variation – subject-specific vocabulary, texting abbreviations/emojis, loan words from other languages, accents, how language changes depending on the situation and more… [wpvideo Gypb2G4k]...
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