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continued with their core subjects of an advertisement. In another project,
Mathematics, English, and First Additional developed by Physical Sciences and
Languages, but all other subjects were Music, students learnt about sound waves
taught through inter-disciplinary, and constructed a musical instrument
custom-designed projects. Our teachers, with which they had to compose a
certified in the Microsoft 21st Century song. Another popular project involved
Learning Design framework, collaborated designing a crash test barrier, coding
to design projects from which students a car to test it, and then using a chosen
could choose, giving them autonomy programming language to represent the
over their learning. data visually.
Students selected four projects from the By engaging in Project-Based Learning,
sixteen projects offered. Each project our students become systems thinkers as
allowed collaboration of two subjects. they explore and make deep connections
Some examples included a Business between ideas. It encourages divergent
Studies and Information Technology thinking as they become problem-
project in which students had to design solvers. They learn to take risks, engage
a hypothetical property development in iterative thinking, and grow to be
using CAD software, develop an more empathetic to the challenges of our
integrated marketing strategy, and create world, both now and in the future.
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