When it comes to teaching and learning, virtually any content is enhanced by the integration of tech tools, apps, programs or resources. Most of our students at Northbridge International School Cambodia are digital natives, and teachers must support their need to build their IT skills and engage these skills in a way that allows them to become strengths that they can transfer to their future education.
In Primary, our Wednesday faculty meetings begin with a “Tech in a Minute”. Primary teachers are mostly tech-savvy and through the “Tech in a Minute” sessions teachers present, within a minute, the most important elements of a tool, an app or a program that they have been purposefully and effectively using in their teaching. These sessions inspire the other members of staff to try these new tools in their own classes.
Here's a snapshot of some of the ways in which Primary teachers are integrating technology into their classes:
With the ever-changing technology landscape, Northbridge teachers are keeping up with IT.
We often associate gratitude with iconic moments, such as when our children are born healthy, we are offered a good job, a family member or pet survives an illness or operation, or when our children graduate from school. Events like these can be very moving and emotional, and sometimes even life changing. However, what if we made it a habit to include gratitude in our daily lives?
Lots of research points to a very common problem in student learning: Too much information!
Students can become overwhelmed and consequently processing and memory retention can become difficult. Not just for students with executive function challenges, or neurodiversity; for many neurotypical students too! Especially younger students. Feeling overwhelmed can also trigger stress and anxiety.
Reading is an essential skill for success in school and in life. It is also a skill that can be developed and nurtured at home, from an early age. You as parents and caregivers play a vital role in helping your child develop a love of reading.
Last week, our second annual NISC Cup kicked off, with four schools and over one hundred students facing off to see who would be taking home the silverware on offer in separate boys’ and girls’ competitions. Last year CIA girls’ team won a thrilling final and were hoping that the cup would be returning to their school for a second year in a row, while our own NISC boys’ team were hoping to retain their hard won 2023 title.
