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Star Wars Exhibition

To wrap up both the first term and 2017 itself, PLP held its annual Winter Exhibtion, a night in which PLP students showcase the projects they have been preparing. The topic of your project depends on what grade you are in. For instance, this year, the grade 8 and 9s topic was Star Wars, and…

Máquina de Metáfora

For the past month or so, me and my classmates have been working on a PLP classic project; Metaphor Machines. Our task was to choose a revolution, then build a Rube Goldberg machine in which each action on the machine was a metaphor for something that happened in our revolution. My group which consisted of…

“ Steampunk “

After learning the basics of Steampunk, and what it’s about, me and my classmates job was to come up with a inquiry question relating to a more specific, detailed subcategory of the genre itself. I started to brainstorm about very specific ideas, and then I thought to myself, “Why don’t I ask myself one of…

This Didn’t Go To Plan…

Wow. Ok. After an extra three weeks of stress, frustration and utter confusion, I’m finally finished. So here it is; my Frankenstuffy Video… Hopefully you actually watched the video and didn’t just skip down to here, because if that’s the case then there’s a good chance you will be confused with what I am about…

Every Ship Needs A Captain

Born 1898 in Connecticut, Crane Brinton would go on to write “The Anatomy Of Revolution”, a theory the rest of the world would use as criteria to classify a revolution from a revolt. He believed there were four stages to a revolution; and for an event to be classified as a full-blown revolution, they had…

Quick Mafs

The first math project of the year has just come to a close, and it’s time to fill you in on what happened. Basically, we were tasked with creating a functional card game, using relatively basic mathematical functions/operations. We had a lot of time to do this project, so it wasn’t at all stressful. The…

I Guess I’m Growing Up

I’ve never really understood how the transition from school to a career works, I’ve always just figured that some way or another it would figure itself out. It’s never been a tangible concept for me. For the most part, the only connection I have to the workplace is the fact that I see my parents…

Common Sense Is Rule #1

One of our very first assignments in Science 9 was to comprise 3-5 videos, each focusing on one specific way to be safe during a science lab. This was obviously an assignment made to help us understand and prepare for future labs, but also to help us further our skills when it comes to making…

I’m Gonna Need A New Bucket List

More of a vacation than anything, PLP’s latest “field study” was a good time, needless to say. In between the driving, and the constant exhaustion, were many experiences I really hope I remember for a long time. From escaping the ‘Locked Room’, to riding a boat in one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever…

The Year In Review

This year was a fresh start, a new life for me to build and navigate, and can I just say, I think I did a damn good job. Starting off by scratching everything I knew about school, and focussing on a new way of learning, I instantly felt the difference. I remember walking to school…