by Petra Willemse | Jul 1, 2020 | PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9
On March 16, 2020, when Justin Trudeau announced to Canadians, “it’s time for you to come home”, we had little idea about just how much all our worlds would change in a very short amount of time. For three of our PLP teachers and our PLP 12 class this was an...
by Petra Willemse | Apr 7, 2020 | Destination Imagination, PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9
As you may have previously read in our posts “Why PLP Loves Destination Imagination” and “PLP Prepares for Destination Imagination”, the PLP teaching team and students were very excited to be participating in Destination Imagination’s...
by Petra Willemse | Feb 17, 2020 | Everyone Can Create, PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9, Video
When you work and learn in a PLP classroom, a snow day does not disconnect you from your teachers and fellow learners! It just means the learning shifts to a more directly online presentation and the work can be moved truly outside our classroom! So when the North...
by Petra Willemse | Feb 10, 2020 | Destination Imagination, PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9
For the fourth year in a row, PLP is proud to be starting our work for Destination Imagination in our PLP Maker classes! Destination Imagination (DI)’s website describes itself as an educational nonprofit that prepares learners for a future that is rapidly...
by Petra Willemse | Jan 2, 2020 | PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9
Destination Imagination is a global educational nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, leaders and creative problem solvers. Their vision is to inspire and equip participants to achieve anything they can imagine in life. They...
by Petra Willemse | Dec 17, 2019 | Coding, PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to...
