by Petra Willemse | Sep 5, 2019 | PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9, Professional Development
At the start of the 2018 school year, PLP added something new to its design: a course called Personal Growth Plan or PGP for short. This credit course, which meets outside the timetable, came about for a variety of reasons, but mostly based on the requests we heard...
by Petra Willemse | Mar 7, 2019 | PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 8, PLP 9, Recognition
The Performance Learning Program (PLP) at Seycove Secondary has been honoured to receive official designation as an Apple Distinguished School! Applying to be an Apple Distinguished School is by invitation only and is only given for a term of three years, so when...
by Petra Willemse | Mar 7, 2019 | PLP 10, PLP 8, PLP 9, Recognition
We were excited and thrilled this week to see PLP students Kira (PLP 8), Sam (PLP 9), and Emily (PLP 10) featured as guest bloggers on the The Edublogger’s site! So how did this awesome opportunity come about? This past fall, PLP students from grades 8 to 10...
by Bryan Hughes | Jan 29, 2019 | Everyone Can Create, Music, PLP 10
Wind, Waves, and WarPodcast Intro SongDrum And Ambience We have described before how as teachers, one of the more challenging apps to work with is GarageBand. Luckily the Everyone Can Create Music guide has been amazingly helpful in this regard. This lesson...
by Petra Willemse | Nov 16, 2018 | Everyone Can Create, Music, PLP 10
Oh GarageBand! As Apple Teachers, PLP teachers are familiar with GarageBand. However, as anyone who has worked in GarageBand will tell you, there is always more to be learned! Even as we believe maxim in PLP about pretty much everything, GarageBand is an example of...
by Bryan Hughes | Oct 9, 2018 | Everyone Can Create, PLP 10, Video
We have always been known to do exceptional video projects in PLP. However, the final products have taken many revisions and a lot of critique from teachers and peers to get to those stages. Years ago, we realized one of the keys to good films from our students were...
