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...
by Bryan Hughes | Sep 30, 2019 | Everyone Can Create, PLP 9, Video
One of the most fundamental skills in PLP 9 is that of video. We actually use this as our medium for the whole school year with PLP 9 as part of our overall focus across the grade level: Many visitors to our classrooms ask how we instruct students on the...
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 Petra Willemse | Nov 13, 2018 | Everyone Can Create, PLP 9, Video
After the great success we had with our PLP 9’s and their silent ghost town movies, we wanted to build that momentum even further and take on the video creator’s ultimate challenge: a live event. For the purposes of this project, we encouraged students to pick an...
