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So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!Grade 12 IB Arabic students analyzing the book “The Thieves and The Dogs” by Najeeb Mahfoudh
طلاب الثاني عشر يحللون رواية اللص والكلاب لنجيب محفوظ: ١- الشخصيات ٢- الأحداث ٣- الزمان ٤- المكان والعقدة والحل ٥- الوضع الاجتماعي للبطل بإشراف استاذ عبدالنبي داخلي Grade 12 started analyzing the book for their paper 2, where they considered these factors :...
Poetry inspired by the Holocaust
Grade 9 are currently working on a joint history/English project where they have been studying the horrors of the Holocaust before producing creative work based on what they have learnt. Today the class broke off into pairs to read each other's work and to offer...
Wow! Hope you caught the Nutcracker last night!
What a wonderful evening and so many people to thank. Ms Markin for her efforts getting the students ready for their acting and dancing; Mr McBirnie and Ms Ana for preparing choir; our teachers; Mr Eriks for his guest appearance. To all of those mums involved in...
Full weeks ahead
After several short school weeks in a row, we have a few 5-day weeks to look forward to. However, the weeks are also very full with activities and events, last night's Nutcracker being a fitting way to encourage anticipation for the upcoming winter holiday. Nautilus...
Healthy Choices-We Made Fruit Kebabs!
Wowee! We are learning about making healthy choices and that's why we made fruit kebabs. It was very exciting. First, we helped to prepare the fruit and then we made our own fruit kebab. It was healthy and delicious. We are also learning to do procedural writing and...
Lab Work
Lab skills are critical. Working with confidence with and taking care of your equipment is a skill that must be transferred to other areas of your life. Biology students in grade 11 extracted chlorophyll from leaves using some solvents. We also attempted a...
Our Week
They worked hard, played hard and danced!
Mafi Mushkila
Our students have shown great creativity, patience, and perseverance this week as they prepared for the performance of The Nutcracker on Wednesday evening and Assembly on Thursday. We were so excited putting on the costumes and having the stage make up put on. What a...
Amazing Assembly week
This has been the most exciting week of the year for myself and Grade 3. The dance of the bakers in the Nutcracker, preparing for science week and a successful assembly on the human body. The class conducted themselves very well during the performance of the...
Grade 11 French
Grade 11 linguists have been challenging themselves this term to express ideas in French on a wide range of issues, making links wherever possible to the French-speaking world. After recently completing their second speaking assessment, Grade 11 stepped out of their...
Grade 9 MYP Support Class
As our class has gotten a little bit bigger we took some time to work together on a task that would require cooperation and team work as well as clear communication. So we tied up the kids in a knot that they had to untangle. I saw a high level of trust and engagement...
Omani social studies G6
الدراسات الأجتماعية للصف السادس -المعلم الصغير
Omani social studies G6
الدراسات الأجتماعية للصف السادس -المعلم الصغير
Human knot
Grade 7s were tangled up in a collaborative and fun activity this week during their ATL session Students needed to keep their hands linked, work together and untangle...would they succeed??? Communication, cooperation and problem solving were involved...one section of...
Grade 12 Physics
Should you charge your smartphone and use it at the same time? This is the question that started us off in our last sub-topic in HL physics. Grade12 are studying the last AHL topic on Electromagnetic Induction. This week we were looking at Capacitance and before that...
Omani social studies -G5
الدراسات الأجتماعية المعلم الصغير
wheel characters
G6 students presented the character (Abbas bin Firnas) who made the first attempt to fly filled the wheel of characters with information about him and the importance of his attempt to start the discovery of flight
Omani social studies -G9
الدراسات الأجتماعية
الدراسات الأجتماعية-الصف الرابع
Omani social studies -G4 المعلم الصغير
الصف الثالث-الدراسات الأجتماعية
Omani social studies الطالبة ميس السعيدي-المعلم الصغير-
K3 Preparing for Athletics Day
In order to prepare them for Athletics Day, K3 students have been taking part in different running, throwing and jumping activities in PHE. This week they learned about moving over, under and through different obstacles. They also practiced working in a team and now...
الصف الثامن
طلاب الصف الثامن يستعدون لامتحانات الفصل الاول
G7 Design
This is the first lesson in a 3 lesson program called "Nailed it" whereby the children will be introduced to the skills required for the design cycle. Today they were hard at work learning the art of sanding using either a sandpaper block or machines.
الصف الثامن
طلاب الصف الثامن يستعدون لامتحانات النصف الاول
Using research as a learning tool in Grade 1.
We have been thinking about all the different resources we can use to gather information to help our inquiry. We have researched using books, you-tube videos, the internet, asking questions, going on a field trip, observing details and carrying out experiments.
Fun Fruit Kebab
In English this week we have been learning how to make fruit kebabs. We followed a procedure to successfully achieve our task. We learned how to structure writing the procedure by including a title, equipment, ingredients and instructions. After making our kebab, we...
Grade 4 Science and Nutcracker
We have had a great week of getting ready for science fair and the Nutcracker. We created out own scientific questions and then made experiments to see/observe what would happen. We had a lot of fun after all our hard work, performing in the Nutcracker.
Grade 12 DP English Language and Literature
Persepolis is a graphic novel by Mariane Satrapi, that depicts her childhood and adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. We are studying the art form of graphic novels and understanding the novel in its cultural and historical context. Having...
Science Fair is coming!
Grade 6 have been working hard on their Science Fair projects, ready for next week. They are working from the co constructed rubric to make sure they have included all of the necessary elements. The students have displayed their ability to work independently, but have...
K2 Pirates
For our unit of inquiry Stories we have been exploring pirates. Last week Ms Celines class decided to make treasure maps. This week they decided to extend their learning by making a pirate game by hiding treasure in the school and finding it using a map and a compass....
Basketball at TAISM
It was a big week in basketball with our 16&U boys team traveling to Muscat to play TAISM. The boys were undaunted by playing at a different venue and took the lead from the starting tip off. Julio and Newton were devastating at the top of the key creating a lot...
Basketball Finals
Congratulations to both our girls and boys teams for making the finals of their respective basketball competitions. The boys game was up first and they came up against a red hot SIS team. After a quick start from SIS the boys gradually clawed their way back into the...
ECC STEAM
This week we decided to have an open ended Lose Parts tinkering table to see what the students could create. They made a telephone, a fishing rod, a rainbow, a dream catcher and many other wonderful creations. Some students built wonderful constructions using the...
Snowflakes
Well done to our beautiful dancing snowflakes. You were amazing. The students have been busy this week publishing their own stories and solving maths word problems. They have also been reflecting on the their mapping knowledge.
Preparing for the Science Fair
The Grade 5 students have been working on their Science Fair projects this week. Next week it's on to sharing their findings on display boards!
Science Fair is coming
Over the last few weeks the Grade 5’s have been working on scientific inquiry and undertaking simple experiments. Our theme for the Science Fair is Forces and Motion which includes simple machines. The students have made balloon powered cars, Newton’s Cradles,...
TOK Final Presentation
On Tuesday, grade 12 students completed their TOK presentations which will be marked and sent to the IB for moderation. The students did very well despite their nervousness and delivered high quality presentations that were thoughtful and organized. Next week we will...
Empathy Map for the Holocaust
This week students read testimony from a survivor who experienced the transit camps during the WWII. Students used information from the reading and their knowledge gained from this unit to create an empathy map to show what the survivor was feeling, thinking, seeing,...
From tar sands to fracking to cattle ranching.
Students in Grade 6 have researched some of the regional issues that are contributing to pollution and climate change. In their planning, they have chosen whether to portray a gloomy future in order to convince people to act, or a positive future that shows what we...
G8’s surreal films, collages, and paintings.
Now that Grade 8 students know the history and elements of Surrealism, and how to generate Surrealistic ideas, they are hard at work creating their own original pieces. They may choose two of three options--to create a short film, to make a magazine collage inspired...
Video Research
Grade 9 are due to make videos on a range of topics in Design. We have ideas on raising awareness about mental health, Bollywood, improving car safety and even tik-tok (a new one for me, where the students have taught the teacher!) The class is currently conducting...
Outdoor play, fun today!
As part of our unit of inquiry, we have been looking at healthy lifestyles. For students, healthy lifestyles can be achieved through our outdoor adventures. Playing outside helps children to develop through play, which is a fun way of helping children to learn...
Stories
Last week we started a new unit of inquiry "Stories." We dressed up as pirates and as a group we asked and answered questions about pirates. We asked the children where they got so much information about pirates. We are now creating our own stories about pirates and...
Grade 8 maths
This week grade 8 mathematicians have been looking at approaches to calculate the heights of different structures around the school campus. This is part of their unit looking at the Statement of Inquiry (SOI) mathematical discoveries of the past continue to help us to...
Sharing The Planet
The students began our new unit by writing definitions of global warming and climate change and discussing the difference. They then sorted a range of pictures deciding whether they showed global warming, climate change or both. This provoked many questions and will...
The different skills of speaking and writing in a foreign language
Grade 6 are an active group who have been asking searching questions to push their learning in different directions. This term we have practised lots of conversations in French. The students were curious to learn and add many new words to their learning to talk about...
Hot chair
G4 students presented the hot chair strategy and asked each other various questions about the Omani environment and the difference between them and the present
Different Activities
G6 students presented many strategies during the Islamic education class and they divided themselves into groups. Some of them made a presentation, some of them applied the lock and key strategy, some of them presented the cafe strategy and asked a group of questions...
Being Scientists and Weighing
For our Unit of Inquiry we are finding out about how to be healthy. This week we went to the Science lab. Wow! Thank you Mr Perry for showing us how to check for starch, protein and sugar in mixtures. We observed the results in a cookie mixture, starch mixture and egg...
Evening Recital: musical collage
A selection of MYP and DP students performed fantastically at the Evening Recital. If you weren’t able to be there please catch up on this musical collage of their performances.
The Head's Blog
School closed Thursday 21st November
ABIS closed for all students today, Thursday 21st November. Please see below... The Ministry of Education, in coordination with the Early Warning Centre has decided to halt teaching at local government and private schools on Thursday 21st of November,” a...
Book your Three Way Conference appointments online
Along with Progress Report, we have sent a unique parent login code and a user guide, on reverse side of the letter from the Primary / Secondary Team Leader. Use this code, along with your child's date of birth information to book your appointments for the upcoming...
ABIS closed on Sunday, November 10th for Prophet’s Birthday
To celebrate the Prophet’s Birthday, ABIS will be closed Sunday, November 10th in line with the following announcement: The government has announced holiday as part of Prophet Mohammed’s (PBUH) birthday for both the public and private sectors.According to authorities,...
Photos are ready to order
Last month, Lensman Studios Photographers visited the school to take individual, class, sibling and family portraits. The digital thumbnails are ready for you to view in order to place an order. Please view the photographs using the links below and complete the...
Important Staffing Announcement
Dear ABIS parents, We need to share some important news with you, and the wider ABIS community. Our Head of School, Neil Tomalin, has decided to move on at the end of the current school year, and it is with reluctance that we have accepted his...
School closed on Sunday
The MOE has announced that all local and private schools will be closed on Sunday 27thOct due to Al Shurah Council election. This means that ABIS will be closed on Sunday and will reopen on Monday 28th October! Enjoy the extra day holiday everyone!
Photographer at ABIS next week
On Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th October 2019, the photographer will be in school to take portraits of all staff and students. Please ensure students are wearing their ABIS branded tops on these days. Sibling photographs will be arranged within school time. Parents...
Grade 9 are Master Chefs!
As part of our MYP Design course, Grade 9 have been learning how to design and create extraordinary food together. To day we created a wonderful 4 course meal in 45 minutes (and a great deal of work in advance). We building up to serving a full menu to VIP guests at...
School will be closed on Sunday
In celebration of the Islamic New Year, and aligned with our usual practice, we will be following Sohar Aluminium and will be closed on Sunday, 1st September. School will resume on the 2nd of September. Enjoy the long weekend!
Goodbyes & hellos
At this time of year we always have a series of goodbyes (and hellos) and this year is no exception. This year, there are a number of teachers who have decided head back home, all of them after extended periods of working as international teachers. Isgak and Rayda...