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Find out what's happening at ABIS!
So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!Day 1 at ABIS
Hello, my name is Sarah Cooper and I'm one of the Grade 6 teachers for the upcoming year. I'm very excited to be starting at ABIS and meeting students and parents. My husband will be teaching whole school PE and our sons Olly and Toby will be in Grade 9 and 7. We are...
Hello everyone!
Hello everyone! I'm Rachel Howes and I'll be teaching French at ABIS this year. I am so happy to be here in Oman. I have wanted to be here for so long! I've been enjoying exploring Sohar with my husband and children and the warm welcome has made us feel at home right...
Hello to the ABIS community!
My name is Erin Rehil and I am excited to join ABIS this fall as the secondary school's visual art teacher. I am a painter and illustrator who has previously taught in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and the USA. It has been fun exploring beautiful Sohar and I look forward to...
Music Time !
Hello students and parents. I'm very excited about this upcoming school year and I am eager to grow our music and band program! Ohhh yea 😎 See you soon! 😊
Last day wishes for a great summer!
The last day is here. Time to tidy up, play some games, eat some treats, celebrate the year. In our celebration, we look to the relationships we have forged and the learning we have gained. In the secondary assembly, each grade level presented a highlight to remember....
Another year of learning gone!
Time flies when you are having fun. A full academic year has been completed and students have done some serious amount of progress in Science around here. Grade 12 students graduated and are waiting for results to go to university after a well deserved summer. Grade11...
Summer Break, Finally!
This year has been amazing. We have done awesome activities, learnt many new things and became leaders of our learning. We thank our dear parents for all their support and encouragement throughout the year. We are looking forward to our summer vacation. From myself,...
Farewell to Grade 2
After a wonderful year together, we tried to make the most of our last week at school. Zhayne's Mum kindly came to help us make our own tie dyed t-shirts and after washing them overnight we brought them to school for a last class photo. We also enjoyed making fairy...
Have a wonderful summer!
After a final week of working hard we celebrated the end of Grade 1 with fun and pizza at Happy Fun water park. It was a blast! Thank you for entrusting your children to me, they have all made amazing progress. Have a safe and wonderful summer whatever you are doing.
G7 Readers Theater – Joan of Arc
After three performances, the G7 class has a clear understanding of what happened in the play "Joan of Arc". If you ask them, you'll hear all about how Joan led the French army to victory over the British in the Hundred Years War. You'll also hear about how Joan was...
Happy Summer Break!
Well we made it through to the end of the school year. It has been another busy one with lots of new initiatives available with our new facilities. As always the school has received fantastic support from its parents and the community. Thank you on behalf of your...
Perfect Pizza Party
Grade 1 loves to go exploring so what better way to finish our year than piling into the ABIS bus and heading off on an adventure. Adventures tend to make you very hungry, luckily Miss Marie took care of that and Pizza arrived right on time. Happy Fun. Happy holidays...
Grade 8 Maths
This week in maths Grade 8 taught Grade 5 two card tricks and also about the Möbius strip. One of the card tricks was suggested by Eaton who was outstanding teaching us all. It was a pleasure to observe how caring, clear, welcoming & supportive the Grade 8's were....
ISA reports
ABIS has received the 2019 ISA results. You can expect your child's results by email during the summer holiday.
ECC movie day Math
The K1 and K2 students held a movie day. It was a fun way for them to use their understanding of number in a practical way and put to use what we learned about roles and responsibilities in our UOI. The students took responsibility to pack out the chairs, make...
Grade 9 Mathematics
This week Grade 9 mathematicians taught Grade 6 a card trick. This was as part of the support for Grade 6's transition into secondary. The "trick" was mathematically based and highlighted how new maths is learnt Link to 27 card trick video Observing & listening...
Grade 10 Mathematics…
This week as part of their transition into the IB Diploma, Grade 10 mathematicians were continuing to develop their problem solving and communication abilities. The activities have all looked at different aspects of sequences. This will be the first unit they will...
Have a wonderful summer from Ms Lauma, Ms Fatma, Ms Celine and Ms Nahla.
We would like to say thank you for a great school year spent with your children and yourselves. Thank you for your support with all our events, school trips and responding to our requests. We have had a lot of fun, laughter and learning experiences with you all this...
Superheroes on the way to Grade 2!
Watch out LC1 - there are some super learners coming your way next year!
Celebrating Grade 1
2 of our fabulous learners were unable to be at our special assembly for recognising people for the fabulous attitudes they display. We were happy to be able to make presentations to Giulia and Laura today.
K1 Baking
This week the K1 groups did some baking. They made Swedish Chocolate balls, which involved fine motor skills rolling the balls, and dipping them in chocolate. They then had to use their creative skills to decorate them with sprinkles. The K1students shared the treats...
Advice from the Grade 7s
Thanks to Natalie, Maria and Lilli for coming in to share their note-taking advice with the Grade 6s The Grade 6s learned a lot. Make sure to talk to your child about what they took away from the experience to help them prepare for next year. Final Broadcaster of the...
British School Muscat Dance Competition
Dance students from ABIS represented their school as they competed in the Annual BSM dance competition. Our ABIS students from grades 4-10 choreographed their own dance routines and performed them for four judges at the competition. The judges rated the dances for...
K2 with buddies
The k2 students enjoyed playing board games with their buddies this week.
K2 week 37
This week the k2 students were excited to learn more about their roles and responsibilities. They responded positively to their role by making their pets which they cared for them and took them home. They also explored different 2D and 3D shapes which they later used...
Last sprint before the summer
This week we had the visit of our future IB Biology and Chemistry students, with which we were introducing the coming course and doing some interesting introductory labs. Grade 11 Biology students continued completing the unit on Human Physiology SL, to be finished...
We Love Games
The Grade 2 students have looked at the skills people need and use in workplaces and worked out which ones they would need to use to run a Games Fair for our friends in Grade 1. Students brought along games and evaluated how suitable they were for the Grade 1...
Fun Farewell to grade 5 Buddies
Thank you Grade 5, we have had so much fun together. Thank you for making picture story books to read to us. We really liked making crafts together.
Grade 10 Maths
This week in maths grade 10 were investigating how they could calculate the number of cubes needed to make a structure without counting. They then had to communicate their approaches to the rest of the class. This activity is part of their transition into IB Diploma...
Grade 8 Science
This week grade 8 Scientists were looking at rates of reaction. They planned experiments to investigate the effect that changing temperature or concentration would have on the speed of a reaction. They were using the reaction between sodium thiosulphate and...
Secondary Year End Gala
This afternoon the Year End Gala leadership group threw their celebratory event for secondary students. There was good food, great music and fun for all. The slip and slide proved to be very popular and we thank the teachers and custodians who helped us to set up and...
One Week to Go!
It is hard to believe that I write this with the title of One Week to Go. You will see, when you get the annual report, what a busy year it has been making the most of our new facilities and the new initiatives that have arisen as a result. Teachers remain committed...
Game On!
Our final unit of inquiry was all about "Working Together" to reach a common goal. Our goal? Working with our partners to teach our games to each other and to our grade one buddies. We designed a poster with rules for our "customers" so that they were able to play as...
Grade 1 reflects on our Learning Journey
Looking back helps us go forward! This week we have loved looking back at how far we have come on our journey from K3 to Grade 2.
Science Competition Information
Dear Fellow Parents, Next academic year we would like to introduce the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) competitions. The SOF is a registered not-for-profit organization established by leading academicians,...
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...
Grade 6 Transition
Monday June 10 was the Grade 6 transition to secondary. Thanks very much to all the secondary staff who participated in the organization and presentations: Ms. Brewer, Ms. Mekhala, Ms. Eletia, Mr. Adams, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Mwita and Mr. Goodwin We started the day...
Happy Eid Break
We hope that you are all enjoying the extra long break due to the Eid holidays. Thank you to the mums who came for the last Mother Tongue Monday session. You are all invited to attend a "Thank you Coffee Morning" on Monday, 17th June at 8.20am. Upcoming dates:...
How Our Choices In Our Community Effects Our Environment
We had lots of discussions about the choices we make in our community and how this affects our environment. We were also examining mass: heavy and light and measuring lengths. Some of us used a dictionary to finish our name puzzle. we built numbers and words.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Grade 2 were excited this morning to be able to perform the plays they created and rehearsed with Ms Markin as part of our Drama Unit of Inquiry. One group performed 'The Lion King' and the other performed ''Snow White'. Performing for an audience on the stage in...
K2s recycling and taking responsibility
This week the k2 students were excited to recycle boxes into storage spaces for their classroom objects. They practiced their scissor cutting to strengthen their hand muscles and sorted different objects in classroom. They were all happy to take different roles for...
Week 35
It was an active and engaging week in Grade 3. We continued to work on writing and looking at different genres. We explored mystery and science fiction! Students did a wonderful job of presenting their artefacts to their classmates. We wish you a wonderful Eid holiday...
Exam week
Not much happening this week in terms of teaching, since all the grades were busy with final exams. The only activity in the lab happened when the grade 6 students proving their abilities with the design of some match propelled rockets.
Roles and Responsibilities
This week we have been making pets. The students had great fun deciding what pet they would like and then constructing it in Arts and Crafts. The students will be expected to take responsibility for their pets over the next few weeks. They will have to feed, water and...
K2 art superheroes
We made some pictures of our superheroes. We used oil pastels and watercolors in our creations
Analysis of stories in Arabic
G4 students read stories, discussed them with their colleagues, asked questions and searched the dictionary for new vocabulary in the story
Full narrative text
The G4 students reported on the most important events that took place throughout the school year, their favorite moments, and the values, principles and skills that students learned this year and supported them for a new academic year.
K2 Math games
Every morning we get together to work on our number skills. We practice counting, number recognition, our number formation, etc in fun activities.
presentation with G5
The G5 students presented their final presentations where students chose a topic for research and analysis to present to other colleagues
Search the iPad
G3 students learn how to use iPads to search for different information and learn new meanings in Arabic by asking questions
The Head's Blog
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...
Staffing Update
We are writing to let you know that for health reasons, Ms Ann Galliard will stopping work at ABIS We would like to thank Ann for all her commitment to the school and wish her good health for the future. Sebastien will be finishing the year as usual to ensure that...
Please take the parent survey if you haven’t done it yet
If you haven’t taken the survey yet then we would be very grateful if you can do so by clicking on the blue link below: http://bit.ly/2HOa8aW We will share a summary of the parent feedback in the annual report. Thank you so much for your...
Contract for returning students
We are on course to be welcoming record numbers of student to ABIS next year and, if you are one of them, this message is for you! We are sending home a copy of the ABIS parent contract. It is required by the Omani Ministry of Education that it is signed by both...
ABIS Parent Questionnaire – How did we do this Year?
We would like to ask you to spare 5 minutes to fill out a survey letting us know how well you feel we did this year. The survey is easy to use and easy to understand and we really want as many people as possible to give us feedback. Please click on the link below:...
ABIS COMMUNITY IFTAAR
Dear ABIS Families, Although we are coming to the end of this school year, the Community Council has organized one final event: The ABIS Community Iftaar. As Ramadan is a chance for families to gather together, it seems fit- ting that our ABIS family take the...
ABIS Community Outreach
On Friday the 10th of May, a group of students and staff went out into our Sohar community to hand out Hampers to less fortunate families. It was a good team effort driving from home to home delivering items we purchased with the money raised at our International day...
ABIS at the MoE Private Schools’ Annual Event
This morning, ABIS attended the annual Ministry of Education's Private School's Event at the Green Oasis Hotel. Rawan and Al Baraa received certificates for their achievements in the Holy Quraan competition; while Lamar was honored for her success in the Quraan...
Equal-a-thon, Charity Bazaar and Preparing for Ramadan
Thursday, 2nd May: 13:00 - 15:30 Gender-Equal-a-Thon This is a gentle reminder that the Grades 2 to 6 Gender Equal-a- Thon is taking place tomorrow. Participants need to bring their own lunch and swimwear. Parents are expected to pick-up their children at 15:30. 13:15...
A busy week passed quickly
Exhibition 2019 This week we had our Grade 6 students taking part in their Exhibition - the culmination of the Primary Years Programme. I hope you managed to come along and see what they have been involved in over the past 8 weeks and all of the hard work they have...