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Writing Procedures And Making Things
As part of learning about systems, the children's task was to make things and write up the procedures. They had a lot of fun. https://youtu.be/UIVUrRY0PBg Thank you Mr McBernie for helping to put together our Goldilocks and The Three Bears Rap. '
Practically Perfect Puppet Performances and Productions
Unit of Inquiry - Drama - Puppet Shows After a lot of hard work, the students have finally screened their puppet shows to the class. Each and every single one impressed us. Well done to everyone as your effort and creativity really showed. We wish we could share all...
Inspired by Van Gogh
We have been developing our observation skills this week in Grade 3 as we created our own paintings of our bedroom. We looked closely at one of Van Gogh’s paintings of his bedroom, discussed the techniques he used and then had a go at sketching our own. You should see...
June 17, Thursday – the last day
On Thursday at 12:20, we will host the Secondary Awards assembly, the final virtual meeting of the year. We will also say farewell to our leaving students and teachers. Also in the final week, grade 6 students will be joining the grade 7s to ask about life in...
Design
This week we have focused on mini projects to reinforce good design practices and have some fun. This week students prepared and presented their design sketches to ‘clients’ otherwise known as their classmates. In groups of 3 they took turns presenting their ideas and...
One last week for all!
Dear parents, We have now finished the week and I am sure that students and parents are all looking forward to the holidays at the end of next week. School reports will be issued on Wednesday via email and the students will finish school on Thursday at the normal...
Human Response to Environmental Problems
The last unit of grade 9 has been an opportunity to learn about the interconnectedness of all life on earth. The end of the unit has given us all to think about the problems in the world now and how to find solutions to them. We discussed the fact that our current...
Grade 3M Get Creative
Grade 3M mornings are busy with some of our favourite GoNoodle movement activities. Students graduated to a new character having completed the allocated videos. We then have 15 to read from Raz-Kids with group readers enjoying a book together. Students are encouraged...
Art,math and literacy in inquiry learning
This week the students have been studying and sitting their Arabic exams and still managed to finish off their mini math and ecosystems inquiry. Well done to you all. They decided on 2 important questions that would help them find data to do with their chosen...
K3 writing secret messages
The student have been having fun with beginning sounds and we’re decoding secret messages in class. We created our names using pictures for each sound After listening to the story, “ Neck & Neck, we made some funny drawings about a giraffe and folded it to make...
Arabic and Islamic exams:
During the week, the students made a great effort in studying and reviewing, to pass the final exams, and they had finished the Islamic and Arabic exams
The last week of school!
Dear Families, It is hard to believe that the last week of our school year is approaching. It's been a year of growth, collaboration and learning for everyone, and as we reflect on our time we can all be proud of our accomplishments. We have successfully navigated a...
K1 and K2 are still coming up with the goods
This week we have been working hard with our unit of inquiry senses, what is your favourite and worst smells. We had fun exploring shapes that we could not recognize and turned them into monsters. In maths we continue to explore numbers and created our own puzzles. We...
Surviving in Grade 1
Have you ever thought about what you really need? We had great fun designing our dream bedrooms. . . It was super easy to fill them wants and wishes. But . . . What if we were suddenly stranded on an island and could choose just 6 things to help us survive . . ....
Fitness Videos
For the past few weeks, we have been working on different fitness videos in our PE classes. We have done different types of videos: Cardio, Strength, Core/Abs, Yoga Meditation, Total body, Flexibility, and Bodyweight. The students then worked on making a fitness...
UNICEF food donations, probability, averages and Ecosystem art
Hi everyone, We are in our penultimate week all together as Grade 5 and we can't believe how quickly this year has gone. Well done to students who have completed their Omani exams in Arabic, Islamic studies and Omani social studies. What a busy week for you. Each...
Looking Ahead and Tuning In
The grade 10 have been looking forward to what the next 2 years will look like for their University entrance exams: the Diploma Programme or another 2-year program. They have been reviewing the practical skills that will be required in science and grading real student...
Grumpy the Goblin
Grumpy the Goblin has turned into a giant and the Grade 4 students are using their math skills to find a "shrinkinator" to turn him back to normal. They have had to solve puzzles about area, the names of shapes and perimeter. Who stole the "shrinkinator"? Ask a Grade...
Final exams : الاختبارات النهائية
During this week, all the students took their final exams for Islamic and Social Studies, which they passed smoothly and easily. They overcame all the challenges they faced throughout the year and did their best in studying. We wish them all the best ٠
Exhibition hits Radio Oman, Grade 6 Graduation and Exams!
The penultimate week has been packed full of exciting activities for Grade 6! Zainab from The Media Dilemma group was interviewed by Adam Cole of Oman FM and it will be on air very soon! Great example of action from Zainab as she spreads awareness of cyberbullying...
The Reading Never Stops in Grade 4
This week the students took a break from their Guided Reading sessions, but that doesn't mean reading took a back seat! Instead, the students performed a play called the Gingerbread Girl. In this story, the town is fearful because it seems the baker is, again, going...
The Second to the Last Week of Second Grade!
We learned about symmetry. We learned that we see symmetry all around us...like in our house! We also saw symmetry in butterfly wings and then made our own! We also looked for rainbows in our house and made our own. Can you see the rainbows?
Grade 6 exhibition and parent survey
Dear parents, We are now only two weeks away from the end of the school year and teachers and students are wrapping up for the year. With the final day of school on Thursday June 17, teachers will ensure that students are engaged and working up until then. The ABIS...
Not the end of the year yet…
The last two weeks are exciting but require a bit of focus. Please help encourage your children to keep working right up to the end. Upcoming events: Resource drop-off: Wed June 9 from 2-4 or Thur June 10 7:30-10 for textbooks, equipment or anything else that needs to...
Grade 2…Showbiz, Footlights and All That Jazz
UOI - Drama - Script Writing Our puppets, stages, sets and scripts are ready. Now to put it all together to make our final productions! Science - Light Refraction Exploring how light changes when it travels through water and air.
Design
It’s been a week of exploration for all students now that their summative assessments have been completed. Sketching is an important part of developing ideas. Students watched a YouTube video demonstrating effective product sketching techniques and then evaluated the...
It’s a rap of a week
This week we looked at rap being a form of poetry. The students found it was a great way of expressing their feelings and emotions using a lot of rhyme. After looking at a few famous rappers and what their good messages were we had a go at writing our own wrote rap...
Summer Time and Teen Well-Being
I read this article this week and am sharing it with you now because it was so helpful to me as I thought about the upcoming summer. The article as well as other useful information can be found here. Summer is here! For many teens, the unstructured days of summer...
Using Visual Art as a form of Expression
Part of our learning this week has been inquiring into how visual art can be used as a form of expression. We looked at Rodin’s famous sculpture ‘The Thinker’ and then used aluminum foil to sculpt our own sculpture of a person. Then we looked at our sculpture and...
Grade 3 Online Learning Review
The students in grade 3G have been creative and inventive this week. We have learnt lots of new things in UOI, English and Maths. We would like to share our success stories with you. As part of our unit of inquiry on inventors and inventions the students accepted the...
Blackout Poetry
Contrary to what it sounds like, blackout poetry is not about blacking out from reading poetry. Rather, it is an interesting form of 'found poetry' developed by Austin Kleon in 2005. In this method, poets take a printed document such as a newspaper or a magazine...
TOK Exhibition
This week, grade 11 students handed in their TOK Exhibition files. Students explored a variety of prompts through the themes of knowledge and religion, knowledge and politics, and knowledge and technology. The entries were interesting, thoughtful, and challenged...
Arabic MYP:advertising and media الدعايا والأعلام
During the last unit for G8 students about advertising and media and their study of how communication is a means of self-expression and its impact among people through scientific and technical means, the students did several formative assessments, and began a...
G9’s photo scavenger hunt.
Students in Grade 9 have finished their graphic novels and are now working on a mini-unit about photography. We started with two scavenger hunt activities, looking in and around our homes for examples of texture, pattern, color contrast, and value contrast. Students...
K1 & K2 just keep on working and having fun.
This week K1 and K2 have been busy continuing to expand their knowledge of letter names and sounds, L, E and G have been the main focus. They have continued to explore measurement by exploring size, opposites and construction. In counting they are progressing with our...
Significant Individuals of the Ancient Greek Civilization in I&S
Grade 7 I&S students recently finished researching and creating presentations on significant individuals of the Ancient Greek Civilization. They choose a person and included in their presentations background information, work and achievements, and their lasting...
Being balanced in Grade 1
We use our brain breaks to be balanced learners. We look after our brains by looking after our bodies. Welcome to a wellness weekend !
Reviewing Metric Units of Length
This week we reviewed converting between meters and other metric units of length like millimeters, centimeters and kilometers. Did you know that the metric system was developed in France and first introduced there in 1795? Ask your children what century that is!
G7 wraps up the year with printmaking!
Now that self-portraits are finished and all assessed tasks have been graded, students in Grade 7 are enjoying some more flexible, asynchronous art activities at home. We are exploring plastic bag monoprinting, fruit printing, and other techniques that make use of...
Yoga
The 7th, 8th, and 9th grades have been working on the Aesthetics Unit using yoga as the activate. One of the assessments was to perform and video themselves performing a short yoga routine. Here are some photos of their work.
Safari cams, Sign Language and Pie charts
Hello everyone, Quite a few students have been having internet problems this week - well done to everyone who has been trying to troubleshoot and still complete their learning. We understand it can be frustrating but are very impressed with your capabilities and...
Proof that air expands as it heats up
We all know that hot air rises. On Wednesday we were able to demonstrate that this was perfectly true. In an air conditioned room, the foil balloon was loose and floppy. Shortly after stepping out into 43° heat the balloon started to expand until it was completely...
PYP Exhibition website!
An inquiry that continued throughout the year for our students and finally you get to see all of the hard work on their website! After you have explored the website, please leave them an encouraging comment at the bottom of the Home page! Congratulations Grade 6...
PYP Exhibition is Ready!
Dear Families, This time of year is always a flurry of activity in schools, with end of year plans, report cards and completion of projects and assignments happening, in addition to the anticipation of summer holidays and the changes coming up next academic year. In...
Patterns, Rotations and Symmetry
We have been looking at symmetry and rotations and making patterns. Fortunately Sunshine Online has an activity connected to the maths book about rotating shapes, that allows us to make these amazing pictures! During our unit of inquiry, we continued to inquire about...
Multi-Skilled People
Last week while end of year assessments were taking place, Grade 3 were busy innovating and testing paper gliders to see which flew the furthest. We made at least 3 different paper planes, tested and measured the distance they flew, presented the results and created...
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:...
Grade 6 PYP Exhibition Website Goes Live!
In Grade 6, the students finish their primary education with the IB PYP Exhibition. This year, they have faced more challenges than usual, but have worked hard, persevered and produced the website you find below. This has been a year long process and the students have...
Throwback Thursday!
Some memories from the middle of the year! Come back next week for end of the year!
Looking Ahead and Tuning In
The grade 10 have been looking forward to what the next 2 years will look like for their University entrance exams: the Diploma Programme or another 2-year program. They have been reviewing the practical skills that will be required in science and grading a real...
The Head's Blog
One last week for all!
Dear parents, We have now finished the week and I am sure that students and parents are all looking forward to the holidays at the end of next week. School reports will be issued on Wednesday via email and the students will finish school on Thursday at the normal...
Grade 6 exhibition and parent survey
Dear parents, We are now only two weeks away from the end of the school year and teachers and students are wrapping up for the year. With the final day of school on Thursday June 17, teachers will ensure that students are engaged and working up until then. The ABIS...
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:...
Grade 12 Graduation and Online Learning
Dear parents, Today was an important day as we celebrated the graduation of our Grade 12 students. All came in with their parents individually and attended a ceremony that we broadcast live to their family and friends. It was a day of joy and celebration for these...
Graduation & MYP E-assessments
Dear parents, We only have a few more weeks to go before the end of the year, so please ensure your child/ren continue to apply themselves to their studies. Report cards will be issued on the second last day of school via email as per usual. This week the Grade 10...
News and next year’s school calendar
Dear parents, This week was unusual with the rain and storms sweeping across Oman. I hope that you are all safe and have not been inconvenienced. There are some who have had poor internet connections because of the storm and I want to reassure parents and students...
Admissions open
Dear parents, Another week online and all is moving ahead smoothly. When you read through the grade level posts in today’s broadcaster, there is good evidence that students and teachers are working well together in their learning journey. We do not know how long we...
A reminder to be safe
Dear parents, The week has gone well in classes with all teachers and students engaged in their learning. I have been hearing good accounts of student enthusiasm which is wonderful! Unfortunately, after having no Covid-19 in our teacher and student body, this week we...
A week online
Dear parents, Ramadan Mubarak! We have completed our first full week online. The technology has worked much better this week and the shortened timetable is also proving to be successful. The student led conferences this week were the highlight for students and...
A brief week online
Dear parents, I trust that everyone had a great long weekend. Our first week back with students learning online and students have made the transition with ease. While we would much prefer the students be at school, it is reassuring to know that students have been able...
