It’s the final countdown to ABIS’ PYP Exhibition in approximately 3 weeks! Additionally, first semester reports will be made available electronically today with a message from our student management system (Managebac). Believe it or not, your child(ren) has approximately 16 more weeks of being a primary student. Hello secondary!! Please note that Lastly, please find photographs from this week, including our excursion to Sohar Aluminium through the following link: G6 W20 in Pictures.
School Events – Important Dates
- Swimming (PE) = Sundays for girls and Wednesdays for boys
- First Term Reports = Thursday, February 1, 2024
- School Photographs = Monday & Tuesday, February 5 – 6, 2024
- Local Farm: Khadija Al Ghaithi’s father’s farm–Excursion = Sunday, February 11, 2024
- Barcelo Resort: G6 overnight trip to Mussanah = Wednesday & Thursday, February 14 – 15, 2024
- PYP Exhibition = Tuesday & Wednesday, February 20 – 21, 2024 [Please note that there will be a special time in the evening reserved for G6 parents and their families.]
- Term Break = Sunday – Thursday, February 25 – 29, 2024
- Student-Led Conferences = Tuesday & Wednesday, March 12 -13, 2024
Exhibition (or Literacy + UoI) Summary
This week, students continued to work on their exhibition projects using all of their AtL skills. We went deep (literally and figuratively)! As part of our direct instruction, teachers guided students to develop self-management skills by creating or adapting a calendar: PYPX Calendar. Students reflected on each other’s progress through a thinking protocol: Step Inside. Students also self-assessed their progress according to Trevor Mackenzie’s Types of Student Inquiry.
Numeracy Summary
This week, students continued to work on developing their understanding of the relationship between decimals and fractions working to convert decimals into fractions to calculate quotients. Today, students began to explore number theory by defining–with examples–even and odd numbers and how they relate to addition.
Anything Else
This week, students (and their parents) could access Agency Centers in order to provide a chance for students to exercise their agency and to ensure that all students would not miss out on any learning due to a meeting with a mentor or anything else. As one important way to better connect school with home, please talk with your child(ren) about their project, their meeting with a mentor, the inquiry process and so on.
Last (but not least), students participated in an excursion outside school and classroom walls at Sohar Aluminium. This was a wonderful and rich learning experience enjoyed by all! Many thanks to the team at Sohar Aluminium for being such gracious hosts!!