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Castles and Dragons…
Dear Parents Students have been learning to write a fiction story. The process has taken some time as we spent a week on each element of the narrative; introduction, setting, character description, dialogue, action and conclusion. We also worked through the editing...
New UOI
This week the students tuned in to their new unit of inquiry, How We Organise Ouselves. They looked at new vocabulary, watched videos and completed activities that made them identify needs and wants, producers and consumers, money and trade as key words. We have...
Student assemblies, graduation, community dinner and more.
Dear parents, We had our first student assembly for Grades 5 and 6. It was wonderful to see students performing in front of staff and parents. Over the next two weeks, the other primary grades will be holding their assemblies. Please do attend your child’s special...
Renewable Energy in Grade 4KL
Not all energy is good energy, as Grade 4 is discovering. The most common fuels used to make electricity are fossil fuels and these are harmful to the environment. This week we learnt about renewable energy sources and we made windmills. Windmills are used in wind...
Grade 2 week 34
Art Unit of Inquiry PE Literacy: Writing
Patterns in nature and seeds
We had a week full of learning in different ways. Interesting observations were made and new questions bloomed to guide our inquiry on how living things depend on other living things.
G6 Week 34 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, Good afternoon and Happy Thursday. As you all know, our PYP Exhibition is the main focus of our learning at the moment. This is a capstone project bringing together all that students have learned throughout primary school. We are in...
G5 – Arguments, Assessments and Assembly!
Another busy week for Grade 5 students. The week started off with debates from the issues students explored in their persuasive essay. Teams went head to head to find out if the proposition or opposition could present the most persuasive arguments. They were so...
End of Year Book Return Dates and Last Scholastic Book order for Summer!!
The last day for student library check out will be June 2nd, and all books to be returned to the library by June 9th. Reminder: The ABIS library policy for lost books is: Any damaged or lost book must be replaced by the student by whom it was checked out to last....
Testing Time of Knowledge and Understanding
The Grade 10’s have been sitting their end of MYP eAssessments these last 2 weeks with the last examination tomorrow - yeehaw. They have been demonstrating how they have used their conceptual understanding and knowledge across a range of disciplines. They have also...
Grade 10 Individuals and Societies
Grade 10 I&S students have begun a summative task that will require them to write an analytical research paper of a minimum of 1,000 words. Given that a majority of students have chosen to take the DP Global Politics course next school year, we have decided to...
Grade 8 English and Individuals And Societies
In English we finished reading the book ‘Red Scarf Girl,’ and discussed how it traced the growth into adulthood of the author. We discussed the harrowing experiences that she had and how she came to the decision that she would look after her family rather than...
Another Great Week
Tuqa Maryam Maryam teaching Manuela about creating with rainbow loops.
The Egyptian Cast..
Dear Parents This week students performed and recorded their Egyptian play. They worked well together by listening and collaborating. They also had lots of fun and giggles throughout the process.
ABIS Community Dinner, exams, temperature checks and more
Dear parents, This week has seen Grade 10 students sitting the IB MYP online assessments. They have worked hard towards this moment, and we believe they will do well. The Grade 12 IB Diploma exams are halfway completed, and the students are managing the examinations...
Working together in Grade 1!
This week we’ve continued to inquire about living things. Is a tree alive? What about a turtle? A rock? What makes something living or nonliving? Stay tuned as we keep finding out!
Lights, camera, action!
This week the students started recording their Ancient Egypt play. They wore fabulous consumes, remembered their lines (mostly) and showed their knowledge and understanding of the unit through a creative, group written script. Here is a look at how amazing they looked...
G6 Week 33 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, Good afternoon and Happy Thursday. This is an important notice. Please see below for your convenience a direct translation into Arabic as well as this English version. As you all know, our PYP Exhibition is the main focus of our learning at...
University Website Updates
Hello parents, I wrote about the university website a few weeks ago, but thought it would be useful to share it again as much has been added, amended and improved. There are three main functions for you as parents to check out. The first is the calendar. I post new...
Grade 2 Week 33
Show and tell Swimming and diving Active listening Class groups : Creativity
Grade 10 Students: Completing the eAssessment Process
The grade 10 students have taken all but their science and interdisciplinary on-screen exams this week. For those that are counting, that leaves two exams to take next week, SCIENE on Thursday afternoon and INTERDISCIPLINARY on Friday afternoon. I am sorry for any...
The Head's Blog
Student assemblies, graduation, community dinner and more.
Dear parents, We had our first student assembly for Grades 5 and 6. It was wonderful to see students performing in front of staff and parents. Over the next two weeks, the other primary grades will be holding their assemblies. Please do attend your child’s special...
ABIS Community Dinner, exams, temperature checks and more
Dear parents, This week has seen Grade 10 students sitting the IB MYP online assessments. They have worked hard towards this moment, and we believe they will do well. The Grade 12 IB Diploma exams are halfway completed, and the students are managing the examinations...
Book week, DP exams, clothing and more
Dear parents, This has been a wonderful week for primary students with a number of activities surrounding books. It has been great fun with students dressing up as their favourite word and as their favourite characters. Thanks to all those who organised and supervised...
Grade 12 final day of class.
Dear parents This week was important as today was the final day of class for our Grade 12 students. From next Sunday until the exams begin on April 28, the students will be busy preparing and studying. Today is the culmination of a 12-year journey from Grade 1 to 12....
Surveys and reports
Dear parents, I am pleased to say that the Arabic version of the school website is now online. You can access this by clicking the top right-hand button on the school webpage. This is a good development for the school community in providing greater access to the...
Ramadan and other items
Dear parents, For those who celebrate Ramadan, I wish you a Holy Month and a time of peace and joy with your family, Ramadan Kareem! We have found that this week the temperatures have increased, and we are keeping a close eye on the children during break time. They...
Oman week, Iftar and more
Dear parents, This has been a very successful week with the secondary students enjoying Oman Week. A number of excellent day trips were held and by all accounts the students and staff very much enjoyed themselves. Last night a large group of secondary students and...
Oman week and more items of interest
Dear parents, This week we have been busy with Oman week in the Primary. The students have had great fun, and excellent learning has taken place. It’s wonderful to see the children so excited by the activities in their homerooms. Thank you to all the teachers who have...
Student led conferences and more
Dear parents, This week has been wonderful for students and parents alike as we held the Student-Led Conferences. Yesterday and today we had a large number of parents visiting the school to see their children's class work and hear them explain what they have been...
MOE visit and more
Dear parents, This morning we were pleased to host Dr Khadija, the Deputy Director-General for Private Schools (MOE), and several other MOE officials for a tour of the school. Dr Khadija said that she was impressed by the quality of education being offered at ABIS,...
DG visit and more
Dear parents, We have been informed that the Director-General of the Private Schools Department of the Ministry of Education plans to visit the school next Thursday morning. We are of course pleased to have the DG visit us and will be showing him and his advisors...
Coffee mornings & recycling
Dear parents, This was a shorter week than usual but it was wonderful to have all our Primary students back at school! It is very evident that the students and teachers are very pleased to be back, and from the conversations I have had with parents, they are as well!...