by Kirsten LLOYD | Mar 22, 2024 | The Grades
Two weeks ago, ABIS hosted its first MUN conference. While a small affair between ABIS and ABQ students, the goal is to grow the event into something for multiple schools in the Sohar area. Some of the students were seasoned veterans while others were trying the...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Mar 7, 2024 | The Grades
This Sunday, the grade 9s had the joy of heading down to Muscat to enjoy SnowOman in connection to Oman Week. As a teacher, it is always a gift to get to know the students outside of the classroom, and watching these students turn into giddy and giggly kids did not...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Feb 15, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
In Music, the grade 8s have been looking into the modern music business and look how pieces are built today. While original work is still being produced, three musical structures have been growing in popularity. When an artist takes an existing song and remakes it,...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Community and Service, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In a PBL (Project Based Learning), the Grade 9 practiced their fledgling composition skills through the lens of Advocacy Music. Each student selected a Sustainable Development Goal to use as stimuli for their compositions. As a class, we focused on how to use timbre,...
by Kirsten LLOYD | Jan 25, 2024 | Grade 8, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
The grade 8 students have been wrapping up a long unit looking at the musical styles and genres of the Americans. Starting with understanding the historical impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the Northern and Southern American continents, the students looked...
