Week 4: Our Home-School Partnership

Dear Primary Families, What do parents and teachers agree on? I would like to think there are many areas of agreement, but key ones are that both parents and teachers want children to enjoy coming to school, they want children to be successful, and they want children...

Week 3: Building School Culture

Dear Primary Families, Now that we have completed 3 weeks at school I thought it would be a good opportunity to speak a little about one of the ways in which we build a positive classroom and school culture. At ABIS, we place great value in the IB PYP Learner...

Week 2: Parent Teacher Evening

Dear Primary Families, I would like to begin by thanking those of you that were able to attend last night’s Parent Teacher Evening. It was lovely to see so many of you and I hope you enjoyed having the chance to meet the teachers and find out a little more about the...

What a week!

Dear Primary Families, What a week! It was wonderful to welcome students back to school on Sunday morning and it was great to see so many smiles as friends greeted friends and our new students joined our ABIS community. Thank you to all the teachers and classroom...

Welcome Back!

Dear Primary Families, I am very pleased to welcome everybody back to a new and exciting school year at Al Batinah International School (ABIS).  I am honored to have the opportunity to take on the role of Acting Primary Team Lead and am very much looking forward to...