by webtester | Feb 13, 2014 | Front Page, The Grades, The Head's Blog
Congratulations to all the students, from kindergarten to grade 11, who put in such wonderful effort at today’s Sports Day at Sohar Aluminium. The weather started off beautifully–looked like it was going to be the best day yet for this annual...
by webtester | Feb 13, 2014 | Front Page, The Grades, The Head's Blog
Courtesy of Mr. Mohammed, here are some great pictures of the top finishers from all the races. Click here to see the pictures in a gallery (you’ll need to if you’re viewing this page on an iPad or if you want to download any/all of the images).
by webtester | Feb 5, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary History
This week in History class, grade 7 began reading Crispin. This novel of historical fiction by the renowned teen author Avi is about a boy living in medieval times in England. It is an outstanding portrait of life in the Middle Ages, told from the point of view of a...
by webtester | Jan 23, 2014 | Grade 9, Secondary History
Grade 9 students have begun the enormous task of trying to wrap their minds around the causes of the First World War. This “seminal catastrophe”, as one historian has written, began one hundred years ago. Thanks to its controversial ending (which the...
by webtester | Jan 15, 2014 | Grade 8, Secondary History
This week in Humanities grade 8 students spent a considerable amount of time watching this advertisement from Apple: We didn’t watch this because their teacher is a huge fan of Apple (though I am), but rather as an introduction to our new topic, propaganda....
