by Nisreen KHALIL | Dec 13, 2018 | Front Page, Kindergarten 3 (GS)
K-3 applied what they learned in the Arabic language lesson. As all students liked the corn, they painted the corn grain, cut it, and hung it with a piece of wood as an application to the letter of dhal, and how much joy was on their faces.
by Ann Gaillard | Dec 13, 2018 | Front Page, The Head's Blog
What an adventure on the high seas it has been! This year’s musical, Lady Pirates of the Caribbean, was a dream come true because for years we’ve wanted to do a pirate-themed show. With such a strong female cast (and our two faithful gents!), it only made...
by Ann Gaillard | Dec 13, 2018 | Front Page, Secondary Team Leader
At ABIS we believe that parents play a very important role at all stages of a child’s education. We appreciate how our parents take time off from their busy schedules to support and advocate for their children. One good example was the three-way conferences held...
by Liezel BOSHOFF | Dec 11, 2018 | ECC, Front Page, The Grades
This week we looked at illustrations in books from Eric Carl and used that as our motivation to create our own prints. It was clear that the students didn’t really understand exactly what a pattern is, so we did some research. We walked around the school and...
by Nisreen KHALIL | Dec 6, 2018 | Front Page, Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS)
After K-3 students learned the DAL letter and related short and long sounds and new vocabulary around the DAL they did an activity about it. Each of them designed a worm cut and paste and wrote the name of a worm. Students enjoyed this work.
by Ann Gaillard | Dec 6, 2018 | Front Page, Primary Team Leader, Secondary Team Leader
Last Thursday, the ABIS staff had two great in-house professional development sessions. After attending an Orton Gillingham workshop in Dubai, Ms. Sarah shared ways to better understand the complexities of the English language. She provided some strategies on teachers...
