by Guinee KAGIE | Feb 18, 2026 | Grade 1
This week we continued exploring the world of shapes. We are deepening our understanding of 2D and 3D shapes while enthusiastically building our own 2D Shape City. In our unit, we also investigated who the helpers in our community are and why they are important. In...
by Susan LOPEZ | Feb 16, 2026 | ECC, Grade 1
This week in How We Organize Ourselves, we explored how communities are built and how people work together to help our community run smoothly. As part of our learning, students worked together to create a class community display using 2D shapes. We used circles,...
by Karima ELSAYED | Feb 11, 2026 | ECC, Front Page, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, School Photos
At Al Batinah International School (ABIS), we are pleased to share that this week we have begun an important phase of the Ministerial Assessments for Grades 1 and 2, covering a range of essential skills in alignment with the standards of the Ministry of...
by Sian ATHERTON | Feb 11, 2026 | Grade 1
With just 4 days this week we still managed to do as much as possible and the students have worked very hard so deserve a good 3 day break. We continue to do daily phonic, sound blending, word and sentence work. Our reading groups are settling into a rhythm and...
by Sylvia ARRESOLA | Feb 11, 2026 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Turning downtime into a learning experience is less about adding new tasks and more about shifting your perspective on “free time” to foster connection, curiosity, and self-regulation. For the Parent: Modeling and Reflecting Downtime is a prime opportunity...
by Guinee KAGIE | Feb 10, 2026 | Grade 1
We began a new unit called “How We Organise Ourselves,” and over the next few weeks, we will explore how people in a community work together to meet their needs and wants. We started by asking the questions: “What is a community? Who and what can we find in a...
