by Simone AFFLECK | Feb 18, 2021 | Grade 3
We started the week seeing some examples of weaving that Rawnaq brought to school. Her Grandmother and uncle showed her how to weave with date leaves. The surprise of ice blocks to celebrate our efforts for the Walkathon last week was most welcome! What a fantastic...
by Michael CLARK | Feb 18, 2021 | Grade 3, The Grades
Students in grade 3 celebrated Oman week with lots of fun activities that embraced Omani culture. Ms Khadija explained the customs connected to serving coffee and dates. We learnt to serve the coffee to guests with the right hand and to eat an odd number of dates. Ms...
by Margot SIMONDS | Feb 18, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS), Library
Don’t forget that our latest Scholastic Book Club is now online at https://world-schools.scholastic.co.uk/al-batinah-international/digital-book-club. There are hundreds of fantastic children’s books to choose from, and every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club...
by Margot SIMONDS | Feb 12, 2021 | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library
This week in Information Literacy classes we have continued our unit on Digital Citizenship, looking at how to read news online, how what we do online leaves a digital trail or track, evaluating what we see online to know if it is real or fake, and how to chat safely...
by Simone AFFLECK | Feb 11, 2021 | Grade 3
We have enjoyed a wonderful Oman Week in Grade 3. On Sunday we learned how to make Omani coffee and then experienced the custom of having coffee and dates. Did you know you are supposed to eat an odd number of dates? We had fun dressing up in the colours of the Oman...
by Andrew COOPER | Feb 11, 2021 | Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Primary P.E.
We couldn’t take the students out to explore Oman, so we designed games that involved bringing Oman into our school grounds. The students especially loved the assault course where the had to cross Jebel Shams and successfully carry their water over the sand...
