And we are nearly done!

Almost done! The houses have solar panels, wind power and have plots of organic vegetables in the yard, even a pond with some! Built from the renewable resource of bamboo, these houses are energy efficient and environment friendly. Started during the UOI on Energy,...

Passionate About Governments

And it was time yet again for our students to present Passion Projects. Today it was Alla and Courtney. Alla chose to share a poster illustrating the Omani government and Courtney wrote a book about the South African government. Photos taken by the children.

Friday and Saturday to be weekend holidays

Friday and Saturday to be weekend holidays Dear Parents, As you all are aware, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has issued a directive to adjust weekend holidays to fall on Friday and Saturday, beginning May 1 2013. Obviously, this change will also affect the school...

One minute data

So this week Grade 4 looked at data collection and representation. “How many times does your heat beat every day?” was their opening investigation. During the course of inquiry, students worked out how often their hearts beat in a minute – and this...

How many heartbeats in a minute….

Grade Four students have started a unit on Data investigation. They are working on what kind of information they can feasibly collect and the ways in which they can represent this information. The unit was kicked off with the question: “How many times will your...

Landscaping

Students have nearly completed their houses. Many are working on the landscaping – determining what plants would work, where paths would go and even some ponds are being designed. Enjoy the pictures!