by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 8, MYP, Secondary English
In the past couple of weeks, our grades 7 and 8 language acquisition students have learned to use similes and adjectives to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ something. This culminated in a descriptive writing assessment to finish off our unit on...
by Rachel HOWES | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 8, MYP
Grade 8 have been sharing ideas about national identities in French. This week they worked together to generate ideas for marketing traditional food to an international audience and were very creative in their role plays and presentations. We all learned lots from...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 8, MYP, Secondary Science, The Grades
This week grade 8 Scientists continued to investigate ecosystems. To fuel their inquiries further they went on a field trip to Wadi Hibi. Here they could see first hand how the physical environment (abiotic) influences the living (biotic) life that grow there. Before...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 16, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, MYP, Parent Liaison Committee
This week Blue Dolphins captains & deputy captains led activities during advisory time. This will become more regular and varied throughout the rest of the academic year as student involvement, creativity & leadership is encouraged. “We wanted to do...
by Cary MARKIN | Oct 15, 2019 | Dance, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, MYP, Secondary Dance, Secondary Visual Arts
The MYP Arts performance has been moved to Thursday during the primary assembly time. We look forward to showing our creative products to the entire primary school and the ABIS community. The students have been working hard to create three art pieces simultaneously...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 10, 2019 | Grade 8, The Grades
This week grade 8 Scientists were developing their research skills. They were collaboratively investigating wetland ecosystems & creating presentations to communicate their findings.
