by Wayne Hampton | Mar 8, 2015 | News Flash, The Head's Blog
We are happy to share that the Council of International Schools (CIS) were really positive about the school after their four day visit last week. They praised the high level of skill and commitment (hard work) of our staff, the strength of our PYP programme, our...
by Wayne Hampton | Feb 25, 2015 | News Flash, Secondary History, The Head's Blog
Since opening back in 2008, our school staff have put a huge amount of time and energy into making ABIS better in all respects. Though our efforts to get better will never stop, we are now approaching a standard where we feel that we can seek accreditation from CIS,...
by Wayne Hampton | Feb 21, 2015 | News Flash, Secondary Team Leader, The Head's Blog
An exciting development at ABIS. Our contracted builders, Target, have done a fantastic job in expanding the SLS (Secondary Learning Suite), which will be open for the first time tomorrow. The Secondary building has nearly doubled in space and will provide a lot of...
by | Feb 12, 2015 | Front Page, Oman Week, Primary Team Leader, Secondary Team Leader, The Head's Blog
This from a grade seven student, who was snagged as soon as he arrived! This week I went on a camel trek through the desert. The hardest thing was the last day because we walked more than 12 kilometres. Everyone had red, puffy faces. I liked riding the camels. My best...
by | Feb 12, 2015 | Front Page, The Head's Blog
What a brilliant week! I thought the best way to round off the week was to ask the kids themselves what they liked best about Oman Week. Here are their answers. FEY LADYBIRDS Lawrence: My favourite thing today was I caught some fish. I can’t see them in the...
by | Feb 12, 2015 | Front Page, Primary Team Leader, Secondary Team Leader, The Head's Blog
From Ms Fitch: We got the sports going and they (the kids) are having a brilliant time. Right now we are doing kayak races with the grade 6 class. We had pizza last night which was a great treat and we were treated to a concert around the fire by Peter (Mr...