by Wayne Hampton | Jun 13, 2013 | Secondary Team Leader
‘Tempus fugit’ is a Latin expression that roughly translates into time flies and indeed that has been the case this year. I cannot believe the school year is nearly up: 180 days of teaching and learning and the numerous activities, events, assemblies,...
by Wayne Hampton | May 30, 2013 | Secondary Team Leader
The big news for the week was our IB Diploma authorisation, which has been a focal point for much of this and last year. It is crucial for students to be aware of exactly where their studies are leading them. In this case it is the Diploma Programme, aimed at 16 to 18...
by Wayne Hampton | May 23, 2013 | Secondary Team Leader
We have recently been focusing on improving student learning resources and have invested in Questia and Brainpop. Questia is a powerful online library of ebooks and electronic articles that supports teaching and study and is of the appropriate level for our students....
by Michael CARBERRY | May 16, 2013 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Primary P.E., Secondary Team Leader
A fantastic effort this week by our girl’s and boy’s basketball teams in Muscat. The boy’s team travelled to Muscat on Monday where they played in a round robin with 5 other teams. Being a first for many of our players the boys started nervously in...
by Wayne Hampton | May 16, 2013 | Secondary Team Leader, The Head's Blog
We are really proud of the Secondary School students who represented ABIS at TAISM this week in basketball tournaments. It is the first time that students have participated against other schools in this sport and naturally they felt intimidated by the idea and...
by Wayne Hampton | May 9, 2013 | Secondary Team Leader, The Head's Blog
It has been a week of visits and inspections for the Secondary School with a sudden visit from an IGCSEÂ examination inspector and a scheduled visit by an IB Verification Team. The IB Verification Team were in school on Sunday and Monday and led a very thorough...
