Welcome to the Grade 1
Getting back to school on Sunday!!!!
I am looking forward to seeing everyone face to face next week. It has been a long two weeks online. When we get back remember to wear your PE Kit to class, a hat, proper sports shoes, and a water bottle. We are still keeping our mask on in class and keeping social...
Looking forward to making more highlights!
Grade 1 is back . . . And on Sunday we will all be here, at school, learning, laughing and looking forward. We have already shared a lot of fun so let’s look back at some of the highlights as we get ready for what’s to come! Learning Buddies online Getting to know the...
Fun with Money
We have been doing a daily "Number of the day" challenge. One of the questions is about forming the amount with money. On Wednesday we had a lot of fun looking for the money from our home countries or places we had travelled to. If possible we tried to make 13- that...
Back Online
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Ms. Simonds and I had a chance to travel around Oman. What a beautiful country! We have been working online the last week and will be online for next week. Here are some reminders for our online class:...
2021 starts in Grade 1. By Cheryl Isles and Ancilla Willson
Welcome to a new year. Welcome back to school. . . It is great to see you all online but, it feels a bit lonely here with no children! There is no one to play with . . . The animals are wondering why it is so quiet. Where have all our children gone? We thought they...
Working up a storm in Grade 1. Cheryl Isles and Ancilla Willson.
This is our last post for 2020 -and we have been working up a storm in the countdown to the Winter Break. School has been ‘ normal’ in so many different ways this year but one thing has stayed the same . . . We are great learners and . . . We are busy learning! Covid...
Happy Holidays from Music
Have a wonderful holiday and a fantastic New Year! Enjoy this performance from the band by clicking on the picture below...
Dancing on the moon
Grade 1 has been studying rocks. All kinds of rocks. So we explored a really big rock, the moon. We watched videos of astronauts walking on the moon. Then we explored how to move heavy and how to move light. We even made little dances as if we were walking on the...
CHOIR & BAND
We are continuing practicing! Singing and playing at safe distance in the open air for future performances ( hopefully)!
Inquiry & Investigation in G1 Mrs Isles & Miss Ancilla
The grade ones have been learning about doing research by investigating and inquiring. They have been finding out about the characteristics of rocks and how they were formed. We have also been doing lots of measuring with a 1 metre piece of wool. We are estimating how...
School is cool in Grade 1
“ We think school is really cool, it’s a lot of fun Cos everyday we laugh and we play, School is number 1!” Wishing everybody a lovely long weekend celebrating Oman, and we’ll see you back at school on Sunday😊
World Record 1 Mile Challenge
Grade 4 students in PE this week were set the challenge of trying to beat the World Record for 1 Mile (1609 meters). This was set by a Morrocan athlete named Hicham El Guerrouj, with an amazing time of 3 minutes 43 Seconds. That's just over 4 laps of our athletic...
Music lessons in the open air!
Since we are back face to face the music lessons, singing and instruments playing has been taking place in the open air! Children are enjoying, singing and having fun while being outside.
Grade 1 celebrates Oman.
This was one major event even Covid could not keep down. Our children looked amazing as they arrived in their Omani clothes and colours today. After we have all suffered so many cancelations and disappointments because of the pandemic, we wanted to share this special...
What a great week in PE!
We were able to welcome Mr.Munn onto campus this week and I think it is fair to say that he was very impressed. It has been such a pleasure to see so many of our students back in PE. We have been able to enjoy the facilities and activities, whilst still maintaining...
The New Normal In Grade One!
Wow! It has only been 1 week and already everyone is following the health and safety protocol. It is different, but so good to be able to socialize, interact with each other and be active together. Thank you Manik for keeping our classroom extra clean. Despite Corona,...
“Hi ho, Hi ho it’s off to school we go …”
Welcome to Grade One back at school! Mrs Iles, Miss Nahla, Miss Ancilla and Miss Khadija are all feeling very excited to see you on Sunday. Here are some photos to show how school is organized to keep us safe from the Corona Virus. And remember to bring your IPad...
New Information for PE- Face to Face and Online
Good Afternoon, Starting on Sunday some students will be returning to school and some will be at home working online. For your PE classes, the students that will be at school you...
Inquisitive Inquirers in Grade 1
We started learning about rocks so that we can find out... what WE can "learn from rocks!" We were fortunate that Geologist Andy who was going to come to Oman before, was able to talk to us about Geology and rocks. Geologist Andy was talking to us from South Africa....
We Are All Unique and “Special Just The Way We Are!”
Wow! Grade One's have worked very hard this week, continuing to collect, represent and interpret data. They also completed a survey about online learning for Miss Ancilla to collect information. Thank you Grade Ones. We have enjoyed responding to Elmer's story and...