Welcome to Grade 11
Happy World Kindness Day!
On November, Monday 13th, the school celebrated World Kindness Day. For this occasion, the Secondary Student Council and the Primary Student Leadership Team planned a simple but sweet activity so we could all show kindness to the people around us and enjoy some...
Music and the Brain
Albert Einstein. Brian May. Francis Arnold. James P. Allison. Beyond their contributions to science and technological advancements, what do these people have in common? They were all musicians. There has always been anecdotal evidence about Musicians and...
Sizeable MUN Delegation to Attend TSSMUN at The Sultan’s School
Next week the ABIS MUN club will be traveling to The Sultan’s School in Muscat for the TSSMUN Conference. We are excited to bring a large delegation of 14 students to represent our school at this event. TSSMUN is recognized as one of the leading MUN events in Oman...
Grade 11 IBDP Biology
Substances move in and out of cells by various mechanisms. As biologists it is important to understand the processes by which substances move in and out of the cells in our body. Understanding these mechanisms is the first step at understanding how the immune system...
Secondary students present Time-based Art
On November 13 at 6:00pm, secondary students will be presenting Coffee House, a time-based Arts exhibition. For our inaugural night, the selected performances will be Music students from Grade 10-12. All performances will be works the students have been preparing...
MUN Club Receives Visit From UN Peacekeeper
This week, the ABIS Model United Nations club had the exciting opportunity of welcoming Lt. Colonel Ella Van Den Heuvel as a guest speaker. Lt. Col. Van Den Heuvel graciously shared her insights and experiences as a United Nations peacekeeper, leaving us all with a...
What makes a style of Music cultural?
In Grade 11, the DP Music students are beginning AOI 1: Music for Socio-Political and Cultural Expression. But what makes Music cultural? Is it the instruments used? But then how do you explain the different cultures that use the same instruments? Is it the...
Coffee House: ABIS’s Time-Based Art Night
On November 13 at 6:00 PM, ABIS will be hosting the first Coffee House. Come celebrate the Music students as they share their current works-in-progress and hear from our student rock band, The Sand Monkeys. The students would love your support. Enjoy your Fall...
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Grade 7 Service as Action, read below. Thank you for your support.
Literary criticism النقد الأدبي
During this week, G9 students studied the standards of literary criticism for poetic texts, the employees or elements of criticism in terms of ideas, structure, words, methods, imagination and statement, creativity, the emotion of the text, judgments and values.
How can I work hard in math?
Strategies for Difficult Math Problems — and Beyond Do something. Yeah, the problem is hard. ... Simplify the problem. Try smaller numbers and special cases. ... Reflect on successes. You've solved lots of problems. ... Focus on what you haven't used yet. ... Work...
Grade 11 Biology
The grade 11s are fully immersed in their biology coursework now with each passing day. The current focus is on building a solid foundation to the understanding of movement of materials through cells. In order to enrich their learning experience, students shared their...
DP Visual Art
The DP Visual Artists have been working hard on their individual final pieces - showing elements of their identity through these creative painting compositions. They have effectively used oil, watercolour and acrylic paints in these interesting art pieces.
Grade 11 Chemistry: Rainbow flames!
The grade 11 chemistry class continues to develop their mathematical and experimental/Inquiry skills through lab investigations and practical work. This is essential in their preparation for the 10 Hour...
Service as Action – School supplies donation
Thank you to all who have already given! . We need more, a lot more! Here is a reminder about the purpose of the Grade 9 Service as Action activity. Thank you to donate unused school supplies. They don't have to be new but they should not have been used...
Sold out!
The Secondary Student Council's first bake sale of the school year was a HUGE success! We sold everything, to the last crumb! Thank you to the students (and families) who baked and thank you to all who bought the yummy treats. The money, kept in the school safe, will...
Service as Action – Grade 9 advisory class.
In support of Takaful Charity located in Sohar. Up until October break, Grade 9 will be collecting school supplies. (glue sticks, pairs of scissors, pens and pencils, colours, pencil cases, highlighters, sharpeners, erasers) There will be boxes in the 3 atriums in...
A murder mystery
I am working on different strategies for permanent learning. Generally, it is relatively easy to prepare an inquiry-based learning activity for a topic that students do not know but it is hard to do with a review lesson. Yesterday, we did a review session (Escape...
What is Modulation?
For the past few weeks, the Grade 11 DP Music students have been diving into the foundations of Music theory and the Mathematics that governs western tonality. To finish up, they have been asked to analyze and dissect the famous Cello suite no. 1 in G Major by J.S....
Bake sale – Wednesday 4th Octobre
The Secondary Student Council is organising a bake sale on Wednesday 4th Octobre at break and lunch time. Primary students will be able to buy goods at the Oasis and Secondary students will be able to buy goods in the LC2 atrium. Remember to bring small cash,...