Welcome to Grade 11
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,...
Analysis of poems تحليل القصائد الشعرية
G9 students participated in analyzing some poetic poems related to the unit’s title (Rhetoric among the Arabs). The poem included an art of praise. The students analyzed the verses by analyzing the vocabulary, meanings, beauty, and ideas.
G11-G12 Physics and Math
India launches its first mission to the Sun: The Aditya-L1 craft will improve our understanding of solar activity including the solar wind and solar flares.
Developing mathematical mindset
Flexibility and Conceptual Thinking Are Required When Working with Numbers We seek to discern patterns in the cosmos and comprehend its rhythms. But when children enter school and are exposed to a dry set of procedures they believe they just have to accept and...
Grade 11 Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS)
Grade 11 students should now be engaged in meaningful CAS experiences related to one or more of our strands: creativity, activity, and service. They have been thoroughly introduced to the aims and expectations of CAS and should understand how to submit proposals...
Word of the Day
As a vocabulary building exercise, I have instituted a "word of the day" competition in the DP classes. Each class, we start off with a word (usually drawn from SAT vocabulary lists), which the students then need to define and provide an example for. They earn points...
Oliver Twist. أوليفر تويست
G9 students analyzed a novel from world literature entitled (Oliver Twist), linking its events to a global issue, which is poverty and ill-treatment of shelter children. Each student began after sharing the reading, identifying the most important points, and forming...
Literature
We are already finishing up our first unit in DP year 1 English and Literature. We have been studying film reviews, returning to our first unit from grade 10, but this time as critical readers rather than creators. From next week, we will be starting our first novel....
Introduction to IB Diploma Chemistry
The grade 11 chemistry students have finished their orientation to DP Chemistry. As part of the Pre-IB Chemistry requirements at ABIS, the students sat for a baseline test. they have also been involved in a series of laboratory investigations that have equipped them...
Grade 11 DP Biology
Inquiry is a fundamental part of the DP biology course and for our year 11 students, their inquiry skills were fully tested over the week. Students had been exploring the origin of the cell, the impact of technology on discovery, especially its impact on understanding...
Math is everywhere
It is true that mathematics is taught in a variety of settings outside of school and daycare. Young generation encounters many significant mathematics situations on a daily basis, and there are many approaches to support their early mathematical ability development....
G11 Math AA HL and SL
Hi All, We discussed about functions and their domain and range. Students learned how to use their graphhing displaying calculators (GDC) to draw the graphs of the functions. Additionally, HL students worked on how to solve simultaneous equations by using matrixes and...
Rhetoric and Literature البلاغة والأدب
Unit (Rhetoric and Literature among theArabs) During this unit, students will discuss in global contexts, the most important main concepts, related concepts, and a series of research and investigation. The students worked in groups to discuss this in addition to the...
Welcome to DP Biology!
The DP journey begins for our new DP students and the week has been very eventful. The motivation of students in the first week of school is encouraging and the students have started a smooth switch from MYP to DP. We spent time in the lab introducing students to...
First week Done
Well, they have been DP students for an entire week and there has been no irreplicable damage, nothing was even set on fire. So, we may make it through this thing. Truthfully, our new grade 11s have started the program well. They entered with just the right amount of...
The importance of Prior Knowledge in Mathematics
To activate students’ prior knowledge, a constructivist mindset helps students draw on prior experiences and knowledge so they can create new meanings and new learning can take place. In some cases, certain strategies are more effective when used within the subject....
Welcome Back!
Hello and welcome to a new school year! I hope that you have all had wonderful and rewarding summer holidays! It has been a pleasure to welcome you back this week and I am looking forward to another great year at ABIS. This school year I will be teaching both Grade...
A successful beginning for all our students, and a week full of enthusiasm and work, for all my students in G8/G9/G10/G11, as we have begun preparing for the subjects of Arabic language and Islamic education, wishing everyone an academic year full of success and achievementA successful beginning for all our students, and a week full of enthusiasm and work, for all my students in G8/G9/G10/G11, as we have begun preparing for the subjects of Arabic language and Islamic education, wishing everyone an academic year full of success and achievement
A successful beginning for all our students, and a week full of enthusiasm and work, for all my students in G8/G9/G10/G11, as we have begun preparing for the subjects of Arabic language and Islamic education, wishing everyone an academic year full of success and...