Welcome to Grade 11
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...
Hello, from your new MYP Science/ DP chemistry Teacher
Dear Students and Parents, I hope this message finds you well. It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I introduce myself as your new teacher starting this academic year. My name is Mr Duncan Makori and This is my 13th year teaching Chemistry and science. Am...
Welcome back to school!
It is the beginning of a new academic year and I hope you all had a wonderful summer break. I am very excited to teach you for this new academic year again in ABIS. We expect to continue with our lessons immediately we finish with normal house-keeping activities next...
A Warm Welcome Back!
Dear parents and students, Welcome back to ABIS for another wonderful year of learning. I hope you have had a wonderful summer break and that you are as excited to be back as I am. We have been busy preparing our lessons and learning spaces and all we need now is to...
Major milestones and more
The grade 11s have officially checked off at least two of their major assessments from the DP, the extended essay and the music internal assessment. This is a great accomplishment and we are so proud to see how well they have handled the first year of the course. Next...
Maintaining a Focus on Learning Until the End of the Year
There is a lot to learn in a year of chemistry and we have been focusing every day to make sure to learn everything about the chemistry of acids and bases. This week we did our last lab of the year and our last test will be next week. I congratulate my dedicated and...
Math and Physics IAs started.
G11 students have decided on their IA topics for Math and Physics. They will start writing the math IA by the end of this week and they will start collecting data for the Physics IA after the summer holiday.
A little quiet space…
For teachers, it is a busy time of year and there are not enough hours in the day! But it also provides a good opportunity to reflect, as we write up reports and review our practices through the year. As students, you should do the same. Most tests, summatives and...
Music IA done in 3…..2……1…..
In the DP SL Music course, there are three main assessments that are submitted to the IB over the course of the two years; the External Assessment, the Presenting Performance recordings, and the Internal Assessment. Each of these major benchmarks account for 1/3 of...
Congratulations to all the Music students!
Congratulations to all the students who performed yesterday! Your hard work, dedication, and focus was incredible to see on stage last night. From the littlest students to the oldest, you all have reasons to be proud of what you have accomplished this semester. You...
The EE is in the bag!
Congratulations to the Grade 11s! This morning they submitted the final copy of the Extended Essays, a major component of the Diploma Program. They have been working diligently for months and today they handed them in. Many thanks to all the staff, parents, friends,...
Recycling is back at ABIS!
It is our pleasure to announce that the Grade 11 CAS students have successfully re-established a recycling program here at ABIS. We are currently able to collect clean and sorted recyclable paper, plastic and metal cans with bins located in each Learning Center, the...
Go Green!
The girls of the Green house - Leopards - won the Secondary Volleyball House Competition this morning! It is a big moment for the Green house and the 1st of many more wins .... Go Green .... Go Leopards!
4 weeks to go! Finish strong
While exams and tests may be coming to an end, there is still work to do. Important stuff that you will need next year. So are you going to slack off or put in the time and effort? Beleive me, teachers are so busy right now with year-end administration and...
Working: Together and as Individuals
Succeeding in school takes effort. This effort is sometimes within groups of students and, at other times, it is an individual effort. I have included a few pictures of here of the grade 9 students in advisory and a chemistry lab. It was a busy week, that felt more...
End of the End-of-Year Exams
It has been a busy and intense week for the grade 11s as they have had their first mock exams. With most of the exams crunched into four days, the exams just kept coming. However, they have managed wonderfully. Over the course of the next few weeks, those results will...