Welcome to Grade 9
NEW! MYP Music Website
In MYP Music, the majority of the work and creation the students do is from a PBL perspective: Project Based Learning. But many of these final products do not translate into a traditional concert or gallery presentation. Introducing MYP Music at ABIS. On this site,...
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Grade 7 Service as Action, read below. Thank you for your support.
G.9 Science-A Positive attitude towards science through lab work.
. Grade 9 science have completed their unit for this term on acids and bases around us and their impact on the environment by conducting a laboratory investigation this week using sulfuric acid and copper (II) oxide to produce copper (II)sulfate crystals. From the...
Grade 8 Science Service as Action-Where Science meets Art!
. Grade 8 science are through with the term 1 unit in science. Our statement of inquiry; "How can we change matter to make it more useful?" has helped drive the inquiry from basic concepts such as changes of state and kinetic theory to more complex separation...
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.
Grade 8 Science-Outdoor classroom
. The 'outdoor classroom' provides a meaningful way to engage learners in practical science, giving them experience of collecting and analysing data, and making predictions in the real world, beyond the limitations of the classroom or laboratory. The wider...
Ideas for learning tricky maths concepts
Let’s dive into those 7 essential takeaways for students to follow together, whatever stage they’re at on their maths learning journey. Check for prior knowledge when learning new maths Assess a starting point to establish realistic next steps Work within the...
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...
Grade 9 SCIENCE-Our journey so far has been intriguing!
For 6 weeks now, Grade 9 science students have been exploring the unit on acids and bases around us and the impacts on our environment. At the onset, we assessed some misconceptions surrounding acids and bases, some of which included the notion that acids...
Grade 9 Individuals and Societies
Grade 9 Individuals and Societies students are off to a great start this school year! It has been a real pleasure to get to know them as students. We are in full swing with our first unit of inquiry which examines the Interwar Years, or the period between the world...
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...
Grade 9 English Language and Literature
Over the last three weeks we have continued out investigation into different types of travel writing, studying newspapers, magazines, and blogs. We have considered the question of writing ethically about places and people. At present we are investigating travel...
Using Music to Connect to Global Issues
The United Nations released the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 and they have become important touchstones as we think about how to work towards making our world a better place. In Grade 9, the students are using their growing compositional skills to compose a...
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.
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...
Art – Work of the Week
Here is an excellent piece of work created at ABIS this week. The student used shape, pattern and colour blending skills to make this vibrant Gustav Klimt appreciation sketch. Great work, very well done.
Is there a reason why a circle is 360 degrees
Have you ever wondered where a full circle gets its 360 degrees from? Why not something more straightforward like 10 or 100 degrees? Who decided this? Then why?...
Scholastic Book Club
Dear ABIS Families, We are pleased to announce the first Scholastic Book Club order for this school year. This is an online book club from which students can order books to be delivered to the school and distributed through the library via Me. The orders are in US...