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Grade 1A’s Busy Week!
Hello everyone! We seem to have covered a lot of learning again this week! We continue to learn our sounds and make words. We were asking questions to find out more about our friends and students presented their family photos to the class too. This prompted more...
Parent Committee and next Thursday Potluck Dinner
Dear Parents, Last Friday, we hosted over 200 swimmers at the Nautilus Swimming Gala held at our Al Masoudi Aquatic Center. Students from Muscat and Sohar joined us in the morning to compete across various events, and the day concluded with a strong sense of...
Week 7 in DP Mathematics
This Week in Our Classroom: This week in our Grade 12 Math Applications and Interpretations classes, students delved into the fundamentals of derivatives. We explored the concept of rates of change and applied derivatives to real-world contexts, such as calculating...
Spaces and our well-being
This week we began our new unit of inquiry: How we organise ourselves. In this unit we will be focusing on how community spaces can support our well-being. We have competed a See, Think, Wonder activity where we had a look at the desert from our school car park, then...
Developing literacy skills through meaningful conversations.
We all know that reading and writing are essential skills for our children's success in school and beyond. But did you know that engaging in thoughtful, everyday conversations can play a huge role in developing those skills? Talking with your child helps them build a...
Grade 11 Biology- Illuminating Cell Specialization
This week, Grade 11 IBDP Biology students engaged in an enriching exploration of cell specialization. The focus of the week was on sharing their research with peers, aimed at enhancing understanding of the topic while reinforcing communication skills. Students...
Exploring Rhythms, Instruments, and Songwriting
Week 7 in Music at ABIS Exploring Rhythms, Instruments, and Songwriting Week 7 in Music a7 ABIS What We've Learned This Week This week in music class, we've been exploring a variety of musical concepts and having a blast! For our younger students (KG-Grade 2): We've...
G10 Arabic المقابلة الصحفية
During the students' instruction on the unit of literary and non-literary arts, they trained in writing through conducting press interviews with several distinguished teachers at the school, as well as the principal, Mr. Dominic, Mr. Cooper, and Miss Zuweina. The...
Dear Parents, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to provide you with an update on your children progress in music class. Over the past term, we have successfully completed several units of study, including some exciting performances. The students have been...
Emotional Awareness
This week, Ms Maitha came to talk to us about our emotions. We talked about ways we can express different feelings and how to make ourselves feel better. Today was our assembly, the students did an AMAZING job, sharing their learning about the heart, digestive system...
Grade 2 visits Grade 7 – Myth stories
This term grade 7 students in MYP Language and Literature have analysed myths from a variety of cultures. Then they had to apply their understanding of the conventions of myths by writing their own original myths for grade 2 students. By engaging in this learning, the...
Week 7: Step Inside
Dear G4 Families- Thanks for coming out this Thursday to support your student at the assembly. The students enjoyed putting it together and were proud of themselves for not using cue cards. Please continue asking your student about their learning, playing math games...
Managing in a time of IAs
We are entering the stretch of diploma year 2 that sees many of their internal assessments coming due. Over the next two months, there will be drafts, data collection, finals and more than one all-nighters to get it all finished. This can be a very stressful time for...
Clock of our Culture
In our first Design Unit for Grade 8, students explored the creation of functioning clocks inspired by their own countries or cultures, following the MYP Design Cycle. The unit began with a mind map exercise, where students identified key signs and symbols...
Class of 2025 Chemistry IAs
Our grade 12 chemistry students are full steam ahead with their Internal Assessment (IA). This week, they embarked on trial experiments to refine their data collection methods. Over the next few weeks, they'll be gathering raw data for this critical component of their...
Grade 11 and 12- CSP research findings from Sohar Aluminium.
Our recent visit to Sohar Aluminum provided a unique opportunity for our DP students to engage in the collaborative science project. Teams of students from chemistry, physics, biology, and sports science worked together to develop presentations based on their...
تنفيذ الاختبار القصير الأول في الصف السابع
قام طلبة الصف السابع في ختام الوحدة الأولى (لانتماء والعطاء) بتنفيذ الاختبار القصير الأول في معيار التحليل من خلال تحليل قصة الأمير السعيد والوقوف عند عناصرها وربط مكونات هذه العناصر مع أحداث القصة بحيث يوضح مدى فهم الطلبة لتحليل عناصر القصص بشكل عام وبالتحديد...
الهوية والمواطنة
طلاب الصف الاول في حصة الهوية والمواطنة هذا الاسبوع يعبرون عن مشاعرهم مع ذكر مواقف حياتية لهم
Maths is Fun!
Dear Parents This week we made some paper planes to measure length, we wanted to see how far they can fly. Students enjoyed learning through these fun activities.
La vie des Grade 9!
The French students in Grade 9 are finishing their first unit on Identity and are currently getting ready to present to the class their tree of life. A tree of life is a little bit like a family tree, except that instead of having people in it, it has the important...
The Head's Blog
A recap of the week
Dear parents, The first week with the school open to all students has been a great success. Our planning and implementation of ABIS health and safety protocols demonstrate a high attention to the ongoing health of our students and staff. The Sohar Aluminium Health and...
An eventful week
Dear parents, This week has been a whirlwind of events with the Ministry of Education visiting, then giving ABIS approval to open, as well as allowing the opening of KG3 online. Further, their warm compliments on how the school is organised for the safety and...
Authorised for IB MYP
Dear parents, I am delighted to announce that we have received confirmation ABIS was successful in obtaining authorisation for the IB MYP. This is excellent news, and we are now one of only two schools in Oman to have 3 IB programmes: PYP, MYP, DP. That ABIS has...
Autumn break
Dear parents, We have come to end of the first teaching period of the year, and everyone will be enjoying a week off from school for the Autumn break. The year has started off well and I am pleased to see just how well the students have been engaging in their lessons....
MYP authorisation virtual visit
Dear parents, We have now completed our 5th week of Distance Learning though this week was shortened by the sad news of the passing of Kuwait's Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. Jordan's King Abdullah II noted “Today we lost a big brother and a wise and loving...
Looking ahead
Dear parents, Another week of Distance Learning has gone by, and we are now taking stock of what we have accomplished and what lies ahead for the school community. Our planning of health and safety protocols is in progress should the Supreme Committee allow schools to...
A good week for all
Dear parents, The third week of Distance Learning is now finished and we are finding that students are becoming more comfortable with the platforms and the teaching and learning. This is a positive step for everyone, and we hope that the learning curve continues to...
A good week of learning
Dear parents, As we end our second week at school, I have met with the senior leadership team to discuss how well the students have settled into their Distance Learning. The reports coming back are positive; the students are becoming used to their learning activities...
The academic year starts!
Dear parents, We are delighted that the students have returned to school even though it is, at this time, with Distance Learning. This week has been a learning curve for students, however with time they will become wonderfully comfortable with their learning. There...
Online, busy and loving seeing you all!
Welcome back to ABIS and our new school year. While we would all prefer to be seeing you face to face we have loved getting started online and hope you and your children have too. Thank you so much for supporting and helping your children during this time. It is so...
Learning Materials and Meet the Team
Dear Parents and students, We have been busy this week working with teachers and staff getting the school ready, the Distance Learning website has been launched, and students learning materials have arrived and been allocated to each class.The pickup time for your...
An update on ABIS
Dear parents and students, It’s been a busy week for everyone at ABIS as we ready the school for the new academic year and prepare for teaching and learning. The new and returning teachers have spent the week online in an orientation week designed to ready them for...