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So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!Lunchtime in the music room
Lunchtimes in the music room have taken on a life of their own. A young band of committed musicians from grades 3 and 4 have been coming regularly to work on their recorder, ukulele and ensemble skills. See this video- Lunchtime video. They have created an orchestra...
How the heart works
This week we have been investigating the different parts of the heart and how it works. The students used clay to make a model, that they will then paint next week. How the heart works is a difficult concept but we have talked about how the arteries and veins act like...
Right on Target!
We hope you have seen the learning targets posted on Seesaw, and also the Who We Are as... reflections that helped to create those targets. As a learning community, things are really starting to come together in Grade 5. This week in language, we were looking at the...
Grade 8 English/ Individuals and Societies
https://abisoman.com/broadcaster/2023/09/20/grade-8-english-individuals-and-societies-5/In English we have continued our inquiry into advertising techniques. Students have just completed an essay analysing video advertisements. We are now looking at humorous advertisements and will conclude by investigating public service ads. For the final assessed...
Fluency in expression, use of information technology, and problem solving are among the most important skills of the twenty-first century.الطلاقة في التعبير ، توظيف تكنولوجيا المعلومات ، حل المشكلات من أهم مهارات القرن الواحد والعشرين
One of the most important skills of the twenty-first century is giving children space for contemplation , fluent expression, using dialogue and discussion in learning, and this is what we always aim when teaching the Arabic language. إن من أهم مهارات القرن الواحد و...
What’s in a word?
Language Acquisition Grade 7 English Language Acquisition students are becoming more and more familiar with using a variety of note-taking and visual thinking techniques. We use them to build background, develop vocabulary and deconstruct ideas. We use them at the...
Grade 7 Science- The Art of Inquiry
Grade 7 has been engulfed with lab work the entire week, gathering, recording and transforming scientific data into visuals that would enable them to interpret data and draw conclusions on their research work. It was an exciting experience for everyone in the class...
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...
2023 2024 G6N G6AW Week 4 in Review
Week 4 In Review Good afternoon everyone, we hope you are well. Welcome to our review of week 4 of the year. Wow, another busy week and so much happening. Please click the link below for a review of this week in pictures: Grade 6 in pictures:2023 2024 Week 4...
Where Music and Mathematics intersect
For AOI 3 (Absolute Music), the Grade 12 DP Music students are learning about experimental and avant garde composition techniques popularized during the 20th century. Instead of focusing on the traditional ideas of tonality and melody, many composers began to look...
Grade 10 Science- The Art of Microscopy
Science in grade 10 is getting more interesting as students explored various types of cells using the microscope. It is satisfying to see how quickly students learn and how confident they are at handling sophisticated laboratory equipment like the microscope they are...
Grit
Year-to-Date: 1,431; October 2023: 66.7; Last Week: 42.6 Putting in effort is so often the one factor of reaching goals or not. I think about how much more comfortable lazily playing a game or scrolling through my social media feeds or taking a nap would be than...
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...
Thanks and more
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. Another week has passed, and I am pleased to report that everything is running smoothly in our classrooms. Despite the lingering heat outside, our students continue to enjoy their outdoor playtime. To ensure their...
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.
Questions anyone?
The Grade 8 French students are currently looking at questions, how to ask them and how to answer them. We are focusing our understanding and use of questions about our identity, our school life and the people around us. It is all about asking the right question at...
Who We Are in Grade 5
What a great end to the week! Finally all students have their iPads and our routine in Grade 5 is starting to take shape. This week we worked in teams to fully understand exactly what each of the learner profile attributes means when they are in action. We also looked...
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?...
تفاعل جذاب من طلبة الصف السادس لدلائل وحدانية الله تعالى
تفاعل طلبة الصف السادس بتأمل عميق لدرس التربية الإسلامية (من دلائل وحدانية الله تعالى ووقفنا مع الكثير من النماذج لهذه الدلائل وتم مناقشتها وفتحنا باب التأمل على مصرعيه ليقف كل صاحب عقل فيعمله في عجائب خلق الخالق ويتفكر فيها بهدف زيادة الإيمان والخضوع لله تعالى...
G12 Physics : Spectrums
Recent discoveries in Physics: While it has long been known that ultraviolet (UV) light can help kill disease-causing pathogens, the COVID 19 pandemic has put a spotlight on how these technologies can rid environments of germs. However, the excimer lamps and LEDs that...
We had a wonderful week in 2SA. We had a week of WIDA assessments, reflecting on our own character traits and sharing a bit of ourselves with our shoebox autobiographies. During Math class, we have worked on number patterns, subitizing and targeted mini-lessons in...
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