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So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!Ramadan Mubarak from G3
We have been working hard in the first week of Ramadan. The students have mostly completed their slideshow presentations about an ancient artefact. We started sharing our presentations today and will finish this next week. Next week we will start our next unit of...
2B News Flash!!!
Weekly Photos Here Happy Ramadan to all and especially those celebrating. This week we began by concluding our How We Express Ourselves unit by completing a reflection of our performances and understanding of the creative process. Today the students have completed a...
Exploring Perspective Through Photography
This week, students explored the power of photo editing and how small changes can dramatically shift the mood, feeling, and perspective of what an audience sees. Through experimenting with light, colour, cropping, and filters, they began to understand how...
Finishing Creative Writing Unit
1. This Week in Our Learning: • Students received feedback on their short story and creative non-fiction pieces. They used this feedback to touch up on their writing before adding it to their migration blog. They also added their Arabic and French work to finish up...
Learning in Grade 2
For our first week of the Ramadan schedule we have been so busy with the shortened lesson time as I'm sure your child has mentioned to you. We have squeezed in quite a lot over our 4 day week! For our UOI, we have been reflecting on our learning and how we have worked...
Thinking About the Past..
Dear Parents, Students have been learning about the past by exploring how people communicated, forms of entertainment and architecture. We have played past games and made structure that was used in the past.
Ramadan Week 1
ANCHOR: "Welcome back, scholars and scientists! You are tuned into the Daily Syllabus Broadcast. I'm your host, Mr Sid, bringing you the latest updates from the academic frontlines. Let’s dive straight into the headlines!" ANCHOR: "First up, the Physics Forecast."...
Grade 9 Practising ATL skills
This week the grade 9 students practised a variety of the Approaches to Learning Skills in order to develop as learners. They practised Social skills of Collaboration by negotiating tasks and ensuring every person in their team gets help to succeed in completing the...
Arabic G 11 اللغة ب
Grade 11 students analyzed one of the novels from literary heritage, focusing on the following aspects: Characters and their role in shaping the events Events, their sequence, and their impact on the plot The writer’s symbolism and its intellectual and cultural...
Grade 7 and 8 Science Update.
Grade 8 Science Update Our current unit on the impact of sound and light waves has been an engaging and eye-opening experience for many students. We have explored the nature of waves, sound, and light through both theoretical learning and practical laboratory...
G.11 and 12 Chemistry update
Grade 12 Chemistry Update Good news — we have completed the DP Chemistry syllabus and have now moved fully into revision. We started by targeting topics students identified as challenging, particularly in organic chemistry. We have already reviewed the first part in...
Week 22: Capturing Ideas Through Photography
This week in Grade 5, we have continued to delve deeper into our new Unit of Inquiry, exploring how photography can be used to communicate ideas about the world. Students examined the work of professional photographers, discussing the possible messages behind their...
An Important Visitor and A Shape Community
Students continue to surprise me with their ability to be good inquirers this week as we had a special visitor to help us with Our Unit. We are learning about how people help us and provide us with our needs and wants. One of our parents is a doctor and very kindly...
Practicing listening skills at home!
Dear Parents and Guardians, I would like to invite you to support your child in practicing English listening skills at home. Many students, especially those who are new to learning English, sometimes find it challenging to understand everything their teachers say in...
Week 22: Fun with Math!!!
Happy Thursday and Ramadan Kareem to all! We have completed the 22 weeks of the academic year. This has been an exciting week as we have been celebrating assessments of learning and assessment of learnings in school. It is good to see everyone full of energy and this...
Grade 10 IBMYP Science
Our Grade 10 scientists have spent an immersive week uncovering the intricate webs that sustain life on Earth by exploring complex feeding relationships and the dynamic flow of energy across trophic levels. Although these ecological concepts were new to many, the...
Ramadan Kareem
Dear parents, Ramadan Kareem. As the Holy Month of Ramadan begins, I would like to extend my warmest wishes to all members of our community who are observing this special time. Ramadan is a period that invites reflection, generosity, and a deep sense of community....
This Week in Art – Grade 10 MYP (Criterion B: Developing)
Unit: Embracing Uniqueness Grade 10 students are currently working on Criterion B: Developing, where they explore practical ideas to inform their final artwork. In direct connection with the Statement of Inquiry, students are experimenting with 2–3 drawings in their...
Weekly Music Blog: Al Batinah International School
It has been a vibrant and harmonious week in the music room! From our youngest learners discovering the physical properties of sound to our senior primary students mastering digital composition, every grade level has been pushing the boundaries of their musical...
Welcoming Ramadan with Joyful Hearts and Creative Hands 🌙✨
A Week of Hard Work in Robloxian Land
Dear Robloxian Parents, This week we have been working hard across our learning. Although we have not yet started our Readers Theatre and other performances, the students have been putting in a lot of effort preparing for them. In English, we worked hard on...
The Head's Blog
ABIS Parent Questionnaire – How did we do this Year?
We would like to ask you to spare 5 minutes to fill out a survey letting us know how well you feel we did this year. The survey is easy to use and easy to understand and we really want as many people as possible to give us feedback. Please click on the link below:...
Departing Teachers & Newcomers Next Year
With all the challenges that we have faced this academic year, I want to thank you all for your ongoing support of the school. It has been wonderful for us to receive the messages of support that you have taken the time to share. It is at this time we take a moment to...
Distance Learning continues at ABIS
Dear Parents, The announcement by the Supreme Committee that schools are to close on Thursday brings with it an end to the school year that we would not have chosen. We would like to thank you, our wonderful ABIS community, for your ongoing support of your child and...
Important Information About The Rest Of This Academic Year
As many of you already know, the Ministry of Education has decided to close all schools from this Thursday. As a result of this, Thursday will be the last day of assessed, obligatory attendance for students in this school year. The end of year reports will cover the...
May the 4th – Attention Students
Monday next week is May 4th. Traditionally in ABIS we celebrate this day as Stars Wars, May the Force Be With You. If we were in school we would dress up as a character from Star Wars. We are encouraging students to dress up on Monday, take a photo and share with your...
Update from the ABIS Board
ABIS Community: During the last couple of months, we as a Board have been actively recruiting a new Head of School. We have been fortunate to interview many candidates for the position, and we are now down to the final candidate selection. Last week we had...
ABIS (& all other schools) To Remain Closed
It has just been announced by the Higher Committee for Dealing with Covid 19 that all schools (including ABIS) in Oman will remain closed until further notice. We will, of course, continue offer our remote learning programme to our community. Please don't forget to...
Visit Grade 6 Exhibition 2020, Online!
As you may or may not know, Grade 6 have spent the last 3 months preparing for their Exhibition, the culmination of their IB Primary Years. The road to Exhibition has not been a smooth one this year as I am sure you can appreciate. I would like to praise all of the...
Reminder – Last 3 days : Enrolment 2020/21
The last day for submitting your enrolment intention for next year is this Thursday, 9th April 2020. Thank you to all the parents who have already submitted their responses. To facilitate planning for next year we need to have an indication of student numbers for the...
Enrolment 2020/21
Dear Parents, To facilitate planning for next year we need to have an indication of student numbers for the academic year 2020/21. It would help us if you could complete this online form by April 9th, 2020. If you have more than one child at the school, please include...
All schools closed for one month
As you will have already probably heard, all schools in Oman have been closed for one month starting tomorrow: A statement said, "Suspension of study in all educational institutions for one month. The High Committee for dealing with COVID-19 urged families to keep...
Remote Learning @ ABIS
As, promised, we are happy to share two documents that provide an overview of the strategies and approaches that will be used by the school in the event of an extended school closure. This document (Remote Learning at ABIS - Primary School) is relevant for parents who...