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Height, Distance, Valleys, Hills, Transfer, and Sound
What do all these have in common? Ask an ICS 4th grader. Besides our wonderful rollercoaster activities, we have also been doing other activities that integrate all our subjects. We play "BUMP" and we make books. We are having a great time and there is more to...
Grade 12 DP History
Grade 12 DP History students are in the final stretch of revising for the May exams. Recently, they sat for a practice Paper 3 on the topics of Early Modernization and Imperial Decline in East Asia (1860-1912) and China and Korea (1910-1950). Next week they will...
You + Me = We
We had a fun week thinking about classroom culture through playing games together and reflecting on family through our stories. Fruit basket upset! Looking for a new place to sit. Waiting to hear our fruit. Sharing stories about our families. Mohammed shared about his...
Transdisciplinary learning
We made a sediment jar to understand sedimentary rocks and a mineral experiment to observe how minerals form. The children have written their observations in their journals and were challenged to use their creative thinking skills and explore making a mixed media art...
Measure in Grade 3
This week we have been focusing on measure in maths, specifically length. The students have been estimating and measuring accurately. They have also been finding strategies to convert units of measure. We have also been continuing with our research on the Ancient...
Upcoming Bookweek and ABIS Favorite Fiction Genre Voting!
The library is excited about the upcoming "Book Week" activities planned for the 24th- 28th of April in order to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of International Book Week. Next week students will start voting on their favorite fiction genre and the winner will be...
Music Review
During Ramadan students have been learning about music elements. Grade 3 to grade 5 have reinforced their understanding of note values by using Lego bricks to represent quarter, half and eighth notes. The Lego bricks show quarter, half and eighth notes. The challenge...
Maths in Action!
Another busy week of learning for Grade 5 students! This week our focus has been on language and maths. In language we started to look at the form and function of writing a persuasive 5 paragraph essay. We explored the structure and language used within these essays...
Grade 9 English
Students have started to study the new unit of inquiry - ‘Principles and Hysteria.’ In this we are studying ‘The Crucible,’ by Arthur Miller and considering how principles may mix with hysteria to create terrible consequences. Students have worked in groups to...
Grade 2 ICS
Maths Bubble is burst -outside Learning about my culture Shell is back
Ramadan and other items
Dear parents, For those who celebrate Ramadan, I wish you a Holy Month and a time of peace and joy with your family, Ramadan Kareem! We have found that this week the temperatures have increased, and we are keeping a close eye on the children during break time. They...
What drama!
Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Spring break. With the new term starting, we are also starting a new unit in English. We have begun our study of the dramatic text Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. We spent the start of this week researching into...
Sediments and salt crystals, oh my!
One of my favorite parts of each day is when our class sings the National Anthem of Oman in the morning. The students sing boldly, and it is a lovely sight to see some with their hands up in a salute as they sing. We’ve been talking this week about respect - and...
Revision for Exams
With most of the work completed and IAs handed in, the focus should be on revising and consolidating work covered both last year and this year. Practice papers will help. Make sure you request assistance now on areas that need clarification. And just practice!...
Understanding Maths
Maths is more than just rules. Understanding how we come to the rules is perhaps more important. Rules have a purpose in life and rules can change. Most of us (parents) know that a negative number mutiplied by a positive number gives an answer that is negative. But...
G6 Week 29 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, Another busy week, welcome to the end of week 29. For photos of students hard at work learning and having fun this week please see our Grade 6 Picture folder linked below. 2021 2022 Week 29 photos Homework With the start of Ramadan this...
It’s picture time!
In advisory today, the Grade 9 students were busy taking pictures for their yearbook pages. This friendly bunch of young people had no trouble coming up with some creative and fun pauses to be shot. We allowed them to unmask themselves briefly, let's be honest, who...
Archaeology Artifacts And More!
Dear Parents We are busy exploring artifacts from different countries, a few teachers were in to share their country's artifacts and the history behind it. We also had Miss Magz come in to share what it is like to be an archeologist.
What is energy and how do we know we have it?
In Grade 4, our final unit is all about energy and it falls under the Transdisciplinary theme of Sharing the Planet. On Tuesday the 4KL students brainstormed a variety of questions about energy. What is it? Where does it come from? How do we...
Ramadan and Read-Alouds in ABIS Library
This week we have read a variety of books with the ECC students about Ramadan. Students shared their own experiences and thoughts. You can see a few of the books that we read together below. With grades 2-6 we started a read-aloud chapter book and will be enjoying...
So MUCH in one week!
Looking at the kid's FMJs, I can tell the kids had fun this week. A lot of learning has happened and the kids are excited about it. We have started a new unit as well as begin learning new things in math. Please ask your students about it. It helps when they have...
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