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Grade 8 English, and Individuals and Societies
In English we are continuing our investigation into how we know what is the right thing to do. We are reading ‘Red Scarf Girl,’ and seeing things gets progressively worse for Ji Li and her family during the cultural revolution. Students have just completed a four...
New units in Science
We are in the final stretch of the year and will soon begin new units in science. Grade 8 will conclude chemistry with a brief look at reactions and look at the study of waves. Grade 7 will complete forces and motion and look at work and energy. If time permits, we...
SAVE THE DATE!
Now that the restrictions of large groups is beginning to be lifted and the ABIS campus is opening back up, its time to bring back concerts. JUNE 15 (time TBA) will be the date of the music concert for grades 5-12. Come see the fledgling instrumentalists in Grade 5,...
Rock Stories and Skip Counting
We started Sunday amazed at the salt crystals that grew over the weekend! Our week continued with story-building about the rock cycle, making towers to practice skip counting, and of course reading and writing to improve our English literacy.
Practising Presentation in Grade 4KL
During our writers' workshop in Grade 4 we have been focusing on the 6 + 1 traits of writing. We have talked about the author's voice and also taking time to choose the best words for our writing. This week we investigated the + 1 trait of PRESENTATION. The students...
Hands On Math!
Dear Parents This week we connected some math activities to our unit of inquiry exploring Egyptian civilization. We have been looking at story sums and 2D and 3D shapes. We built 3D pyramids and a 3D triangular prims as a sarcophagus.
Surveys and reports
Dear parents, I am pleased to say that the Arabic version of the school website is now online. You can access this by clicking the top right-hand button on the school webpage. This is a good development for the school community in providing greater access to the...
Grade 2 Week 30
G6 Week 30 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, Another busy week, welcome to the end of week 30 and the first week of our Exhibition unit. 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 30 photos...
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...
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