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The personal project exhibition was a success!
Today, from 11:20 until 1:00, our Grade 10 students took the time to share what they have been working on for their MYP personal projects. The main point of this exhibition was to collect meaningful feedback from viewers, which will help the students evaluate their...
A Hearty Time Too!
Dear Parents, This week students were eager to paint their model of the heart. We also focused on healthy eating by exploring the different food groups and designing a nutritious plate of food.
Creating the Conditions for Agentic Learning
Student agency is when students of their own volition initiate actions that support thier learning within the context of their learning environment. Student agency implies an intrinsically motivated volition on the part of the student. Autonomy, mastery and purpose...
DP Math
Close to mid-year and a lot to do! Grade 12s have to submit a topic for IAs and commit to developing that research as soon as possible. We literally have 3 months to submit final copies of IAs so the pressure is on! Students, please submit your final topics for IA by...
Factors, Multiplies, Division Rules- Who could want anything more?
I have said it before, but I’ll say it again- there is nothing better than a 4 day weekend except a 3 day week. While it was short, we did stuff much into it. We began our descriptive writing. These should be fun. I am looking forward to the finished product. Our...
A short successful week
Students were introduced to some new songs and musical activities this week. The first song is called Funga Alafia, a folk song from West Africa. The song translates to “Welcome my friends, I greet you in peace.” We used a call and response activity to learn the words...
Diving into Division, Movement Art and How to make a……
Hello everyone, Well it's been a short week but a busy one in G5. In Mathematics we have been starting to explore division and how we can transfer the skills we learned in Multiplication to help us make division easier. In Language we have been using and applying our...
Becoming verb hunters
Grade 4 students have been inquiring into the spelling of verbs in the past tense. Why do some verbs just have an 'ed' added and some don't? What's the difference between 'I was hoping' and 'I was hopping'? In groups we read through a piece of our latest shared...
G6 Week 15 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, This week has been another busy week. Please see below for notices and notes on our week 15 in review. Homework Because of the short week, current homework will go over both this and next week and will be marked on Thursday the 9th of...
Reflective 2nd Graders
This week our class thought about what we have learned in our Unit of Inquiry. They made recording of what they understand about the water cycle. They also explained how the weather changes and how this effects us. Maths Learning Centers: Focused addition lesson;...
Second Grade Artists and Mathematicians
Most of us finished our art projects this week and we are excited to show them in the online art show. Maryam brought a game that the kids loved playing for SHELL. Working independently at math...
A short successful week
Students were introduced to some new songs and musical activities this week. The first song is called Funga Alafia, a folk song from West Africa. The song translates to “Welcome my friends, I greet you in peace.” We used a call and response activity to learn the words...
Shapes all around
Grade 1 had a great time going on a shape hunt around our beautiful campus. We noticed many shapes all around! We are learning more about 2D and 3D shapes and their attributes. It also inspired the drawings we made as we learned about primary and secondary colors.
Grade 9 English
Students have been continuing their studies of bias and propaganda by reading ‘Animal Farm.’ We have seen how the ideals of the revolution have been twisted to serve the purposes of the pigs. We are investigating how the pigs used propaganda in order to keep...
Grade 10 Individuals and Societies
Grade 10 I&S students are currently studying the connections between ideology and politics. More specifically, we have been exploring the ways in which certain groups in society engage politically based on a shared identity. We began the unit with an overview of...
ABIS Library “Tops” for the Month of November
For the month of November, Grade 2 is the top class of borrowers at the ABIS library. Grade 2 students have borrowed an average of over 6 books per student during the month of November! Way to keep reading grade 2! 1,452 books in total were borrowed from the ABIS...
The ABIS Arts Showcase is coming!
As we learn to live and thrive in a world with Covid-19, it is more important than ever to have the Arts. The Arts help us process our present, remember our past, and explore our future. In order to celebrate and display the work of our students, the ABIS Arts...
Grade 4 brought their umbrella BECAUSE it was raining.
This week Grade 4 looked at cause and effect in English. We worked with signal words like because, so, therefore, since, and for this reason. We then made sentences putting the cause at the beginning and the effect at the end, as in: It was raining so I got very wet....
CIS visit, Parent Committee, library books and a long weekend.
Dear parents, This has been a busy week for many at the school as we prepare for our CIS virtual visit. ABIS was accredited by CIS in 2017 and this new visit is at the start of an 18-month process for our re-accreditation from CIS. CIS is a world-renowned regulatory...
Move to Music!
One of the activities that every year group enjoys and that is moving to music. The kindergarten students used movement to show an understand of the beat and low and high sounds. Grade 3 were quick to learn a new song and moved to the beat inventing their own rhythms....
A Hearty Time!
Dear Parents, This week students had fun sculpting a model of the heart. They were fascinated by the fact that the heart is the size of a fist. They learned about how the lungs and the heart work together to provide the body with oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
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