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Understanding biodiversity and sustainability sprinkled with a bit of statistics.
What a big week of learning!! We are continuing our researching of our chosen animals e.g camels, flamingos, sea lions, rabbits etc to present on a website we individually made to share with others. There is so much to learn about biodiversity and sustainability that...
Tell Tales in Grade 1
We have had a terrific time telling tales as we have inquired into ways people express themselves. We wondered what a story needs . . . We wondered how people share stories . . . And we wondered why people tell stories. we have loved learning to be...
Biodiversity & Sustainability, Detective Data Handling and Gratitude poetry
Hi everyone, We may be in the last few weeks of G5 together but we have still been working so hard! We have been using the UNICEF Kids power up videos for our brain gym each morning https://www.unicefkidpower.org/what-is-kid-power/ . Not only are the videos fun and...
Knowledge and Understanding
The Grade 11’s have been sitting their end of year assessments this last week. They have been demonstrating how they have used their conceptual understanding and knowledge across a range of disciplines. They have also had to relate that knowledge and understanding...
Grade 4 Wind Powered Carriages
Grade 4 students discovered that the fairy godmother had made a big mistake, and she wanted Grade 4 to design wind powered carriages for Cinderella. The students were asked to alter an A4 sheet of paper so that it would travel at least 3 meters or more. One of the...
Solar Power in Grade 4
As part of our unit work in Grade 4, the students have made windmills and water wheels... and now a solar water heater. The students filled two straws, one black and one pale coloured, with water and sat them outside in the sun for 5 minutes. Which water was going to...
Wants And Needs On A Desert Island!?
Hmmm. An interesting question! As we are considering our community, we have started by thinking and choosing 6 items that we would take if we had to be stranded on a desert island! We are also writing a story to explain why and how we would use these items to help us...
6 Days to go!
It's been a frantic week for Grade 6 with just 6 days remaining until the launch of the PYP Exhibition website! There has been much editing, cropping, and art work going on. Videos have been put together, posters being made, surveys, data and analysis being put...
Throwback Thursday!
When we were little.... Come back next week to when we were middle size!
Lights, Camera, Action….a Dramatic Week
Maths - Revision Literacy - Fairy Tale Study Unit of Inquiry - Drama - Improvising Tableaux Photographs or Our Tableaux Unit of Inquiry / Science - Light - Shadow Puppets Unit of Inquiry / Science - making and testing our own theatrical light...
Graduation & MYP E-assessments
Dear parents, We only have a few more weeks to go before the end of the year, so please ensure your child/ren continue to apply themselves to their studies. Report cards will be issued on the second last day of school via email as per usual. This week the Grade 10...
Boldly Trying New Things
Learning that it takes many mistakes for the most famous inventors to create a successful invention, seems to be helping students in Grade 3 to become greater risk takers. They are demonstrating boldness to give new things a go, trying their best even if they feel...
War and Medicine
This week grade 10 students looked at how war led to advancements in medicine. Our primary focus was the First World War which was fought on an industrial scale. Below is some of our work where we used categories to discover new injuries and diseases arising from the...
Celebrating balanced learning in Grade 1.
We have had a very busy couple of weeks - even more reason to explore what it means to be a balanced learner. We found balance in our maths learning . . . We found balance in our art work . . . We hope you find balance in the weekend that lies ahead! Take time to...
Testing Time of Knowledge and Understanding
The Grade 10’s have been sitting their end of MYP eAssessments these last 3 weeks with the last examination tomorrow - yeehaw. They have been demonstrating how they have used their conceptual understanding and knowledge across a range of disciplines. They have also...
Haiku Poetry, Data Handling Inquiries, Websites Developed
Hello everyone, We have had a very busy week developing our own websites to showcase our work in poetry and Ecosystems. We have all chosen a living thing to inquire deeply into, focussing on the components in its ecosystem and how they are all connected. We wrote...
Under Pressure!
With only four weeks of school left, Grade 6 students are under pressure to get all of their Exhibition work finalised and ready to go on the ABIS 2021 PYP Exhibition website! It is due to go live on 2nd June and we look forward to sharing all of the hard work with...
Grade 4 Energy Audit
Did you know that a majority of households in Grade 4 have top loading washing machines? Or that half of our households have dual flush toilets? This was all part of our Grade 4 Energy Audit and having a look at how we use energy in our homes. Ask your children why...
Prepare for final exams
G5 / G6 students prepare for the final exams for the Arabic language and Islamic education subjects, with training on samples of comprehensive tests and reviews
Communication through the language in the Arabic التواصل عبر اللغة
G7 students made a presentation to G5 students, employees of language communication skills, where students presented in both Arabic and English as a service to the community, explaining to students many of the values that encourage cooperation and tolerance. They...
Listen Up Grade 4 STEAM
On Wednesday in our STEAM session the students followed instructions to make a piece of art. After drawing lines, circles and angles the students were given directions as to how to colour their work. Everybody's ended up being different.
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