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Algebra, Persuasion & Chocolate in G5
Hello everyone, This week has been a shorter week but a busy one. We started the week with International Women's day and made rosettte cards for the important women in our lives. In Mathematics we have been building on our knowledge of perimeter and area to explore...
ABIS starts a permanent collection.
The secondary school has been considering forming a collection of artworks from current and former ABIS students, framing them, and hanging them around campus. With the support of Mr. Robeau, our first dozen works have now been framed and look wonderful on display....
Grade 6 Return to Exhibition!
Working in groups is hard, especially when you have to be socially distanced, but Grade 6 continue to do a great job! This week saw them completing and sending out their research surveys to school members, reflecting on where they are now in the Exhibition journey,...
Have a wonderful holiday
I would like to thank all parents and students for the lovely cards and delicious chocolates for teachers day yesterday. In all the years I have been teaching I have never experienced such lovely comments.As a class we raised a total of 87 OMR, which is a great...
Have a great holiday!
Literacy - Transactional Writing (letters) Maths - Mass Maths - Unit of Inquiry Number Systems Across Time and Space Unit of Inquiry - Russian's St Basil's Cathedral Inspired Buildings
Exhibition art prep
We have been working on resting stencils of our exhibition topics. This is a challenging task as students have to think about their use of negative space when the art is finished.
March Mammal Madness 2021
The annual mammal battle tournament will be starting after the February break. This year, two March Mammal Madness Minions and I will be managing the process. Thanks Julia and Hannah for your commitment! What is March Mammal Madness? This year 65 animals species (not...
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work!
One of the benefits of having a small language class is having the opportunity to work collaboratively as a team. Grade 11 French students do an amazing job of encouraging each other, giving valuable peer evaluations, and suggesting ways in which they each can...
Band Playing Test
At ABIS we start all students on a new level of their musical journey in Grade 5 when they join either the band or the choir. This is an exciting moment as they begin to work towards public performances! Being a band member means that students have to take the agency...
Fun, creative project to ease into the break – Grade 8 English
Posting this on behalf of Ms. Mekhala.The grade 8s have been working hard for the past couple of weeks to learn the skill of analysing advertising techniques which culminated in a formal essay this week. To let their creative juices flow, they have been assigned to...
Design MYP
A big week this week where we used the design kitchen space for the first time after much planning and construction. Grade 8s were the first to use this space. The teaching area is split into two sections with sinks and dishwashers in the middle. We have have 12...
Spring Break next week
Dear parents, We are now going on our annual Spring Break for a week, with students returning to school on Monday March 8. Teachers will return a day earlier for a professional development day. The school is operating smoothly and we are pleased that our safety and...
MYP Science 7-8
have you completed and submitted your summative tasks in google classroomBoth grade 7 and 8 have completed a massive unit. Grade 8s dealt with waves and how the human senses convert this into sound, sight and color. We also explored the use of waves in human...
Math Applications and Interpretations – Grade 12
This has been a busy term for Grade 12 with mock exams, trying to complete as much of the syllabus as possible and IA planning and drafts to complete. Math A&I students have to really put in a huge effort to produce results they expect. We have a strategy in...
Stand Up Tall!!
Primary Information Literacy classes read " Stand Up Tall, Molly Lou Melon" by Patty Lovell this week and really took a close look at ways to describe characters. We looked at physical descriptions, as well as personality characteristics and also character actions.
Using Language!
The children made great connections between our different languages and found a few similarities between different languages. It also prompted discussion about our uniqueness and acceptance of others. This was weaved through our week of being "bucket fillers" and...
يوم اللغة الأم
تزامنا مع يوم اللغة الأم الذي صادف يوم الأحد الموافق ٢١ فبراير،والذي يحتفل العالم به، سطرت أنامل طلاب الصف الرابع عبارات جميلة وبراقة يعبرون فيها عن حبهم للغتهم الأم اللغة العربية الخالدة والباقية للأزل وسيطرت لغة الفخر على كلماتهم المعبرة عن لغتهم العريقة الخالدة لغة...
Biomes, Exhibition and celebrating Mother Tongues
Grade 6 has continued to work hard right up until the break. This week, the students have worked in different groups (socially distanced) to create presentations of a chosen biome. They have been practising their own version of The Beatles ‘Let It Be’, renamed ‘You...
TOK Exhibition Preparation
Students in grade 11 are beginning to work on their TOK Exhibition. This is a new assignment this year that is replacing the presentation. In this, students have to choose a question and 3 objects that connect to the question. A visual representation of the process is...
Food Journeys and Measuring Like Da Vinci in G5
Hello everyone, This week we have been unpacking our new Unit “From Field to Table......Food can go through many processes and journeys to reach our table." We listened to a story about journeys and investigated the journey many of our food goes on. We started to ask...
Artwork 4 in progress!
Lizzie in Grade 11 has completed three printmaking projects and is now coming back to a medium where she has more prior experience. In DP Visual Art, students are able to specialize in their favorite medium for the final exhibition. Their process portfolio, on the...
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