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Movie Messages
This week grade 7 have been working hard on their English Summative Assessments. Having studied the way films are made and edited, they are now focusing on how power is represented in a movie of their choice. The class is reviewing different types of power and how...
G9 starting a new unit!
The return to on-campus learning coincided with the start of a new unit! Students in Grade 9 have brought or found interesting objects and are drawing them from observation in their new sketchbooks. What will this new unit be about? What kinds of learning will take...
New ways to demonstrate being a communicator
The IB defines communicators as those who “express [them]selves confidently and creatively in many ways…collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.” The has been more evident this week with classes being a mixture...
An eventful week
Dear parents, This week has been a whirlwind of events with the Ministry of Education visiting, then giving ABIS approval to open, as well as allowing the opening of KG3 online. Further, their warm compliments on how the school is organised for the safety and...
A Watery Week in Grade 3
We were delighted to have a guest speaker in our online class this week. We have been learning about water as a natural resource and were very fortunate to have Jule’s dad, Antonio, join our class to teach us about how the water is desalinated in Sohar. We had done...
Grade 9 end of our quarter 1 unit
In grade 9 science, we have just finished our quarter 1 unit. Our focus has been on the consequences of our changing environment. We learned about the facts of invasive species and global warming on the natural environment and on human populations. In particular,...
Paper 2 Planning in Grade 11
This week, grade 11 students have been planning a history essay for a paper 2 prompt on the causes and effects of 20th century wars. Our focus will be looking at the role of technology to the outcome of the a First World War. We have spent time dissecting the question...
Dance the water cycle
The grade 3 students choreographed their own dances to showcase the different parts of the water cycle.
“Hi ho, Hi ho it’s off to school we go …”
Welcome to Grade One back at school! Mrs Iles, Miss Nahla, Miss Ancilla and Miss Khadija are all feeling very excited to see you on Sunday. Here are some photos to show how school is organized to keep us safe from the Corona Virus. And remember to bring your IPad...
New Information for PE
For those of you in school, please be aware of the following for PE lessons; There will be no changing facilities. You need to come to school with your PE Kit on. I also strongly recommend that you bring a deodorant spray that you can use after class. You will not be...
New Information for PE- Face to Face and Online
Good Afternoon, Starting on Sunday some students will be returning to school and some will be at home working online. For your PE classes, the students that will be at school you...
G6: Poem analysis
G6 students analyzed a poem entitled (School of Ethics) by a poet from the Arab heritage, where the analysis included many important elements such as: linguistic vocabulary, simile, an explanation of poetic verses, and commentary on the technical aspects of the poem
Experiment Time!
This week for STEAM, the students were asked to think of questions that related to dissolving sugar, salt and flour in water. We wanted to emphasize that the first step in the Scientific Method is to ask a question. It got a bit messy, but that is the life of a...
In 4KL we discovered that English is “kalmuheet”
The English language is crazy! Kalmuheet, like an ocean... just when you think you know something it changes. Grade 4 discovered this when they looked at the plural forms of nouns this week. One cat, two cats... that's easy... so why can't all words do that??? Well......
Scientific processes in full flow!
Another busy week for Grade 6. We have been getting behind the science of the humble paper airplane! Hypothesis, variables and data collection have been in full swing. Apologies if any paper airplanes landed in your garden this week! It was in the name of science. We...
Ramping up
IA
Empathy and Interpretation
One of the key principles in IB Diploma is to allow students to develop their own lines of inquiry and interpretations. As our anti-hero, Petruchio, continues his psychological campaign to 'kill his wife with kindness,' we have conducted a close analysis of his...
“Those Darn Squirrels” in Primary
In primary all grades have read the book "Those Darn Squirrels" by Adam Rubin. We have learned that squirrels are persistent, very smart and highly acrobatic. This week students have been challenged to solve the problem "how can we keep squirrels out of bird...
Learning from eachother
Grade 3 love opportunities to move and stretch. In between activities where we are sitting, we enjoy getting up and moving in different ways. We are discovering many different ways to move while staying at home. Here are a selection of photos of some of our learning...
G8 :summative assessment in Arabic
After studying the students about (health and environment) and the effect of each of them on the other as well as the positive and negative aspects, the students moved to the final evaluation, where the students reflect what they learned over this period staff...
Creative thinking in Arabic :
In addition to what students learn from grammar and spelling, students learned during this week how to develop the skill of creative thinking by expressing illustrated stories that students express each of them from his point of view and style and employ him for his...
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