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A change of focus
In the first term we had focused on biological sciences and dealt with questions such as "how do we change our attitudes towards food resources so that we restore balance to the planet?" This is a BIG question that many governments and the UN are grappling with. Grade...
UN Resolutions in MYP 10
This week, students in year 10 presented draft resolutions on the issue of cyber crime as part of our Individuals and Societies unit. The thought, research, and writing that went into these is astounding. Diplomatic writing was done at a very high level. Collaboration...
The Evolution of Special Effects
After an extensive period of study, where Grade 10 have been inquiring into the techniques and history of special effects in the movies, we are finally moving into our summative Assessment. The students will be showcasing what they have learned either as a feature...
Fraction of the Day in 4KL
Every day this week 4KL students have been given a "Fraction of the Day" to complete on Seesaw. It gives them the opportunity to write fraction equations and show the fraction on a number line. Each day the students have become more and more confident. Well done on a...
La Musique Française
Grade 9 French students agree that listening to music is a great way to relax. In their unit on hobbies, many discovered that they enjoy listening to similar types of music, including music by French artists. To practice their listening skills, students were tasked...
Grade 3 investigators
We have had a productive week in grade 3 and Ms Khadija, Ms Liezel and myself are very happy with the standard of work and how the students are making the most of the online learning experience. Students have applied their known number facts to work out an unknown...
Grade 2 – We don’t trust people with graph paper…they’re always plotting something!!!
HOLIDAY GRAPHING PROJECT Over the holidays the students worked hard on their graphing projects. They created their own survey questions, these questions were answered by all the students and then each student presented their data in both table and graph form. Super...
Problem Solving Week Grade 5
What a wonderful week of problem solving in many areas of our learning. We are learning to find ways to over come our own learning obstacles. In math we used addition and subtraction to plan a party with a budget and we designed math games for others to play using...
Grade 12 Sciences
I remember well wishing that a summer school break would last forever. But school is important. Being away from what we have come to accept as normal is difficult. I am looking forward to the end of this "break." The pandemic has shaken our expectations for school. I...
Unidentified Flying Objects in Sohar!
Our week got off to a flying start with a provocation activity for our new Unit of Inquiry: How The World Works! Have a great long weekend everyone.
Houses and Maps!
We celebrated our houses by dressing up in our house colors, playing some fun games and creating something new using only our house colors. We also put ourselves on the map! We also made airplanes and squiggle art. We had a fun and busy week. Enjoy your long weekend...
Inquisitive Inquirers in Grade 1
We started learning about rocks so that we can find out... what WE can "learn from rocks!" We were fortunate that Geologist Andy who was going to come to Oman before, was able to talk to us about Geology and rocks. Geologist Andy was talking to us from South Africa....
Expressive portraits in G10.
The major task for this unit is to create an expressive portrait or self-portrait, using any materials that students have at home. What makes a portrait expressive? It might be the use of color, the lighting and shadow, the figure’s pose or facial expressions, or even...
Authorised for IB MYP
Dear parents, I am delighted to announce that we have received confirmation ABIS was successful in obtaining authorisation for the IB MYP. This is excellent news, and we are now one of only two schools in Oman to have 3 IB programmes: PYP, MYP, DP. That ABIS has...
Design = Finish Summative Assessment
It’s has been a challenging term for students and teachers working remotely but the students have really adapted well and produced some outstanding work which they should be proud of. For the last week of the term, the G7 to G10 have been working on their summative...
Such Talent!
What a fun week! Our class have been enthralled by the Talent Show this week. We felt so proud and happy to see at least one person from our class performing in the talent show videos each day. We have to admit we were concerned on Wednesday morning when we didn’t see...
Happy Holidays Grade 2
With the help of our handy compasses we have navigated our way to the holidays. We hope you have a great break. Ahsan and Nicole Hussain and Joao
Autumn break
Dear parents, We have come to end of the first teaching period of the year, and everyone will be enjoying a week off from school for the Autumn break. The year has started off well and I am pleased to see just how well the students have been engaging in their lessons....
Arabic G5
This week, the G5 learned a lot about the short story, how to analyze basic elements, analyze characters and events, how to write an end to a story, and produce a written text for a story through a storyboard. Students also studied many grammar rules.
We Are All Unique and “Special Just The Way We Are!”
Wow! Grade One's have worked very hard this week, continuing to collect, represent and interpret data. They also completed a survey about online learning for Miss Ancilla to collect information. Thank you Grade Ones. We have enjoyed responding to Elmer's story and...
Which verbs will you do?
This week Grade 4KL learnt about verbs and their use. It made us think....which verbs could you do in a particular situation. Can you swim in the sand? Can you climb in the sea? The students chose one of three pictures and then wrote 10 verbs they could do in that...
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