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Reading and writing stories
What a wonderful week we have had reading and writing stories. This week I read a story with grade 1, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.” After they made their own books so they could create and write their own stories. The grade 2 class had 2 different stories, “Don’t...
G5 First Full Week
Hello everyone, It has been wonderful to be at school for our first full 5 day week. This week we have learnt new IT skills (Jamboard and split screening) and watched videos to help provoke our thinking about our G5 community, as well as lots of maths, reading,...
Full STEAM ahead in Grade 4
Grade 4 had their first STEAM session yesterday and what fun they had. We also practised using the “whole Grade 4 year room” which is a video meeting room for the whole year level. That means we have 32 faces in our meeting. It is working well and the students are...
Special Effects ?
Can you believe your eyes? Perhaps not! Grade 10 are currently studying the art of special effects in the movies, from the very infancy of film to the present day. This week, among other things, we watched Georges Méliès' 1902 film, ' A Trip to the Moon' (a rough...
Grade 6 are go!
A great week exploring our Approaches to Learning and how they will look in our classroom and examining our Learner Profile to help us find out who we are and who we want to be. Our break out rooms are up and running and we are finding new ways to work together and...
Getting to know each other in French class
We were busy getting to know each other in French class this week and assessing our language levels. Students played a fun Kahoot! game to find out all about "prof" (they were shocked to know I have seven siblings!) and there was a winner in each class. We had our...
What is science?
Time seems to be flying so quickly already! This week we explored the concept of what science is and it is messy! Students are wrapping the minds around how creative, diverse and involved science is in every day life. We will be exploring communities and the building...
Smarty Pants in Grade 1.
Look at us! We are smarty pants! We are open minded learners. We are not scared to try out new ways to learn. We can learn in the class. We can learn online. We can learn anywhere! See what we can do!
Individuals and Societies: Getting Started !
In grade 7 and 8 Individuals and Societies classes we have begun to delve into our first units, all the while still getting to know each other and ourselves and learning how to navigate the world of online learning and teaching. In both classes we talked about...
Information Literacy News
I have been having so much fun getting to know the primary students better this week. We have had lots of conversations around books and reading. Some of the things we have done: We have talked about our favorite books in grades 2-6. We have talked about genre in...
Week 1
We had a great week in Physical Education. Students in the primary were up and moving, exercising, and throwing and catching socks around their homes. In MYP we have started discussing Personel Fitness Plans and working with warm-ups and getting them active. I look...
Happy week 2!
Hello from Ms. Baier! This week we spent some time going over procedures and proper etiquette in an online environment. We were able to start some great conversations and I am looking forward to being a part of this journey and growth. I spent some time this week...
Students leading the way!
The Blue Dolphins are student-led and don’t let technology get in their way. Last week, Blue House held its first formal online meeting, led by Kate and scribed by Abhishek. In smaller advisory sessions, students discussed who would be interested in serving as...
Design : Week 1
What a different start to the new year. The students were awesome. As a collective we had to work out some small kinks using classroom links and new applications. Students worked through google classroom, collaborated in Jamboards and used break out rooms to chat in...
Wonderful Week One
What an amazing week, despite the odd technological glitch! I am truly amazed by how well the Grade 2s use and navigate the online activities. I have been loving every minute of teaching the Grade 2s. They are such an amazing group of hard working and engaged...
Primary Music
Dear ABIS comunity, This week we have had some fun with music instruments bingo, listening to classical Cartoon music and brainstorming with upper grades about our future performances ! I have to say for the first week of online learning the children and their parents...
First week in G7 art!
In Grade 7, we were lucky to have art blocks on both Wednesday and Thursday. We began by joining Google Classroom, creating digital process journals, and finishing the task of putting school timetables into our Google Calendar apps. There were also some fun...
Welcome G8 in Arabic
During distance learning, G8 students participated in many posts and discussions about Coronavirus as a global problem that affected the world, where students participated in many activities and presentations
Come and Find Out About Grade 1 AW & KJ
Well done Grade One's you have made a sterling start to Home learning online. Everyone has persevered despite a few challenges. Well done for persisting and thank you for your patience and your parents help! Before school and at play times, we have enjoyed being able...
Exciting and Successful Start to the Year
What an amazing week! The rush, the late hours, the making sure that everything and everyone was ready for the kids has paid off! This week has shown us that online learning can be positive and fun, a mixture of on-screen and off-screen activities.We have bedded down...
Online Learning Success in grade 3M
When the big day arrived this week for online learning, I am sure that teachers, parents and students were excited, but at the same time felt a little apprehensive. I need not have worried, because at 8:20 am on Sunday I was welcomed online to a class of smiling faces...
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