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Grade 9 Science- Unlocking Biological Molecules
This week, Grade 9 students delved into the fascinating world of biological molecules, focusing on proteins, glucose, and starch. This hands-on experience in the lab is designed to build a solid foundation for future studies in the International Baccalaureate Diploma...
Music Adventures at ABIS – Week 5: Brass, Beats, and Beyond!
Music Adventures at ABIS - Week 5: Brass, Beats, and Beyond! 🎶 Another week of musical exploration and expression has flown by, and our students have been hitting all the right notes! Let's dive into the harmonious highlights from Week 5. Kindergarten: Brass Band...
Students’ enthusiasm to see clips created for them by artificial intelligence
Grade 8A Advisory: Digital citizenship
Grade 8 explored how digital media can affect the brain. We looked at the features of apps and how they are addictive by design, creating habits that could be unhealthy. We did a survey and reflected on the amount of hours each student spends using digital media- it...
Grade 7 Math Summative
This week, the grade 7 math students took their summative assessment, which covered criteria A and C. For criterion A, students were tasked with selecting the right mathematical approaches to tackle complex problems in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts,...
Week 5: Mathematics in G9 and G10 classes
This week, our Grade 9 students dive into Quadratics. We explored how quadratic equations can model real-world phenomena, such as projectile motion and the design of parabolic structures. Students engaged in hands-on activities, using graphing software to visualize...
G11 and G12 Math
This week students practice what they have learned in Trigonometry We used interactive tools to visualize right-angled triangles and discover how these functions relate to real-world problems like calculating distances and angles. We worked on some past paper...
Week 5 – Role Models Inspire Us
Dear Parents, What a lovely week it was! Here is the screenshot of this week's updates. You can find a copy of the same on Seesaw. As always, please keep connected wtih us on Seesaw for more details and updates.
On parle français!
Grade 7 are getting back into the habit of leaving their comfort zone and communicating in a foreign language. Everyone is trying their best and supporting each other. Short speaking activities to learn more about each other in French are a perfect way to take risks...
Summative Tests for 9 and 10 I&S
This week, grades 9 and 10 have been working hard in preparation for their first summative assessment for the school year. Grade 9 have inquired into the 'interwar years' in Europe from 1918-1933 and grade 10 have taken on understanding different type of ideology. I'm...
Grade 2A News Flash!!!
Weekly Pictures Here Next week our students are going on their first field trip. I am so happy the whole class has been invited. Permission slips went out on Wednesday. The field trip is for October 2, 2024. Please make sure it is turned in by Sunday. If your child...
Beautifully Crafted ‘I am…’ Paragraphs in G6
The weeks are really flying by now in Grade 6 as we all start to find our groove and really push on in multiple curriculum areas…. Unit of Inquiry: In our ‘Who We Are in Place and Time’ unit of inquiry we have been looking at ‘Reasons for migration over time’. To do...
Color and Emotions in Art
In Grade 7 Art this week, as part of our 'Color and Emotion' unit inspired by Kandinsky, students worked on their final piece of evidence for Objective B: Developing Ideas. They were tasked with creating thumbnail sketches for their final abstract artwork designed to...
Week 5: 2 + 2 = 5
Greetings one and all- Another week has passed us by with much learning with fun and games. In 2+2=5 Ms. Sri is introducing to the younger students a game called BUMP. They get to practice their fast facts AND their spelling of high frequency words. The middle...
G3 Measuring Length!
Dear Parents, We have started a unit on measurement. The focus for this week is length. Students had fun using a ruler to measure in cm's.
Cooperation and Action in G1A
This week, we revisit the Learner Profile of caring and students were encouraged to think about how we need to share when working in a group. One student said, "When everyone work together, we all are winners." Groups who cooperated and did an activity together were...
Student Voice: Grade 8s Design Their Second Unit for English
This week the grade 8 students had an opportunity to decide what they want to study for our second unit. They could choose from 4 options: 1. Poetry and Song; 2 Novel Study "The Outsiders"; 3 Gothic, Mystery, or Personal Short Stories; and 4 A Comparative study of...
Healthy bodies
This week we went to Sohar Medical University to learn more about the heart and lungs. We even saw some real organs and noticed that they were not pink because there was no blood in them! In maths, we practised estimating and measuring, making sure we knew the correct...
Personal Project
Dear Parents, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to provide you with an update on the students' progress in their personal projects. As a reminder, the personal project is an ongoing process that will culminate in a final product. The students have now met...
Music Week 5
Dear Parents, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to provide you with an update on our students' progress in their music projects. This week, we concluded our formative assessments, which allowed us to gauge the students' understanding and progress in their...
Research, biographies and new students!
We have welcomed 4 new students into our class over the past week or so. Please welcome Hilal, Wasaif, Chaea, and Ananya to our wonderful Grade 5 ABIS community! Their peers have been taking great care of them ensuring that they get from class to class and showing...
The Head's Blog
Oman’s Minister for Education visits ABIS!
Today we welcomed Dr. Madiha Al Shaibani, Minister for Education in Oman. This is huge honour for the school. Dr Madiha and her entourage were joined by representatives from the Ministry of Education, as well as senior figures from Sohar Aluminium and Orpic. Dr Al...
Important visitors!
Just to let you know that we are expecting important visitors from the Ministry of Education tomorrow. They have heard about how wonderful our school is and have decided to pay a visit. School will, of course, continue as normal except you may some of us looking...
School Photos
The school photos arrived just now. Better late than never! If you need you photos before the holiday, please e-mail Eiman (e.alrisi@abisoman.com) this afternoon and then come and collect tomorrow at lunchtime. Otherwise, they will be distributed when we get back...
Thank you for Supporting the Beach Clean-up!
It’s always good to be surrounded by a group of caring individuals who share the common goal of keeping Oman clean and beautiful. Thanks to the 70+ ABIS students, parents, and teachers on hand who combed the beach, picking-up trash and plastic that is so very...
We will be having visitors next week!
If you are in school next week, you may see a number of guests who are visiting us as part of the CIS (Council of International Schools) Accreditation process. This visit is part of an ongoing process that has already taken several years of hard work from our staff,...
Click! Remember to order your photographs by Wednesday + House Picnic
Lots of orders for photographs have been coming in; remember to order yours by tomorrow as the school order will be placed promptly as we hope to receive them before the winter break. Please follow the links in Thursday's Newsflash in order to view the thumbnails....
School photos are ready to order!
The thumbnail links of the recent school photographs have arrived in school. Please click on the links below to view these: Individual thumbnail links for all Grades: Click Here Sibling and Family photo link: Click Here Please note, we have not yet received the...
Three way conferences reminder
We would like to remind you that Three Way Conferences are taking place this week on Wednesday for Primary and Secondary and on Thursday for Primary. There will be no ASA's on Wednesday. Primary students are not expected in school on Thursday unless attending a Three...
Community Dance and Cancer Walkathon
We look forward to seeing you all at this evening's Community Dance that starts prompt at 6.30 (we suggest you arrive by 6:20). We are trying to ensure there is adequate lighting but still please be very careful when parking. We are currently improving the safety of...
Sharing some good news about Miss Simpson!
We are all looking forward to the opportunity to spend a bit of extra time with our families over the Autumn break. It has been a really busy ten week so far - full of learning, activities and experiences for our students and we are really happy with our new teachers...
Primary Swim Gala
Wow! What a fantastic effort our primary swimmers put in at the Al Ain English Speaking School on Wednesday. ABIS took out all three sections of the swim meet winning the individual girls section, the individual boys section and the overall result even though we...
Four great meetings!
We have had three significant meetings at the school this week, all very positive. Qatar Foundation came to visit on Tuesday to see our new building, as they are considering similar projects back home. They were enormously impressed by what our students were doing and...