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Should we protect the Pampas at all costs?
Students in Grade 7 are defending one side of our debatable question: should we protect the environment at all costs? Students read an article, took notes, then thought about 6 supportive points. They met with other students who supported the same side of the...
Introducing New Characters
Grade 7 and 8 are continuing to read 'The Ruby in the Smoke' in their language and literature class. We have discussed the importance of an effective antagonist and protagonist in a story; now we are looking at the way supporting characters are introduced and...
Thank you & baby chicks!
We just wanted to thank you all for your support at the school gates this morning. The process of checking temperatures went smoothly and we appreciate your support in making this successful. The Ministry of Health has just informed us they will be sending a team of...
Coronavirus update
Over the last week we have been very lucky to have a great deal of advice from the Ministry of Health (MOH). They have reassured us that we as a school can rely on the support of the MOH with regard to the Coronavirus. ABIS is committed to following their advice...
Talking about coronavirus with our children
The uncertainty around the coronavirus can bring about fear and worry in our students. It is important to remember our children are looking towards us for reassurance and cues on how to react and respond. Five strategies to build resilience, and have reassuring...
Important Coronavirus Update
Over the last days and weeks, the school has been carefully monitoring the situation with regard to the developing situation with regard to the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. We are in touch with the appropriate authorities (Sohar Aluminium doctors, the Director...
First ISA Test Experience for Grade 3
Our Grade 3s sat their first ISA tests this week. They were tested on Mathematical Literacy, Reading and Writing. It took a lot of concentration because all of the questions were in English. We tried to think of the questions as puzzles to solve. Our students coped...
Grade 9 mathematics
This week grade 9 were starting a new unit of inquiry looking into angles and circle theorems. The SOI (statement of inquiry) is logic can justify generalizations that increase our appreciation of the aesthetic. To help them remember what they have previously learnt...
Week 22
It was a busy week back after Oman Week. We got back into classroom activities, and students had the chance to share their learning about our Unit of Inquiry on government. Please have a look on SeeSaw for more information. When we return we will get right into our...
In Contention for Cannes…
Grade 9 are working hard on their videos in design, which is just as well as they are due in after the February break! They have shown great creativity and enthusiasm during the design process. Below are a few screenshots, one of which includes a very handsome extra...
A Very Busy Week Before the Break!
The children wrote their own Magic Treehouse House goes to Oman stories based on the Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne and their reflection journals from Oman week. Also, they started multiplying groups and dividing them up into equal groups. They worked with...
Buddy Time and More
It was great to see our ECC buddies again and get reacquainted! A bonus was going upstairs to the Oman Week Exhibition and seeing some wonderful works of art. Several Grade 5 students remembered their time in Grade 1.
Reviewing for Paper 2
This week, grade 12 students worked on reviewing material on Fidel Castro and the Cuban Civil War. We looked at the different factors that led to Castro emerging as leader in Cuba. The factors were organized into: economic factors, preexisting social divisions in...
Our last scheduled Lab in grade 12 Chemistry
We are finishing up our Chemistry 12 Biochemistry Option unit and did a lab to determine what juice contains more vitamin C in it. We learned that most commercial juices regardless of the label are mostly apple or grape juice (both low in vitamin C). We also learned...
G7 in Arabic
After asking students the phenomenon of "belonging" and then asking them to express this phenomenon in a creative way, using learning skills, students began working on research, studying the phenomenon and taking important notes, then each of them began writing,...
Abis est….
French students in Grade 9 are exploring the meaning of education in our current unit. We have asked what education looks like in different contexts and why ABIS is unique. Students are going to promote ABIS and started by sharing ideas in what ABIS means for them...
Story Tellers
This week we worked on making our own Magic Tree House stories based on our Oman Week experiences. We focused on plots that built towards a climax. In maths we worked on number patterns and recognising the pattern of a given sequence of numbers. We have been working...
Oman Week was AMAZING but we still need to clean up!
After a wonderful Oman week the Grade 5 students were full of stories. We wrote thank you notes to the guides at the Bait Al Safah museum in Al Hamra, and a snapshot of our favourite activity. BUT... with all that fun there is always cleaning to be done. This week for...
Creating a Stem and Leaf
What are the benefits of using a stem and leaf? How do you make one when given a set of data? Groups of Grade 7s worked together to figure this out!
Grade 4-we are home!
What an amazing Oman Week. The students were great travelers and made the trip so much fun. We all come home with wonderful memories of the trip to Muscat. I am very proud of all of the grade 4s, their enthusiasm and open mindedness to trying new activities is so...
G8 Oman Week: Day 5!
Yesterday's mini-golfing and pizza party went well, followed by a final class campfire (and a bit of crab-hunting on the beach). Today, we woke up and worked together to tear down camp and take the gear to the bus pick-up area. Ali took a lead role in helping to...
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