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So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!This week in Music
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. It has been a productive start to the new term, and I am pleased to share the progress our students have made this week as they dive into their new units of study. Our MYP music students are already deeply engaged in...
Humanities and English
Update on students' learning: Grade 7 Humanities - students are being guided through how to make clear and purposeful research notes. They have received formative feedback and must use it to show improvements in the upcoming summative. Grade 8 Humanities - students...
ABIS MUN
This week saw activity ramp up regarding our ABIS MUN, to be held on Feb 7th. The event was initiated and coordinated by our oganisers: Amanda, Janko and Maria. The work these students have put in to get things up and running has been amazing and is a fantastic...
تمثيل حوار العمل أمان ( الحوار في شريط مصور) في الصف الخامس
قام طلبة الصف الخامس بتمثيل حوار ( العمل أمان ) المحدد لهم في كتاب لغتي الجميلة في حصة اللغة العربية متمثلين قيمة العمل وأهميته في حياتهم ولتصل لهم فكرة ضرورة الجد والاجتهاد في الحياة وعدم الركون للكسل والراحة المفرطة لتحقيق الأهداف التي نضعها نصب أعيننا في جو من...
AAL Grade 6 students
Grade 6 AAL students demonstrated enthusiasm, knowledge, and enjoyment through created various posters establishing some basic of Arabic and reflecting what they had learned during the previous period of the school year.
Creative Writing
To start the new academic term and new year, we have been exploring creative writing in grade 10. We are examining the reasons that people write when they undergo major life changes, specifically looking at migration stories. The first part of our unit has been...
Grade 10 in Art
This Week in Our Learning This week, our Grade 10 MYP Art students continued unpacking their e-portfolio unit, Embracing Uniqueness, through mind map exploration and researching artists and artworks for inspiration. Our statement of inquiry is: “Beauty and uniqueness...
First week Back – Term 3
Listen to this while watching. Its fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcoUvu0mGog&list=RDFcoUvu0mGog&start_radio=1 Good morning, good afternoon, and welcome back! Can you believe it? We are live from Term 3, and time has flown faster than a projectile with...
Week 18 in 1B
This week, we wrapped up our Unit of Inquiry, How the World Works, by completing our student reflections. We thought carefully about what we learned and shared our ideas using pictures and words. In phonics, we explored magic e sounds, focusing on long vowel a and i....
Week 18: Fun with Math!!!
Happy Thursday to all! We have completed the 18th week of the academic year which happens to be the 2nd week of the second semester. It is good to see everyone of you fully rejuvenated and full of energy and this semester is going to be great. It is just awesome to...
2B News Flash!!!
Weekly Photos Here What an exciting time to be in Ms. Leah’s grade 2 classroom. Our Unit Of Inquiry, How We Express Ourselves is in full swing with the introduction to the creative process. The students enjoyed watching a multiple amount of stories in the classroom. A...
Week 18 in Grade 1A
This week, the students wrote a story in their journals, and the topic was a dragon! We learned new skills, namely the use of transition words in a story. These words help the students create a clear beginning, middle, and end, improving the structure of their...
Week 2 of the new year!
This week in maths we finished up some length activities, then moved onto addition and subtraction within 100. We began by counting on and back by 10s and will move onto counting on and back by 100s. This means we are looking at a number, ie 58, then count back by a...
Week 18: Explorers and Forts
الهوية والمواطنة/الصف الاول
استمتع طلاب الصف الاول في هذا الاسبوع بالالعاب الالكترونية الوطنية
Artifacts – Museum Visit!
Dear Parents All students were amazed by the special artifacts that were in the Amjad Museum. They learned a lot about ancient Oman.
Where We Are in Place and Time
As part of our tuning in, we have been doing observational drawings of our own artefacts. We looked through the lens of historians, thinking about what the artefact was, who and what it was for and where it was from. This is good preparation for when we start finding...
G6 – Week 7 of the PYPX
A short, but very ‘full on’ week with students starting to lean towards the Exhibition finish line and map out their final choices, actions and the experience / take-away they would like their audience to experience. This week we have been creating our road map of our...
RazKids Isn’t Just For Reading…
Improving EAL (English as an Additional Language) reading and speaking skills using Raz-Kids' recording feature involves specific strategies to build confidence, fluency, and pronunciation. A simple way to support your child at home, is by helping them record...
مخُّ الوعلِ في الصف الرابع
قام طلبة الصف الرابع بتمثيل درس مخّ الوعل الذي تم دراسته خلال هذا الأسبوع، وتمثلوا أدوار الأسد والثعلب والوعل في صراع واضح ليظهر من خلال الأحداث مصير الطمع الذي يتصف به الإنسان وكيف ممكن أن تكون نهاية من لا يحكم عقله في المواقف التي تمرّ به ولا يستفد من الدروس التي...
A busy time ahead
Dear parents, It has been a pleasure to see students return this week after the Winter Break, and to feel the renewed sense of energy across the school. Classrooms have quickly settled back into routines, and it has been good to see students reconnecting with friends,...
The Head's Blog
Scarlet Fever
Dear Parents It has come to our attention that a few cases of scarlet fever have been reported in a nearby school here is Sohar. For your information, the signs and symptoms, mode of transmission, prevention and treatment are as follows: What is scarlet fever? Scarlet...
International Day Benefit
Thank you to all ABIS parents who generously ran food stalls at International Day. We managed to raise OMR 2755.935 on the night. A huge thanks to Sohar Aluminum, Al Nathla, Radisson Blu, Crowne Plaza, Masafi, Ford, Mitsubishi, Tanuf and all other businesses...
IB week-end workshop at ABIS
It was a very busy week-end for ABIS teachers as we participated in an IB in-school workshop on Approaches to Learning skills. Led by Ms Amor Vieira, an IB teacher from Spain, the staff discussed the fuve categories of 21st century skills (communication, social,...
ABIS hosts finals of Quraan Competition
ABIS is pleased to have hosted the sultanate-wide Quraan finals last Wednesday, 28th of February. Students who competed were the regional winners from different levels. Our very own Grade 3 student, Lamar Al-Ma'maria, secured the title of best candidate for her age...
MYP Candidacy Update: Teachers on Training
We have been busy preparing for the trial implementation of the MYP next school year. While the adminstration is engrossed gathering documentation and filling in the MYP candidacy papers, our teachers have been actively engaged in the exploration of the MYP. Some...
ABIS speaks at Schoolex 2018
On 12 to 14 February, SCOOLEX 2018, Oman’s largest gathering of private education professionals was held at the new Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in Muscat. Organised by the Ministry of Education General Directorate of Private Schools, the event brought...
ALUMNI NEWS: Harshit and Teja, Class of 2017
On the 21st of December, Grades 9 to 12 were treated to an alumni talk on American university life by last year's graduates - Harshit and Teja. Harshit is currently enrolled in the University of Drexel, taking software engineering while Teja is in Embry Riddle, taking...
MYP student induction begins
On the 24th of January, the current 7th graders had an introduction session about the Middle Years Programme (MYP) with Ms. Ann Gaillard in her capacity as MYP Coordinator. The Grade 7 students discussed the benefits of being able to transition from one IB programme...
Workshop for the Ministry of Education
On the 16th of January, Al Batinah International School (ABIS) had an opportunity to welcome eighteen staff of the Ministry of Education to learn more about the school and its IB programmes: PYP, DP and the upcoming MYP. Ms Michelle Simpson and Ms Ann Gaillard gave...
Beach Cleanup Details
Dear ABIS Community! Please join us this Friday morning (Jan. 12th) for the 5th Annual ABIS Beach Clean-up! Every piece of trash we collect from the beach is one less piece that will end up in our precious ocean waters, protecting sea life, birds and ultimately us...
School Open Today
School is open today. We have checked the roads around the school, the highway and in Syam and everything appears to be clear. The weather forecast is a 50% chance of showers or rain until lunchtime and then no rain after that. Parents are advised to make their own...
ABIS Parent Zone in LC3
Dear Parents, We are happy to announce the formal opening of our ABIS Parent Zone in LC 3 where you can connect with other parents, learn and find answers from the ABIS staff. In the attached flyer, you can find out more information about the ABIS Book Exchange,...