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Human knot
Grade 7s were tangled up in a collaborative and fun activity this week during their ATL session Students needed to keep their hands linked, work together and untangle...would they succeed??? Communication, cooperation and problem solving were involved...one section of...
Grade 12 Physics
Should you charge your smartphone and use it at the same time? This is the question that started us off in our last sub-topic in HL physics. Grade12 are studying the last AHL topic on Electromagnetic Induction. This week we were looking at Capacitance and before that...
Omani social studies -G5
الدراسات الأجتماعية المعلم الصغير
wheel characters
G6 students presented the character (Abbas bin Firnas) who made the first attempt to fly filled the wheel of characters with information about him and the importance of his attempt to start the discovery of flight
G7 Design
This is the first lesson in a 3 lesson program called "Nailed it" whereby the children will be introduced to the skills required for the design cycle. Today they were hard at work learning the art of sanding using either a sandpaper block or machines.
Grade 12 DP English Language and Literature
Persepolis is a graphic novel by Mariane Satrapi, that depicts her childhood and adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. We are studying the art form of graphic novels and understanding the novel in its cultural and historical context. Having...
Science Fair is coming!
Grade 6 have been working hard on their Science Fair projects, ready for next week. They are working from the co constructed rubric to make sure they have included all of the necessary elements. The students have displayed their ability to work independently, but have...
Basketball at TAISM
It was a big week in basketball with our 16&U boys team traveling to Muscat to play TAISM. The boys were undaunted by playing at a different venue and took the lead from the starting tip off. Julio and Newton were devastating at the top of the key creating a lot...
Basketball Finals
Congratulations to both our girls and boys teams for making the finals of their respective basketball competitions. The boys game was up first and they came up against a red hot SIS team. After a quick start from SIS the boys gradually clawed their way back into the...
Snowflakes
Well done to our beautiful dancing snowflakes. You were amazing. The students have been busy this week publishing their own stories and solving maths word problems. They have also been reflecting on the their mapping knowledge.
Preparing for the Science Fair
The Grade 5 students have been working on their Science Fair projects this week. Next week it's on to sharing their findings on display boards!
Science Fair is coming
Over the last few weeks the Grade 5’s have been working on scientific inquiry and undertaking simple experiments. Our theme for the Science Fair is Forces and Motion which includes simple machines. The students have made balloon powered cars, Newton’s Cradles,...
TOK Final Presentation
On Tuesday, grade 12 students completed their TOK presentations which will be marked and sent to the IB for moderation. The students did very well despite their nervousness and delivered high quality presentations that were thoughtful and organized. Next week we will...
Empathy Map for the Holocaust
This week students read testimony from a survivor who experienced the transit camps during the WWII. Students used information from the reading and their knowledge gained from this unit to create an empathy map to show what the survivor was feeling, thinking, seeing,...
From tar sands to fracking to cattle ranching.
Students in Grade 6 have researched some of the regional issues that are contributing to pollution and climate change. In their planning, they have chosen whether to portray a gloomy future in order to convince people to act, or a positive future that shows what we...
G8’s surreal films, collages, and paintings.
Now that Grade 8 students know the history and elements of Surrealism, and how to generate Surrealistic ideas, they are hard at work creating their own original pieces. They may choose two of three options--to create a short film, to make a magazine collage inspired...
Video Research
Grade 9 are due to make videos on a range of topics in Design. We have ideas on raising awareness about mental health, Bollywood, improving car safety and even tik-tok (a new one for me, where the students have taught the teacher!) The class is currently conducting...
Sharing The Planet
The students began our new unit by writing definitions of global warming and climate change and discussing the difference. They then sorted a range of pictures deciding whether they showed global warming, climate change or both. This provoked many questions and will...
The different skills of speaking and writing in a foreign language
Grade 6 are an active group who have been asking searching questions to push their learning in different directions. This term we have practised lots of conversations in French. The students were curious to learn and add many new words to their learning to talk about...
Hot chair
G4 students presented the hot chair strategy and asked each other various questions about the Omani environment and the difference between them and the present
Different Activities
G6 students presented many strategies during the Islamic education class and they divided themselves into groups. Some of them made a presentation, some of them applied the lock and key strategy, some of them presented the cafe strategy and asked a group of questions...
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