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A Fun Four Days
We had a great week of learning. The children shared maps from home, maps they made, strengthened reading strategies and studied length and distance.
Chinese ink painting in G10 art.
The IGCSE Art & Design students worked hard to complete their first finished pieces, then selected the themes they will be using this year in the creation of their portfolios. Now we are enjoying a series of fun mini-lessons, chosen by the students, that will...
Active Learners!
Grade 6 have been learning numbers, dates and key info for exchanging personal details in French. They have applied their learning about numbers in Maths to their inquiry as to how numbers are expressed in French and made some interesting links between languages....
Physical Theatre
In line with the time of the year, Grade 7 have been taking part in some spooky dramatic activities! Today we were looking at physical theatre and the students were asked to use their own bodies to create the door to a big old haunted house! Ooooooh! There were some...
Think and play
G4 students studied a grammar lesson where students applied the lesson by participating in a game
Creativity and expression with G7 students
G7 students expressed the phenomenon of belonging after perusal and research by writing an ounce topic where they merged their previous ideas with innovative new ideas they learned during the study of MYP from the analysis, organization and production of text of...
Grade 8 Science
Grade 8 Scientists were examining the samples they took on their field trip to Wadi Hibi. The location at Wadi Hibi they visited before the holidays They looked at the living (biotic) factors and what adaptations life had made to adapt to the harsh ecosystem. To do...
Human Rights Painting
We concluded our unit on human rights by depicting various human rights in art form. What a group of talented young artists!
Week 9 In Grade 4N
We had a great week of learning. We got back into our reading and math groups learning routines very quickly. It was very exciting to start our new unit of inquiry How The World Works which is - The properties of States and Matter. (Very science based) We began our...
Working together in a Grade 1
We had a short week but we made the most of it! A highlight was working with our buddies in Grade 4. Winter is coming so the time is just right for working outside. We met up in the garden so there was plenty of room for all of us. Grade 1 shared all they have learnt...
ECC and G5 have a play date
This week our buddies came to play with us in the ECC. We teach them about making connections with other people outside of their usual environment. They learn how to take responsibility and become good role models. For us we get to meet the older students who talk and...
Week 9
We have had an exciting start to our new Unit of Inquiry! The students were invited to the high school lab to learn about using microscopes to look at a variety of types of Matter. (Make sure to ask about what they saw, and what Matter is.) We also had some bottles...
A short but busy week
This week we were focusing on using 2 of the reading strategies we have learnt. We were using our 'who and what' for understanding and looking for 'chunks' in words. In UOI we have been recognising and identifying the features of maps of our school. In maths we have...
Calculating simple probability
Grade 7s were working together on an activity to calculate simple probability. Many of them were also wearing pink to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness.
Grade 12 English survived it!
The grade 12 English class hit the ground running after the week long break. They survived a grueling assessment, Individual Oral Commentary, which tests their ability to think on their feet and express themselves orally by analyzing a pre-studied text. Well done,...
Grade 5KL are balanced.
Scientific understanding of force and motion facilitates problem solving is the central idea of our new Unit of Inquiry. The Grade 5's began the unit by investigating ways to balance objects they could find in the room. We had great fun and the students made some...
Important Staffing Announcement
Dear ABIS parents, We need to share some important news with you, and the wider ABIS community. Our Head of School, Neil Tomalin, has decided to move on at the end of the current school year, and it is with reluctance that we have accepted his...
School closed on Sunday
The MOE has announced that all local and private schools will be closed on Sunday 27thOct due to Al Shurah Council election. This means that ABIS will be closed on Sunday and will reopen on Monday 28th October! Enjoy the extra day holiday everyone!
Integration…
Grade 12 have completed their test on integration (and performed better than previous years). They are moving on to trigonometry and calculus related to trigonometry. They are also making progress on their IAs.
Recycling Water at ABIS
Did you know that we have a system for recycling water at ABIS? To conclude our inquiry into Water as a natural resource, Mr Paul and Mr Suresh gave us a tour of the Sewage Plant at ABIS. We learned that the human waste from the toilets at ABIS is collected and...
Grade 7/8 language acquisition
In the past couple of weeks, our grades 7 and 8 language acquisition students have learned to use similes and adjectives to 'show' rather than 'tell' something. This culminated in a descriptive writing assessment to finish off our unit on food.
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