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Gym Workout
This week Grade 8 were introduced to the school workout gym where they tried out the equipment and looked at all the possible workout options. From there they will be graded as to what equipment they can use in their own time.
ABIS Passion Projects have returned
Fitness, football, arts, crafts, basketball, videography, cooking, coding, music, juggling... click through for photos
Ski Trip
We have a great group of kids signed up so far for next February's Ski Trip. The first deposit of 250 OMR will be due by the 31st of October so if you wish to join you still have time. You get 6 days fantastic skiing or snowboarding, snow tubing, tobogganing and other...
Individual research
The Grade 8s are half way through way their government system research. They are focussing on the fairness, distribution of power and development fo the nation under that government system. They are using class time to develop their research focus and listen to...
Presentation about meaning for human right
This week, G5 students demonstrated the concept of human rights, expressing a remarkable expression of the human right to education, health and freedom of expression
Chefs of ABIS
Week 1 of passion projects brought out 5 chefs from grade 7. We spent the session brainstorming all the food we want to cook (this required some serious restraint as we possibly cannot make EVERYTHING we want to), planning the menu for the next 5 sessions, making a...
Photographer at ABIS next week
On Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th October 2019, the photographer will be in school to take portraits of all staff and students. Please ensure students are wearing their ABIS branded tops on these days. Sibling photographs will be arranged within school time. Parents...
Expressing ourselves in music
Some students came down to LC3 to use the music space for their Passion Projects. One student is busy honing her lyric and melody writing skills in order to compose a song. Two other students are wanting to cover a pop song from their own country and so are busy...
Grade 9 Mathematics
This week grade 9 were working through challenging questions on fractional exponents. They were encouraged to work collaboratively (Approaches to learning: help others to succeed) and that they should delay seeking support, see clip from Professor J. Bowler at...
Exploring one of our BIG maths questions.
Where is maths in our real world? We had some great discussion today as we explored where we might find numbers and use our maths skills when we are shopping.
Grade 8 Mathematics
This week Grade 8 mathematicians have been developing their approaches to revision. They began this process by making mind-maps of what they had learnt. They were encouraged to include pictures, calculations & anything they associate with each topic. After this...
STEAM in the ECC
This week we made Puff paint. The students observed the mixture being made. Then we helped the choose and mix the colours. Wonderful paintings were created and then baked in the microwave. They were able to talk about how their painting smelled and how it had changed...
Week 6
We had a great week in grade 4. The students have been sharing amazing ideas about what makes a good role model, and have been researching and reading about many different role models from around the world. We look forward to the next two weeks where everyone will be...
DP English Class
Grade 11 class continues to explore the unit on readers, writers, and texts. We studied and analyzed advertisements on 'blood diamonds'. Then, we chose different text types on the topic of blood diamonds and explored how each text type has specific features that sets...
Grade 11 and 12 Physics
Having completed the first Core chapter on Measurements and Uncertainty, this week Grade 11 started on a new unit, Mechanics. As a prescribed practical by the IB, students had to experimentally determine the acceleration of free fall. Later they will use the IB...
Grade 7 science
Grade 7 continued on the unit FOOD this week. Students had to research, present and use empirical data to decide whether a smoothie is better than a fruit salad. Later in the week, students did some activities to showcase their understanding of what a balanced diet...
Grade 9 Science
This week we continued on the sub-unit Gravitation. Students determined the Earth's gravitational acceleration experimentally. They documented limitations to the methodology and suggested improvements for more accurate and reliable data collection techniques.
University support
G12 students are making good progress in narrowing their university options. Most are about to start filling applications, so expect a bit more anxiety over the coming months. Mr Howes has been supporting them in this process. Please contact him if you have questions.
Working our way through word problems
The Grade 6s recognize that word problems are a challenge! We worked through ways to approach and tackle these tricky questions. Here are the ideas that we came up with: We also talked about our organization skills. All students should have their Math duotang,...
Grade 8 French
Grade 8 are a truly international bunch, bringing a wealth of languages and cultures together in one group. They have been rising to the challenge of presenting to each other in French to share some of this interesting heritage. They have been researching and...
Grade 11 Mathematics
This week grade 11 mathematicians were creating worked solutions for various problems that applied their understanding of geometric series. They made these in the form of a poster. They then gave comments about strengths and areas to improve in each other's work. This...
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