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So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!Writing Workshop Conclusion
1. This Week in Our Learning: • We finished the final step to the writing workshop and students have now submitted there work. I am already making me way through them and students can expect feedback this weekend. From those that I have already assessed, special...
2B News Flash!!!
Weekly Photos Here!!! Houses, houses, and more houses!!! This week the students built, created, and collaborated with their table groups and came up with some beautiful examples of an adobe, log cabin, Rondavel, and stilt house. Please look at the pictures of the...
G.11-Sohar Aluminium visit
Our longstanding partnership with Sohar Aluminium continues to be an invaluable source of real-world learning for our students! See photos of our recent visit using this link This week, our Grade 11 IB Diploma Programme learners visited the Sohar Aluminium facilities...
G9 Service as Action: Clothes Donation Drive Success!
We are incredibly proud of our Grade 9 students, Dana, Rahaf, and Fatma, who successfully organized and led a comprehensive Clothes Donation Drive as their Service as Action project. They identified the crucial need to both reduce environmental clothing waste and...
. Grade 2 Activity: A Competition with Student-Chosen Gifts
G7 Advisory – The Storm Before the Calm.
Ministry Exams, Summatives, Deadlines, Revision, and Stress! The end of any term in education can feel quite daunting for students, families, and teachers alike. However, by approaching this time with a growth mindset and leveraging key Approaches to Learning (ATL)...
Week 14: Fun with Math
Happy Thursday, Math superstars! 👋 We are in the 14th week of the academic year. This week has been a week of celebrations of learnings in the terms of reflections of summative assessments. You were full of energy and you've nailed it well. It is just awesome to see...
Grade 5 AMT
في هذا الأسبوع، قام كلّ تلميذ من تلاميذ الصّف الخامس برسم صور متسلسلة تحكي قصة معيّنة وتشتمل على عناصر القصة، وذلك لتطوير مهارة الخيال عندهم .في الحصة القادمة، سوف يقوم كلّ تلميذ بعرض قصته والتحدّث عنها باللّغة العربيّة...
Grade 8 Sticky Note Critiques at the Art Show
During our school-wide Art Show, every student had their artwork on display. To help us look carefully at each other’s work, Grade 8 Visual Arts students took part in a Sticky Note Critique activity during their gallery visit. This quiet and simple strategy allowed...
Week 15
Grade 12 Mock Exams & Revision We spent the week reflecting on the Mocks. It was time to look in the mirror (and at the papers) to see where we stand. We are now doing unit-wise checks to ensure our knowledge is solid—you could say we are rectifying our errors...
Reading, writing, maths in Grade 2
In maths this week we have worked through a comprehensive maths assessment for diagnostic purposes. The results tell us what your child understands and how they can apply their learning to different problems. We worked on solving a story problem by identifying the...
Week 15 in Grade 1A
Dear Parents, This week, we started our very first story writing, and the children were so proud to bring their own stories to life. What a wonderful beginning to their writing adventure! We also had a fantastic day at the wadi. The children played with water,...
Week 15 in G6
A hugely BUSY week in grade 6 as we work our way though the ministry exams, prepare and perform the music concert, eye up next week’s Sports Day and try to make as much progress in the PYP Exhibition as possible (difficult given the above list). This week the...
تنفيذ الاختبار القصير الأول للغة العربية في الصف الرابع
نفذ طلبة الصف الرابع الاختبار القصير الأول في مادة اللغة العربية هذا الأسبوع، من خلال الوقوف عند مهارات اللغة العربية المتنوعة كالاستماع والفهم المقروء والأنشطة اللغوية والإملائية والتعبير وقاموا باسترجاع ما تم دراسته خلال الأيام الماضية في مادة اللغة العربية موضحين...
Try STEM activities at home
You may ask what you can do with your child at home? STEM activities may be your answer! STEM activities for kids at home develop critical skills like problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity, while also making learning fun and hands-on. These activities...
Curious Minds, Cookie Crumbs and Concert Cheers
It was lovely to see lots of you at the Winter Concert Wednesday afternoon! It was a nice celebration filled with our talented children and their love of music. Important Dates: Tuesday 16th December- Sports Day! Wear house t-shirts! Thursday 18th December- Muscat...
G3 Music Sensation
Dear Parents, Grade 3's performance at the musical was amazing, they sang 'You got a friend in me and 'Try everything!
Week 15 in 1B
Grade 1 recently visited Wadi Hibi as part of our How the World Works unit, “The Earth goes through constant change.” 🌍💧 During the trip, students observed how water, rocks, sand and plants interact and saw firsthand how flowing water can slowly change the shape of...
ABIS Shines: 4th Place in the Creative Pens Competition – North Al Batinah
This recognition affirms our school’s dedication to progress, strong participation, and the advancement of First Domain Initiatives, aligned with the philosophy of the IB , PYP , Arabic Language Competitions , and the vision we uphold at ABIS . #IB #PYP #PIRLS...
Grade 11 Biology-Powering Life: Grade 11s Crack the Energy Code.
We are thrilled to report a major success in the Grade 11 IB Biology class, where students have just completed the unit on Cell Respiration. Historically, this topic has been a hurdle for many students due to the introduction of complex, new terminology—making it a...
Grade 8 Students Use Online Test Platform for the First Time
Grade 8 students are being prepared for online assessments like the e-assessment they will complete in Grade 10. In Humanities, they had the opportunity to use AssessPrep, the online testing platform recently acquired by ABIS to complete their Source Analysis...
The Head's Blog
Primary Swim Gala
Wow! What a fantastic effort our primary swimmers put in at the Al Ain English Speaking School on Wednesday. ABIS took out all three sections of the swim meet winning the individual girls section, the individual boys section and the overall result even though we...
Four great meetings!
We have had three significant meetings at the school this week, all very positive. Qatar Foundation came to visit on Tuesday to see our new building, as they are considering similar projects back home. They were enormously impressed by what our students were doing and...
ABIS Parking changes
Welcome back to school after what we hope has been a fun and relaxing Eid break. Tomorrow you will find that the access to the school has changed. The old main entrance from the road is closed. The entrance road has moved approximately 50 meters back towards the...
What a wonderful start!
As life settles back to normal it is difficult to believe that just a few weeks ago I was staring at a building site! It has been a fantastic start to the year and I would like to thank all of you for kind words and support. The opening of the new building is the...
One Week To Go!
With one week to go before students and families return to school the staff have been very busy unpacking resources and setting up the new furniture and buildiings. It's a very exciting time for all of us. Some reminders about upcoming dates: Sunday 21st...
The new school year is approaching.
Hello to all of our families wherever you are. We hope you are having a wonderful break and have enjoyed your summer so far. All is going well in Sohar and at ABIS. We would like to remind you of a few points below: Early Years Meeting between 1pm -2pm: Sunday August...
Math teacher demonstrates proficiency to multiply
Margaret (Margo) Nohlgren Adams Born on June 13, 2016: 49 cm, 2.65 kg Proving, once again, that sometimes 1+1=5
Yearbooks & Iftar
Yearbooks will be disturbed tomorrow, Monday, to all students who have purchased one. If you would like a yearbook and haven't ordered yet see Miss Ruqaia. This week's price is 15OMR. Iftar As Ramadan is a chance for families to gather together it seems fitting that...
Staffing News – leaving and new teachers
It is time formally share information about the teachers who are leaving us this year and to share some of our plans relating to next year’s staffing with you. We must say goodbye to seven exceptional teachers who have given so much to the development and life of the...
Farewell to our Grade 12s
We had a bittersweet assembly in Secondary today: we said farewell to our 12th graders, but we also welcomed our 6th graders into Secondary. To commemorate the occasion, Student Council instituted a new tradition: an ABIS Totem Pole. Each grade will have an...
Ramadan
As an international school focused on student learning, ABIS will operate normally at Ramadan, though we will take some special measures to respect and support our Omanis and host country. We will contact our Muslim families about these arrangements shortly. In...
New teachers joining us – we’ve got lucky again!
As we all know that great teachers are the most important part of any school, we have some excellent news in regard to our staffing next year. All key positions required for departing teacher replacement and school growth have now been filled. Once again we have been...