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Week 16: Happy Winter Break
End in sight for Grade 12
Well done yesterday at what will be your last sport carnival - your participation was great. Congratulations for finishing your penultimate Semester at school - one to go! It was pleasing to see how you approached the mock exams and the feedback from that. I'm looking...
Enjoy the holiday
It has been an intense six weeks since the fall break, but we have managed to have a concert, sports day, after-school activities, and to finish a unit or two. So well done! Now, it's time for a little rest, so we can return ready to learn in January. For those of you...
Happy Winter Break!
Dear Parents, It has been a wonderful two weeks with the winter concert, sports day and student presentations. If you are traveling, have a safe trip and best wishes for the new year.
G6 PYP Exhibition – Week 5
Another action packed week in Grade 6 as we try to fill holes in our line of inquiry 1 knowledge, whilst at the same time designing the second (more active) line of inquiry. In this middle line of inquiry we are transitioning from research to more active tasks. So...
Week 16 in Grade 1A
Dear Parents, The students had a wonderful time during the sports day last Monday. It was great to see their enthusiasm and teamwork in action! As we approach the holiday break, I would like to wish all our students and their families a joyful and relaxing vacation....
Week 17 in 1B
This week, we had a wonderful Sports Day filled with movement, teamwork, and lots of excitement. Students participated in a variety of activities that helped them practice important skills such as running, jumping, balancing, and throwing. Throughout the day, they...
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 مهارتي الخيال والإبداع عندهم .في الحصة القادمة، سوف يقوم كلّ تلميذ بعرض قصته والتحدّث عنها باللّغة العربيّة الفصحى....
Introducing Funbrain
Dear Parents, I would like to share an educational website called Funbrain that provides a safe and engaging environment for children in primary school to practice reading, vocabulary, math, and other essential skills. Funbrain offers your child the opportunity to:...
Week 15 – We are the world 🎵 🎼
Dear Students & Parents, Please click the link to the slides to access this week's updates. Have a lovely weekend. Thanks & Regards G4 Teachers Sri, Amy & Salima
This week in music
Dear Parents, The moment has almost arrived! We are finally getting to the Winter Concert and wanted to send this final reminder and logistics update. All our MYP music students are incredibly engaged and involved, and their hard work is ready to shine! WINTER...
Winter concerts & Sports Days
Dear parents, As we move toward the final week of term, it has been wonderful to see our students across the school engaging so confidently in performance, leadership, and community events. Our Primary students in Grades 3–6 delivered an outstanding Winter Concert...
Grade 9s share Knowledge about AI and Plagiarism
This week, after completing their end-of-unit summative, Grade 9 students worked through video lessons on the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how to avoid plagiarism. To show their understanding, they produced infographics for Grade 7 and Grade 8...
French Connections: Curiosity, Cameras, Critical Thinking – T2/W6
Dear Parents, What a vibrant week of learning it has been across all classes (as always!) Grade 7s sat their assessment this week and showed real focus and determination. Next week, we will dive into the theme of friendship: what makes a good friend, what we try to...
Grade 9 Science-Kinetic Theory in Action
Grade 9 students have successfully concluded their dynamic unit on the Kinetic Theory of Matter, solidifying a crucial foundation for future studies in DP Physics and Chemistry. This unit moved beyond textbook definitions, emphasizing real-world applications and...
G3 Artists and Musicians
Congratulations to all of the students for their wonderful performance yesterday in the Winter Concert. Videos of the songs are on Seesaw. This week, the students completed their extreme weather paintings. We will put these with their information writing and present a...
Exploring, Thinking & Creating Together !
Happy Thursday Roblox families ! What a joyful and curious week it has been in Grade 2! Our learners have continued to show enthusiasm, confidence, and a growing sense of independence as they explore new concepts and make meaningful connections to the world...
Wonderful Wadi Trip!
Grade 1C have had another super busy week and have taken their learning from the classroom out into the real world where they made connections, did more research, stretched their thinking skills and had fun at the same time! Last week we began to inquire into how...
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...
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...