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So many things happen at ABIS and we love to share!Reading Fables
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. This week in our reading group, we explored fables with the students. Fables are short stories that usually feature animals as characters and teach an important moral or lesson. Reading fables is important because it...
Notes from the (Slightly) Mad Science & Math Lab!
Hello Parents and Students, It has been a week of high energy (literally) and high-level thinking in the Science and Math departments. Here is the breakdown of what we’ve been up to before I head off into the wild next week! ⚛️ Physics: From Toast to Torques ...
This week in Art
Our MYP Art Grade 10 students have just completed Criterion C of our Utopia Unit, where they finalized their artworks and reflected on their entire creative process. As part of this reflection, students engaged in Sticky Note Critiques, a simple yet powerful strategy...
Happy National Day From G3!
Weekly Music Blog – Building Confidence for the Winter Concert!
ABIS Performing Arts Department As we move closer to the Winter Music Concert, excitement continues to build across all grade levels. This week, every class took meaningful steps forward—polishing their performance pieces, strengthening their musical skills, and...
Decodable Readers
You may be wondering what decodable readers are. Decodable readers are texts that mostly use words with phonics patterns that children have already learned. These texts usually focus on one specific phonics concept, like the “sh” digraph, and provide repeated...
Celebrating Oman National Day & more
Dear ABIS Families, Today was a special day for our whole school community as we celebrated Oman National Day together. This morning’s assembly brought students from across all grade levels onto one stage, showcasing traditional dress, music, and performances that...
This week in music
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. As the countdown to the Winter Concert continues, I wanted to share an update on the dedicated rehearsal process and upcoming assessments in our music classes. All our music students (Grades 7, 8, and 10) are fully...
Happy Oman National Day
Happy Oman National Day! All of the students looked amazing in their national dress and colours and they did a brilliant performance in the whole school assembly! Remember that Tuesday 25 is Kindness Day and students can wear odd socks and/or a light blue top. There...
What’s up in Grade 2?
This week in literacy, we have worked on making words with the -ar, -art, -ir and -irt rhyming patterns. We have discussed our reading and the strategies we use to understand what we are reading. We are learning reviewing the difference between fiction and non-fiction...
Week 12 in Grade 1A
Today, we celebrated Omani International Day at school. The children wore beautiful, colorful dresses and traditional clothes. The school looked very festive. We also had a wonderful week of learning. The students explored the topic “What is the Earth made of?” They...
Kids Helping Cats
This weekend in Palm Garden, 15 amazing kids took action to help our community cats!With support from their moms and families, they organized a bake sale to raise awareness about the cats living in Palm Garden and the TNR project taking place there. TNR stands for...
G6 – Wk 12 and the Exhibition Launch
Week 12 in Grade 6 LINK to Star Wars intro video What a crazily busy week as the PYPX (Exhibition) is finally launched! The children have been busy answering questions, building word clouds, analysing possibilities, studying SDGs (Sustainability Development Goals),...
Week 12 in 1B
This week in Grade 1, we moved into the finding out stage of our “How the World Works” unit by exploring what Earth is made of. Through hands on sorting activities, students identified and classified land, air, and water, and shared where they notice each of these in...
Our First Grade students are proudly celebrating their progress in fluent reading!
Our First Grade students are proudly celebrating their progress in fluent reading! 📚✨"Our Journey Towards Excellence" is the theme of our next stage, where we continue exploring the world of words and knowledge with confidence and enthusiasm. This journey reflects our...
Grade 11 Chemistry Update – Stoichiometry and Solutions.
We are nearing the completion of stoichiometry, a foundational skill that directly supports Structure 1 (mole concept, empirical/molecular formulas) and Reactivity 2.1 (reacting quantities, limiting reactants). Beyond these, stoichiometric principles underpin numerous...
This week in music
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well as we continue our preparations for the Winter Concert on December 15th! Our Grade 7 students are making excellent progress with their class song. They are focusing on blending their individual parts and ensuring that...
2B News Flash!!!
Weekly Photos Here This week's UOI was a busy one. Students were introduced to materials such as wood, straw, and bricks from the story, ‘The Three Little Billy Goats’. This provocation led them into looking at what materials we use to build houses. Our central idea...
Grade 9 Science- The Kinetic Theory of Matter
Our Grade 9 science class recently wrapped up an exciting week in the lab, conducting hands-on investigations into the kinetic theory of matter. Following the design phase, students explored the effect of temperature on the rate of particle movement. It was truly...
G1C: Week 11 on Earth!
Students have been doing more collaborating, sharing and inquiring into our Unit about the Earth. We worked in small groups to construct our own globes which involved observation of the Earth to make our own. Then we needed to have a steady hand to glue and put...
Grade 8 Advisory – House Competition Hosts on 11 December
Upon their safe return from their sailing fieldtrip, Grade 8 students immediately dove in to get ready for the next event - the house competition which they will host on 11 December. The spent Thursday morning going through a list of AI-generated activities to decide...
The Head's Blog
Primary Teacher Allocations and Classrooms
Welcome back to ABIS. We hope you have had a wonderful break. Many of you will be wondering about the primary school teacher and grade/class allocations for 2015/2016. Our KG classrooms have been remodelled to allow a more open plan style of teaching and learning. We...
30% off ABIS School Clothing
For the next 6 days Land's End are offering a 30% reduction on all ABIS School Clothing in their store. To claim this offer just shop as usual and use the following coupon code at checkout. Promo Code: DESK PIN: 6350
New ABIS Clothing Store is online!
We are happy to announce that the new ABIS Clothing Store is online and ready to go! Created in cooperation with Land's End, one of the global leaders in high quality clothing, the store features a huge range of different products for students of all ages. The store...
Money, Money, Money!
I know that many of you have been waiting to receive an invoice from school for the fees for 2015/16. We are very sorry for the delay but this was caused by circumstances beyond our control. Many of you know that the school has not raised its fees for the last 3 years...
2014/5 ABIS Yearbook
The 2014/5 ABIS Yearbook is just about ready! NOW is the time to reserve your copy. With over 250 pages of cherished memories and photos, this yearbook is a must for remembering the school year. Students love having yearbooks to look back at in later years and...
Teaching ESL students in the mainstream classroom
Over the last nine weeks a few teachers committed to an intense and vigorous course to better support EAL ( English as a second language)students in the classroom. The aims of this course are to: Develop teacher's awareness of the need to take into account the...
Clothing Collection
This last weekend we boxed up the first lot of clothing ready to take to Maher and we know there is more to come. This missive is to say please keep sending it in! As Ms. Saunders wrote earlier, she has been supporting several charities for some years with...
Raj is back!
This week we welcomed back Raj, whose family emergency has been resolved. He was pleased to be back, but not as pleased as those here who care about him greatly. Raj is an essential part of the school and to have him gone left a large hole. If you see him around...
Please register for the bus service before the deadline 4th of June
Please register for the bus service before the deadline 4th of June. Dear parents/guardians, This is just a quick reminder to register for the bus service for 2015-2015 before 4th of June. Thank you to those who have already registered. Please contact Carlijn...
Grade 12 Graduate from Secondary School Today
Today is dedicated to Grade 12, who graduate from the Secondary School this evening. This is a momentous step for them and for the school, as these are our first ever Grade 12's and they are very special to us. We will have a Graduation Dinner up at Crowne Plaza this...
Staffing News for next year
As a very successful year here at ABIS starts to come to a close, it is time to share some of our plans relating to staffing for next year with you. In all schools there is a time where we have to say goodbye to teachers who have given so much to the development and...
Mr. Raj Kumar
It is with great regret that we inform our school community that Mr Raj, our longest serving custodian departed on Monday night to India. He left for emergency family reasons and we are not sure if he will be returning. Mr Raj has been with the...