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The culture of reading plants seeds of knowledge and creativity in the minds of elementary school children.
Reading builds minds and opens horizons for thinking, expressing, and creativity المطالعة تزرع بذور المعرفة والإبداع في عقول الأطفال في المرحلة الابتدائية
G4 WEEK 25: Embracing Anarchy & Vandalism
Hey All To all who are fasting and maintaining their commitments during this sacred time, kudos to you. And kudos to all of us for adapting to the changes in the schedule and the corresponding updates as they came at different points this week. Highlights: Unit of...
MYP – Elements of Art (Tone)
This week the students in Grade 8 have been honing their Tonal Drawing skills. They have focused on Tonal Shading, using a range of Tonal Values to show light and dark contrast in their work. Later in the unit they will design Movie Posters showing line, tone, colour...
🌱 Unveiling Nature’s Secrets: The Organic Chemistry Odyssey 🧪
#Fun fact: Our beloved beverage -coffee- contains 99% Caffeine which is made up of 8 carbon atoms, 10 hydrogens, 4 Nitrogens and 2 Oxygen atom.It is known by the IUPAC name 1, 3, 7-Trimethylpurine-2,6-dione and has a chemical formula...
🔬 Exploring the Microscope: A Journey into Cell Structure 🔍
Grade 8 science students have been advancing their knowledge of cell structure. This week, their focus was on the crucial aspects of microscope safety and usage, including the proper preparation of slides. Ensuring microscope safety is of utmost importance to...
G.9 Science: Unveiling the Mysteries of Electricity and Magnetism
Grade 9 science students are gearing up for their end-of-unit test, which will assess their understanding of the recently completed unit on electricity and magnetism. Throughout this week, students delved into electromagnets during their lab sessions. They've...
Week 25
We had a lovely week. The children have started writing acrostic poems, made Ramadan lanterns and made their own clocks. The shortened day has kept the class working. Have a good weekend. This week's video!
How do we learn?
We have begun a new unit in maths where students extend and deepen 2nd grade practise with 'equal shares' to understanding fractions as equal partitions of a whole. They formalise their knowledge as they work with area models and the number line. During this unit, the...
2023 2024 G6N G6AW Week 25 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, Good afternoon and Welcome to the end of week 25. Ramadan Kareem to all who are observing this very special time of year. This week in math students have been learning about numbers: rational numbers, positive and negative integers through...
Happy Ramadan!
Ramadan Kareem to all who are observing this very special time of year 🙂 Please take some time to check out G6 W25 in Pictures by adding, downloading, or just browsing through all of the sights and sounds throughout the week. There is also a copy of the updated...
Third-grade students continue their educational journey.
Third-grade students continue their educational journey, diving into the world of free writing expression. They are encouraged to explore the depths of their imagination, expressing images and emotions with sentences that carry deep and accurate meanings, all without...
G9 Arabic Poetry الشعر العربي
During the Literature and Rhetoric unit, G9 students analyzed a poem entitled (The Hand Cannot Clap Alone) by the Egyptian poet Ibrahim Abu Sunna. The poem presented the value of friends in life, and how a friend creates either a positive or negative motive and the...
Wishing our Grade 10 French students all the best! Bonne chance!
The Grade 10 French students have their final MYP speaking exam on Tuesday 19th. Please wish them good luck and all the best! They have worked very hard to be ready for this. Bonne chance Grade 10! We also say 'merde' in France to wish luck....don't ask me why! ...
All change in G5!
It was a week of all change here in Grade 5. The classroom has changed again, as we gave out awards for the Solar System models and prepared our classroom for our new unit of inquiry into ecosystems. Students have also been great at adapting to the shortened timetable...
Ancient Civilizations..
Dear Parents Students have been learning about all the different civilizations. In groups they all shared their knowledge and understanding.
Week 25
This week, our students focused on enhancing their reading skills by practicing the magic E words. They also worked on writing sentences to strengthen their language abilities. In math, they learned to count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s up to 100 and mastered telling time on...
!على الأرفف .. كتب عربية جديدة
أعزائي أسرة مدرسة الباطنة الدولية تسعى المدرسة دائمًا إلى تزويد المكتبة بمختلف المصادر التي تخدم المناهج وتثري القراءة لدى الطلاب. ولم تفوت المدرسة فرصة عرس الكتاب - معرض مسقط الدولي للكتاب- حيث تم اقتناء العديد من الكتب العربية المتنوعة: .. ما بين أمهات الكتب إلى كتب...
Week 25
Due to the changing schedules we have been busy learning to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks. We have been reading clocks and noticing the movement of both the long and short hands moving in a clockwise direction. Looking at digital clocks the...
Oman week concludes with a great assembly
Dear Parents, Oman Week has been a fantastic journey filled with exciting trips and camps. Despite some weather challenges, everything proceeded smoothly, albeit with a few camps ending earlier than planned due to rain. The feedback from both students and staff has...
How beautiful We are, Al Batinah International School!
The wonderful events continue at Al Batinah International School, reflecting ongoing engagement with current affairs and active participation in the local and global community around us. The color purple prevails in its beauty during the celebrations of International...
New soft magnetic materials
Imagine tiny magnets powering our world, silently switching energy on and off in phones, cars, and even power grids. These unsung heroes are called soft magnetic materials. However, as devices become faster and more efficient, traditional materials struggle to handle...
The Head's Blog
School Clothing needs to be ordered NOW!
School clothing needs to be ordered right now and it is only possible to order online through the ABIS Shop. Click here to visit the shop. There is lots of wonderful product and because we need to get them especially made for you there is a significant lead time which...
TAISM BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS
Wow! What a great couple of days for ABIS students on the basketball court! BOYS On Monday the boys team were the first to travel to the big city to take on the Muscat schools in a 14&U basketball tournament. Our first up game was against TAISM and the boys...
ABIS Invaded: Art Day
All ABIS students were involved in Art Day yesterday, which focused upon an 'Alien' theme. Primary students worked in their classrooms and made wonderful creations ranging from 'Alien Underpants' (K1), to alien posters and sculptures. Secondary students, joined by...
Thursday June 5th last day of registration for the Bus Service academic year 2014/2015
If you are interested in registering for the bus service for academic year 2014/2015, please ensure the ABIS - Bus service registration form 2014/2015 with the fees are returned to the school before Thursday the 5th of June 2014. Before Monday, September 1st we will...
Order your Yearbook NOW!
Order your 2013/14 Yearbook now to get a special sale price and avoid disappointment! Just click here to order from the ABIS Shop. Please note that no paper order forms will be issued this year!
School open tomorrow!
School open tomorrow and closed on the 29th of May! Sorry if the message earlier was not clear..
Public Holiday
As many of you know a public holiday has been announced for next week. Sohar Auminium has decided to give Sunday, Orpic have chosen Tuesday and other companies are going for Thursday. The school will have Thursday as the holiday in line with our calendar. If you are...
Order School clothing NOW!
We will be placing an order for new school clothing before the end of this school year and parents of returning children should order as soon as possible! We have an exciting range of high quality and great value clothes in our shop and there is something for...
Have a Look at This!
While wandering around the internet yesterday, I found this great article that I encourage you all to read! It is an insightful piece from the New York Times about the importance of play, written by Stuart Brown, the founder and president for the National Institute...
IPads….
As we are nearing the end of the year, it is time to begin the process of updating our iPads with apps and content for next year. This is the third year of our 1:1 iPad program. At the start of the program, we made a promise to parents that students would receive a...
Please return your slips!
Last week we sent out a letter with a return slip attached asking you to confirm your status as far as places are concerned next year. Please return this slip to school! It is really important information which helps us with planning for next year and helps me how...
Exhibition is Here!
Our grade six students are in the final days of preparing for their Exhibition. This event is one of the integral components to the Primary Years Programme. During Exhibition, our students demonstrate their understanding of the five essential elements – Knowledge,...