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Week 16
This week we had fun participating in our annual Sports Day. We completed various cooperative activities that involved a range of skills including running, throwing, passing and jumping to name but a few. It was an opportunity for everyone to commit to the ABIS...
DP Art & Happy Holidays
The DP Visual Arts students have made some exciting work in recent lessons - using spray paint and graphite to create 2 very different art pieces. Both students encourage the viewer to really think about the meaning behind their work - can you guess what the...
What A Week!
Dear Parents We had a good week, all students had the opportunity to watch the winter musical, which was just amazing. Sports day was packed with fun and challenging obstacles, which was enjoyed by all. Happy Holidays!!!
Farewell 2023!
Everyone is looking forward to a well deserved holiday, but what a great last week we had in Grade 5! Rube Goldberg machines were completed, narrative back stories started to be published and the last of the Arabic exams took place. The week was rounded off with the...
School’s Out For Winter
I think we can all agree that these last months have been intense for our young learners, their families, and faculty alike. We've all scrummed through the bulk of this busy, sometimes challenging semester, with the shared goal of making the most out of our learning...
Time Waits for No One
Year-to-Date: 1,890; December 2023: 71.1; Last Week: 45.5 I completed a run last week that completely drained my energy yet revitalized my imagination for my abilities. I set out to run seven kilometers in 42 minutes or six minutes per kilometer. It’s neither an...
Week 16
This week in class, we engaged in language activities centered around "The Magic E." Your child has learned to read and pronounce words such as hope, kite, robe, tape, cute, and tube with accuracy. Additionally, our students had an exciting hands-on experience...
Honoring the winners of the Arabic Language Initiative.تكريم الفائزين في مبادرة اللغة العربية
Thank you to my dear students, and a special thanks to Al-Batinah School and our Head of school MR: Dominic for nurturing talents and honoring the outstanding participants in the Arabic language competition. This experience has been inspiring and fruitful, showcasing...
Week 15
What a week we've had! We have been busy rehearsing for the winter concert, writing animal reports, a field trip to the farm and all of our regular work. In writing, we have been working on our animal research reports, identifying what that are, what they can do and...
This week and next
Dear parents, We end this week with sadness at the passing of Paul Ridgway, a long time parent of the ABIS community. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Dana and their four children. He will be missed by all. There is an open house between the hours of 10...
Terrific Three’s
Dear Parents The grade 3's recorder performance was amazing. Thank you for all your support.
End of unit dialogue for Grade 7 French
The Grade 7 students learning French are finishing their second unit about hobbies and technology. Just like for the first unit, they had to write the script of a dialogue to reuse the language studied throughout the unit. This is always a great opportunity to...
Week 15
This week we had an important visit from Ms. Maitha our school counselor. She spoke to us about our feelings and helped us identify the range of feelings we may experience from time to time. Reflecting on this session we completed an artwork activity that encouraged...
G8 Science: Visual learning: An effective and valuable tool!
Incorporating visual learning, such as having students draw posters of scientific concepts like the scientific method and lab safety, has been an effective and valuable tool in grade 8 science this term. Visual learning engages students in a different way than...
A Grounding Technique for Challenging Times
Feeling anxious, angry, confused, stressed? These are normal human emotions but, at times they can become overwhelming. When they do, during an exam or in the face of a challenging life experience, grounding exercises can help to calm anxious thoughts, tap into your...
2023 2024 G6N G6AW Week 15 in Review
Dear Parents and Students, I hope these few words find you well. This week, the majority of our students have had an extremely busy week, lots of things going on, sports school winter concert, Musical production, finishing off literary essays, reflecting on our...
Proof Positive
Year-to-Date: 1,852; December 2023: 32.7; Last Week: 50.1 Woo-ooo! … As I write this, I just realized that I topped out for just over fifty kilometers last week! I had one exceptional night run with my daughter under the moonlight and with cooler temperatures. If all...
Trip to a farm!
In grade 2 this week we have been working on building our reading fluency and expression by reading voraciously. The students have practised this independently and with partners. in writing, we have been working on our tiger research reports, identifying what that...
End of Unit Madness!
With only one more school week left in 2023, and our Unit of Inquiry into forces and motion, things have been a bit hectic! It was great to see so many of you at our Winter Concert, and please come along next week to support some of our own Grade 5 students in...
Week 15
We had an amazing week filled with joy and valuable learning experiences. One fascinating topic the children explored was the Earth's composition, discovering its distinct layers—the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. They even crafted a play dough model of...
Grade 7 Collages
This week Grade 7 have been creating abstract face collages, using elements from famous faces to make new portrait compositions. They have consolidated their understanding of abstraction and have developed their creativity and cutting skills too!
The Head's Blog
Grade 4 – Day 1
From Oleg... "Today was great! We saw the person who thought of the idea. We also made a knot for the globe. We watched a video about its history. there were snacks and it was nice. It will go into the Guinness Book of Records so we helped make history." See the video...
Grade 5 – Day 1
Just heard from the Grade 5 camp and everything is going really well. The children are all happy and it has been a really great day. More tomorrow!
Secondary Oman week update
So the Oman week is in full swing and the Secondary students have embarked on their camel safari (Grade 7,8,9) and sailing adventure (Grade 6). Both trips are going well and students are adjusting to their challenges. Both trips have been chosen because they will...
Oman Week is Coming!
Well, another exciting Oman Week is about to begin and I'd like to say on behalf of all the teachers how excited we are to have such an exciting programme of activities for the children this year. From camel trekking to museums from sailing to forts, everything will...
Omani Clothing on Saturday
On Saturday we will be starting off our Oman Week with some wonderful Omani activities for our younger children. If your child is not on a trip on Saturday and has some Omani traditional clothing, it would be wonderful if he/she could wear it. If not, please observe...
No ASA’S next week
For obvious reason there will be no After School Activities next week. So please plan accordingly!
Bus service during Oman Week
Please note that there is a different school bus schedule for our annual Oman Week celebration and that some school arrangements will be different. We have attached a copy of the new schedule for parents. Students who are affected will receive a hard copy of this...
ABIS Calendar 2013-2014
The calendar for the next academic year 2013-2014 is ready. Please click ABIS Calendar 2013-2014 to see the calendar.
Movie Night Success!
Thank you to everyone who attended and helped out at ABIS's third movie night featuring the films, The Princess Bride and The Swan Princess. So far the ABIS movie nights have raised over 140 OMR towards the Gr. 10 trip to Puna, India in support of the Maher Orphanage...
Oman Week Meetings
Please remember that the Oman Week meetings will take place on Sunday at 18.30 here at school and that Sunday is the first day back after the weekend. Oman Week is a required part of the school curriculum and all students are required to attend their Oman Week...
Please give feedback on our new semester reports
Dear parents, We are ready to invite your opinion on the new semester reports which will be issued to parents on February 25th. Please open the two PDF attachments of sample reports (student information is fictional) then take the following survey, which should take...
ABIS SPORTS DAY TOMORROW!!
Dear Parents and Guardians, Here are someimportant reminders for this Wednesday’s School Sports Day: Students should wear a T-shirt of their house colour tomorrow. New children should know their house colour by now, but if you are still unaware of this, please speak...