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Dear Parents, I hope you're all having a great week. I wanted to provide an update on the service and action projects our students are beginning this semester. Our students in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP) have started identifying and...
Week 3 in G6
Dear Parents, A shorter week, but still full of exciting inquiries and lots of progress. We have (mainly) published our letters to our future selves, completed writing assessments, looked at extending sentences, explored figurative writing, pondered how to make...
Week 3 in 3SC
This week, we have started writing 'All About Me' focusing on organising our writing into paragraphs and including interesting details for the reader. Next week, we will continue this, with a focus on spelling and using our dictionaries to look up words. We have...
This week in music
Dear Parents, I hope you are having a wonderful week. I am writing to provide an update on our progress in the music department and to inform you that students across the Middle Years Programme (MYP) are preparing for their upcoming formative assessments, which will...
How Kids Learn New Words
Did you ever wonder how kids learn new words? Most of the words kids learn come from everyday life. They hear language in books, on TV, and when talking with people around them. You can help your child grow their vocabulary and learn more about the world just by...
What’s up in Grade 2SB?
During this past week in literacy we have continued learning about fables by reading fables and thinking about the moral (lesson) of the story. The students have worked on their own retelling of the 'The Lion and the Mouse' by drawing or writing on an 8 box piece of...
Week 3: The Dot, Our Voice and The Power of Zero
Week 3
Let's call this week content week. 🔬 A Week of Brilliant Breakthroughs and Punny Progress! 🧠 Here’s a quick look at the incredible progress our students made this week. It was a period of deep dives and new discoveries across all grades, and we couldn't be more...
Work and Fun!
Dear Parents, We are now at the end of week 3. All students are engaged and focused in their learning but they are still having fun while accomplishing our goals.
Forms of assessment
1. This Week in Our Learning: • Last week, students received feedback from their diagnostic assessment and this will be shared with parents today. This week, students had their first formative assessments. On Monday, they did a practice writing in which they paired...
Week 3 in 1B
For our Who We Are unit , students shared about their families and favorite things, then independently surveyed their friends, linking Language Arts (questioning, speaking, listening) with Math (tally marks and comparing results). Throughout, we lived the IB Learner...
Week 3
This week in Grade 1, the children have been busy with a variety of fun and hands-on activities! They practiced cutting and pasting a number line up to 20, which helps develop fine motor skills, number recognition, and correct number formation. It’s also a great way...
لعبة شخصيتي المفضلة مع مبدعي الباطنة
Parent Information Evening & more
Dear ABIS Families, It is wonderful how positively our students have settled into the year. Across Primary and Secondary, the energy on campus has been inspiring—classrooms are alive with curiosity, confidence is growing, and students are already building routines and...
Week 2: G 11 Math Applications and Interpretations
Dear Parents,Grade 11 mathematicians have had a focused and energetic week of learning. They are beginning to see how different strands of mathematics connect and build toward deeper understanding. This Week in Our LearningStudents wrapped up their work on the laws of...
Week 2: G 10 : Look back to Look ahead
Dear Parents, We’ve had an exciting start to the year in Grade 10 Mathematics! This week was all about taking stock of where we are and laying the foundation for what comes next. This Week in Our Learning Students began with their baseline test, which gave both them...
Week 2: G 9: Working with Exponents and significant figures
Dear Parents, Thank you once again to all who joined us at the Parent Information Evening. Your support and encouragement fuel the energy in our classroom—it truly makes a difference as we walk this math journey together. This Week in Our Learning: This Week in Our...
G.8 Science: Systems, Balance and the Human Footprint.
Grade 8 science students have started their unit focusing on the human impact on ecosystems and Earth systems, challenging them to rethink what sustainability means today. During a visit to the school farm, they observed a living ecosystem in action, explored the...
Grade 10 Science: From slow burns to a bang!
Our Grade 10 students have started the year experimenting with the different factors that affect rates of reaction. They come prepared each lesson and bring great enthusiasm as they begin their journey toward preparing for e-assessments later this year. This week,...
G7 Science-The beginning of an exciting journey!
Grade 7 students have begun their MYP science programme demonstrating substantial engagement and initiative. Currently, they are progressing through the introductory unit on An Introduction to Science and the Scientific Method, where they are exploring how...
Strengthening the Home–School Partnership: Highlights from Our IB Orientationشراكة أقوى بين البيت والمدرسة: أبرز محطات اللقاء التعريفي بالبكالوريا الدولية
We extend our sincere thanks to all parents who attended the orientation session on the school’s policy as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, organized by the school administration. During the session, we provided an overview of the IB Programme...
The Head's Blog
Parent Information Evening
Good Morning! Just a couple of reminders to start the third week of school! After School Activities will be starting this week so please make sure that you and your children are aware of which activities they are signed up for and what they need to bring to have a...
Students Visit Sohar Aluminium To Collect Heat Stress Prizes and Become VIP’s.
ABIS students experienced what it feels like to be powerful members of the Board when Sohar Aluminium invited the 12 winners and runners up of a poster competition to their premises on Monday and gave them the VIP treatment. SA and the school have been collaborating...
Lost and Found
From Tuesday 18th of June until Wednesday 19th of June all “lost and found” items are displayed in the MPA. We invite you to check whether any of the “lost and found” items belong to your child. All items left after Wednesday the 19th will be donated to...
Tonight, tonight…
Tonight we are looking forward to seeing you at school at 6pm. Please make sure your children are at school on time for our end of year Song and Dance extravaganza! The Art Exhibition will also be on display so it's going to be a good evening.
Annual Report & ISA Results
First of all, let me start by thanking all those parents who took time out of their busy lives to attend our annual report meeting. It was a pleasure to see you all and I greatly enjoyed the conversations had. For those of you who were not able to make it, hard copies...
Annual Report Meeting – Reminder
Please attend our 2012/13 Annual Report Meeting at 6.30PM sharp tomorrow, Tuesday 11th of June. We will be talking about ISAs, progress made this year and plans for next year. There will be a follow on meeting for all parents who are interested in the specifics of the...
School Closed on Thursday
A public holiday has just been announced for Thursday, June 6th. as such ABIS will be closed on Thursday. Wednesday will be a regular school day finishing as normal. After School Activities on Wednesday will be held as usual. School will resume on Sunday 9th of June.
Choosing the right charities for ABIS to support
Over the last year we have been making investigations into how we can help those much less fortunate than ourselves. As an international school, we are committed to supporting all nationalities though we are equally committed to supporting our host country and local...
ABIS Questionnaire – How did we do this year?
PLEASE HELP! We would like you to ask you spare 5 minutes to fill out a survey letting us know how well you feel we did this year. The survey is easy to use and easy to understand and we really would want as many people as possible to give us feedback....
IB Authorization and Grade 11
We are extremely pleased to announce that we have just been informed that the Al Batinah International School has been authorized to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) from September 2013. As you know, this is an extremely...
Weekly update
We are really proud of the Secondary School students who represented ABIS at TAISM this week in basketball tournaments. It is the first time that students have participated against other schools in this sport and naturally they felt intimidated by the idea and...
We passed one exam and are awaiting results on the other!
It has been a week of visits and inspections for the Secondary School with a sudden visit from an IGCSE examination inspector and a scheduled visit by an IB Verification Team. The IB Verification Team were in school on Sunday and Monday and led a very thorough...