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This week in MYP Art
This week, our Visual Arts classes kicked off with a fun and creative icebreaker activity called Trading Cards. Students designed their own personal “trading cards” by drawing a quick self-portrait, choosing a nickname, and sharing one interesting fact about...
Hello and Welcome
My name is Siddharth, Students call me Mr. Sid. I look like this. I teach DP AA Math and Physics (Both Levels) and MYP Science Grade 10 along with Mr Duncan and Mr Theo. The first week for teachers ( and students to some aspect) is like the first punch in a boxing...
Week 1 in music at ABIS Primary
Dear ABIS Families, I hope this message finds you well and excited to begin another wonderful year at Al Batinah International School. As many of you know, I’m Mr. Mino (officially still Nalumino Mundia!) and I’m delighted to be returning for my second year as your...
First Week in 3SC
End of week 1 already! The students have settled well into Grade 3 and their new learning space. We have explored the classroom and they were excited to receive their ipads. We have already started some activities on Seesaw and my weekly messages will be sent every...
Our first week!
It's been a fun week of getting to know each other and learning the routines in Grade 2. All of Grade 2 have been working together to develop our Essential Agreements for our shared areas and how we can work or play together. We've been impressed by the thinking and...
Welcome to Grade 5!
What a fun-filled first week it has been in Grade 5! We watched old friendships rekindled and new ones begin to grow as our class community started to take shape. This week, our focus was on building a strong and supportive classroom community. Through a variety of...
Summer Reading Challenge…Complete!
It has been a great first week of school. At the end of last school year, we had given the students a reading challenge. To mininize the Summer Slide(the decline in academic skills), that students experience during the extended summer break from school, we initiated...
Level Up Completed!
It was great to see so many familiar faces back at school and excited to be starting their MYP journey in Grade 7. We also welcomed 4 new students to Grade 7: Alaynaa, Maryam, Ruth, and Sabina and everyone made them feel very welcome. Grade 7 started the week by...
WK 1 in G6
What a fun, engaging and exciting first week in Grade 6. It has been amazing to connect with and learn about your children. As a Grade 6 team we are delighted at how the week has gone. We are very much looking forward to an exciting year of inquiry and growth. Seesaw...
Integrated Humanities – Natural Hazards
This week Grade 8 students were introduced to their first unit exploring the concept of: "How do societies respond to natural hazards?". They worked together in pairs to create a colour, symbol, and image that they fely best represented the unit topic, and then took...
Travel Writing.
In English Grade 9 students are exploring the concept: "Why Travel?". They started to look at some of the techniques used by travel companies to entice their target audiences into paying for their dream holiday package! Students started to identify how the combination...
Welcome to Music!
Welcome back! I am thrilled to welcome our students to what promises to be another exciting year in music. We have some wonderful projects and units planned that will challenge our students and help them grow as musicians and critical thinkers. In 7th grade, we are...
Dear ABIS Families, I hope this message finds you well and excited to begin another wonderful year at Al Batinah International School. As many of you know, I’m Mr. Mino (officially still Nalumino Mundia!) and I’m delighted to be returning for my second year as your...
Week 1 in French, what a success!
Dear parents, This week in French we set the tone for the year: talked about our focus, agreed on our WoW’s (Ways of Working), and launched our essential agreements. You should have seen your child’s French notebook by now (some of you may even have signed it!). We...
Welcome back
1. This Week in Our Learning: • We welcomed everyone back and introduced DP expectations, timetables, and spaces. In English, we started our first unit examining political cartoon. The students demonstrated some phenomenal background knowledge with especially poignant...
Shining Bright @ First School Week!
Dear Parents We had a fantastic first week of school! All students settled into routines with enthusiasm and quickly began building new friendships. Our classroom was filled with curiosity, collaboration, and joy as we explored activities that encouraged both learning...
First week in 1B
What a wonderful start to the year! This week in 1B, we focused on getting to know each other and our new learning spaces. A cheerful classroom scavenger hunt helped us learn where everything lives while we practiced tidy-up and carpet expectations. We built our...
Week 1
Dear Parents, I’m happy to share with you that we had a wonderful first week of school with our new Grade 1 students! It is normal for children to feel a little nervous at the beginning, but it was lovely to see how quickly they felt comfortable and excited to...
A French Welcome!
Hello Everyone! I’m delighted to introduce myself as your child’s new French teacher. I’m Miss Tania Juricevic, but most students quickly start calling me Miss J (much easier, don’t you think?). I was born and raised in France, and I’ve been teaching internationally...
A well-deserved summer break!
As we wrap up another incredible school year, I want to take a moment to say how proud I am of each and every one of you. You’ve worked relentlessly hard, shown resilience, and grown in so many ways—both inside and outside the classroom. I wish all of you a restful,...
Grade 8,9 Science, 11 DP Biology
The summer break has officially started, and I want to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt congratulations to each of you for your incredible resilience and hard work throughout this academic year. Your dedication has truly shone through in so many ways. The...
The Head's Blog
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...
Please help us to improve our Mission Statement
Dear parents, As part of our agreement with our accrediting organisations such as the International Baccalaureate and the Council of International Schools our school is required to review its mission statement and we need your help. All teachers, administrators, plus...
PE – Outdoor Ed Trips
A news update for those who are traveling or are stuck for ideas for Christmas presents. In early February Grades 7,8 & 9 will be undertaking a 5 day camel safari from up near the border at Buraimi heading downhill through the wadis and back to school. Although...
Happy Holidays
Well, we made it! I wanted to wish you all a wonderful holiday. You can go holiday knowing that your children have earned themselves a restful and fun break. They have been really busy this year and I know that they are going to need all their energy for the first...