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Service and Action/ Creativity, Activity and Service
The end of the year is near and the SA/ CAS due dates have now passed. It has been an excellent year for community service, activity and creativity. I would like to congratulate all the students who worked really hard to stay active, creative and helpful throughout...
Getting Ready for 2025-26
As we end the current year for English Language and Literature in Grades 8 and 9, our focus has shifted to the areas in need of development for the students to be ready for next year. Both grades, have been working on familiarising themselves with 6 critical (active)...
A Week of Musical Magic at ABIS!
What a week it's been in the world of music at Al Batinah International School! Our hallways and music rooms have been absolutely buzzing with the sounds of creativity, hard work, and pure joy. Last week, our wonderful KG to Grade 2 students took to the stage for...
ابداع طلاب الصف الرابع بمادة اللغة العربية
أبدع طلاب الصف الرابع بالتعليم عن طريق اللعب حيث قام الطلاب بحل ا التدريبات اللغوية
Arabic letters
Eid Al-Adha, Concert, Open Day and more
Dear Parents, This week has been another wonderful one at ABIS, full of learning, creativity, and community spirit. On Tuesday evening, we held our Secondary Summer Music Concert. Congratulations to Mr. Camilo and all the student performers for putting on such a...
We are incredibly proud of our educational approach, proud of our students, and deeply thankful to our parents for their kind words, presence, and continuous support.
At Al Batinah International School, we are always striving to create meaningful learning experiences that benefit our students — and this time, it was through the power of partnership! Inviting parents to spend a school day with their children and attend live...
Grade 10s Inspired by Omnya’s IB and University Journey!
As part of our ongoing transition program from the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to the Diploma Programme (DP), we have been conducting a series of reflective sessions with our Grade 10 students. These sessions have focused on helping students identify their...
Books, books, books
As we wind down the 2024-2025 school year and finish up the MYP experience in grade 10, we are looking ahead. The class of 2027 have made choices for the diploma program and in many of their classes are now discussing what that looks like in the next couple of years....
Dear Parents, We are thrilled to share that our students presented an absolutely outstanding performance at the summer concert! Their dedication, talent, and hard work truly shone through, creating a memorable evening for everyone in attendance. We were particularly...
Art Medals
Art classes are finishing their year with a special project—creating ceramic clay art medals to celebrate the work they’ve accomplished throughout the year. Students are excited to design and shape their own unique medals, which serve as personal awards for their...
Week 36: Eid Al Adha Mubarak! عيدآضحی مبارك
Wishing you all a blessed Eid holiday! An action packed short week was had by all… In literacy, students worked in their debate teams to create their own Google forms as a way of collecting evidence to support their debate motions. They then worked on editing their...
Week 36
Dear Parents, This week in Grade 1, we have been working hard on our math, reading, and writing skills. In our Unit of Inquiry, the students have been creating their own personal stories. Each story includes a cover and four pages, with a character, a setting,...
Grade 9 AAL students
To develop students' speaking skills, grade 9 AAL students conversed with each other about purchasing different types of fruits and vegetables from the grocery market, using correct pronunciation and understanding of the meaning. The students enjoyed this interaction,...
ومن يعظم شعائر الله ) في الصف الخامس
افتتحنا يوم التروية في الصف الخامس بالوقوف عند فرحة العيد وتعظيم شعائر الله في الحج وتعرفنا بوقفات متتالية لإدخال الفرح والسرور على العادات والتقاليد المختلفة في عمان وغيرها من الدول وكذلك المناطق المختلفة المقامة في أيام العيد وكيف نجعل من هذه اللحظات المفرحة جبالا...
G1A: Story Telling and Reflecting
We are coming to the end of our Unit under the theme ‘How We Express Ourselves.’ Our Central Idea is ‘ Ideas are shared through stories and tales.’ Our lines of inquiry included finding out why we tell stories, what is their purpose, sharing stories and knowing what...
G6 – Ted Talk Week
This Week A very exiting and high pressured week in G6 as the students not only attempted to learn their Ted talk speeches by heart, but also developed strategies of how they use their voice, body language, eye contact, pauses, different levels, movement and pacing to...
Eid Mubarak
This week, we have continued to review and practise reading, writing and maths. We have also reflected on our How We Organise Ourselves unit and the mini market. There is lots of practise going on for the Summer Concert next week. Everyone is very excited to share...
Reading Buddies..
Dear Parents We visited our reading buddies in K2. We love reading to them.
Khan Academy Virtual Summer Camp
Interested in keeping your little one busy this summer break? Khan Academy is having a virtual summer camp. This is a great way to keep your child from experiencing the dreaded summer slide (when reading and math levels decrease due to lack of practice). Join Khan...
Week 36 in 1C
This week, the children brought their stories to life through a puppet show, showcasing their growth as risk-takers and communicators. They bravely performed in front of their peers, using expressive language and storytelling skills developed throughout the unit. The...
The Head's Blog
Next Saturday 17th is a public holiday (not Sunday!)
The school will be closed on Saturday 17th of November for Hijri New Year. School will be open on Sunday 18th of November.
Holidays & the calendar
Just a reminder about the two holidays in November that were pencilled in on the school calendar as being tentative. These two days are NOT official school holidays and we are waiting to see if a guess, a year ago, was correct. It could well be that the public...
Social Studies Curriculum Evening
As promised at our Orientation Meeting we will be holding a Social Studies Curriculum Evening next Tuesday, 13th of November at 17.00. All parents who are are interested in this important area of our curriculum are invited to attend. We look forward to seeing as many...
Happy Eid!
The last few weeks have gone by so quickly! There have been so many things going on it is difficult to know where to start. The school year began with our team of new (now old) teachers joining us, then open up the Secondary Learning Suite, we've had parent...
Bus Monitors needed!
We are looking for reliable women to travel in our busses to and from school. In the mornings this would mean starting work at approximately 6.30am and finishing at 8.30am. In the afternoons the working time would be approximately from 2.45pm and would be dropped back...
Offer from Sohar Beach Hotel
I don't normally post stuff coming in from other companies but until the 25th of September Sohar Beach Hotel are offering an annual family membership for all the facilities (including the Gym) for 200 OMR. I thought it was a good deal so I decided to share!
Parent Information Evening
The Parent Information Evening will be held on Tuesday 18th September at 18:00 (6.00PM). We hope that you will find the evening interesting and informative and would be happy if you could attend.
Mr Thompson is a DAD… Twice over!!
I have just spoken to a very happy Mr Thompson and he has just this minute heard that his wife has just given birth to two healthy boys (52cm &47cm, 2.3Kg). He had heard that things were going to start this earlier morning and was just about to board a plane to Europe...
Parent Handbook available now!
I have attached the new ABIS Parent Handbook. Please take a take some time to download and read this important document. ABIS Parent Handbook 2012/13 Thank you.
IMPORTANT: Message about school bus service
We had a meeting this morning with the gentleman who has provided our bus service over the last years. Totally out of the blue, he demanded that the parents pay double the amount that they were paying last year. Unfortunately, there was no way of negotiating with him,...
School Starts Tomorrow!
Another great year of learning, growing, and having fun begins next week at ABIS. We're looking forward to seeing our friends return and we can't wait to see all those new faces! Here's some basic information to get us started: On Saturday, September 1, the school...
Welcome to all our new students
I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all our new families here at our school! In order to make you feel welcome at the school this year we are holding a New Student Orientation Meeting at 10.00 am on Saturday, September 1st. This will be your opportunity to...