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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...
Preparing for next academic year: Grade 7 and Grade 8 Humanities
This week the students were encouraged to use their creative thinking skills and knowledge to design a cover for their first unit in Integrated Humanities. Grade 7s designed a cover based on their understanding of natural hazards. Grade 8s designed a cover based on...
Thank you!
Dear Parents, As we come to the end of the school year, I want to say a big thank you to each of you for your support during this learning journey. It has been a wonderful year filled with learning, fun celebrations, and special memories. I feel lucky to have...
A Joyful Finale to 2024–25 in Performing Arts
As the curtain falls on the 2024–25 academic year, we look back with immense pride at a vibrant year of creativity, courage, and collaboration in the Performing Arts at Al Batinah International School. From our youngest learners discovering rhythm and voice, to our...
This week in Music
Dear Parents, As the academic year draws to a close, I want to express my sincere gratitude for what has been a truly fantastic year for the Music Department. Thank you for the warm welcome and for making this such an enjoyable and memorable experience. To our...
Last Week and Looking Back
Dear Parents and Students of G1A It has been a super- rewarding, often challenging and never dull first year at ABIS for me! I have learnt so much from the children, other staff and parents so I am grateful to everyone for making this an amazing first year in Sohar...
Growth, community, celebration, annual report
Dear Parents and Students, As the 2024–2025 academic year comes to a close, I would like to congratulate all our students on their hard work, dedication, and growth throughout the year. This has been the most vibrant and dynamic year since I joined ABIS, filled with a...
End-of-Year Message of Gratitude & Celebration 🎉
💐 A heartfelt thank youI would like to extend my sincere gratitude to our incredible leadership team — Mr. Dominic, Mr. Matthew, and Ms. Zuweina — for their unwavering support, inspiring vision, and constant encouragement.Your trust and dedication empowered us...
الى لقاء يا طلابي الأعزاء
·طلابي الاعزاء كم كان عاما رائعا عملنا به معا ،اجتهدنا وتعلمنا وأنجزنا ووصلتم معي الى أرفع المستويات ، كم أنا فخورة بكم ، تشرفت بتدريسكم ، لن أقول وداعا وإنما الى لقاء جديد . في عام مقبل...
The Head's Blog
Holidays, events and reports…
I hope you all had a great holiday, I did! I am writing to give you an update on holidays (tentative and otherwise) and some dates for events coming up over the next few months. You will have all notice that next Saturday and Sunday are tentatively on the calendar as...
Eid Holidays – School Closed from 3 to 11 of November
Well, the Eid holidays are upon us and I know that we are all looking forward to the break! The school will be closed from Thursday 3rd of November and will reopen on Saturday 12th of November at 8.00AM sharp. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a...
School as usual on the 25th & 26th of October
On the School Calendar you may have noticed that there are two Teacher Professional Development days marked as being tentatively reserved for the 25th and 26th of October. After reviewing the calendar, we have decided that it would be wise to move these days until...
Welcome the the Broadcaster!
Since presenting the idea of putting the Broadcaster online at the Curriculum Evening a couple of weeks ago, we have been busy making sure that there is something interesting to read and see before we go public! We have tried to include photos from recent events, some...
Some stimulating stuff from Ken Robinson
As promised in a previous post, I have included a a video that we at ABIS are particularly interested in at the moment. It is based on a speech the Sir Ken Robinson originally made at the Royal Society of Arts in London.To compliment the speech the RSA have...
The video from my presentation
As promised, here is the video that I showed in my presentation at the Curriculum Evening. The IB have created a few really interesting videos that summarize the philosophy of the programme rather well. We have included some others in the Community Site. If you are...
Curriculum Meeting, Camels and Power cuts!
First of all, I would like to thank you all for your support and understanding last Wednesday. Closing the school is always a difficult decision but when there are significant factors outside of our control, like a power cut, then we often have no alternative. The...