Messages from the Primary Team Leader

Dear Primary Families, What do parents and teachers agree on? I would like to think there are many areas of agreement, but key ones are that both parents and teachers want children to enjoy coming to school, they want children to be successful, and they want children...

Dear Primary Families, Now that we have completed 3 weeks at school I thought it would be a good opportunity to speak a little about one of the ways in which we build a positive classroom and school culture. At ABIS, we place great value in the IB PYP Learner...

Dear Primary Families, I would like to begin by thanking those of you that were able to attend last night’s Parent Teacher Evening. It was lovely to see so many of you and I hope you enjoyed having the chance to meet the teachers and find out a little more about the...

Dear Primary Families, What a week! It was wonderful to welcome students back to school on Sunday morning and it was great to see so many smiles as friends greeted friends and our new students joined our ABIS community. Thank you to all the teachers and classroom...

Dear Primary Families, I am very pleased to welcome everybody back to a new and exciting school year at Al Batinah International School (ABIS).  I am honored to have the opportunity to take on the role of Acting Primary Team Lead and am very much looking forward to...

Dear Primary Families, The end of the academic year means many celebrations of learning for students and parents to participate in.  At ABIS these include a Cook Off, a Trade Fair, Solar Cooking, a Theatre Exhibition, many presentations of culminating projects and of...

Dear Families, Today the K1 and K2 students hosted their parents at their end of year Celebration of Learning event.  It was lovely to see many parents in attendance, and to see the students demonstrating their growth and achievements so independently. ...

Dear Primary Families, Today Grades 1 & 2 students shared their learning in another great Primary assembly!  Be sure to mark your calendars for our final assembly of the academic year, next Thursday, June 1 at 12:20pm in the Mazoon.  Next week we will be hosted by...

Dear Primary Families, Thank you to all G6 families who attended the PYP - MYP Transition Meeting last night.  It was encouraging to see such a high turnout of parents wanting to learn more and know how to support their child. We have just over a month left until our...

Dear Families, This week was very exciting in Primary, especially for the Grade 6 class.  They spent two days and one evening presenting their PYP Exhibition projects to parents, students and teachers across the whole school.  If your child is not in grade 6, ask them...

Dear Families, We are on the home stretch of this academic year.  It seems hard to believe that there are only 7 instructional weeks left until summer break.  Learning will continue across all subjects until the final days, and this is an important time of year for...

Dear Primary Families, I hope you found the time to read your child's Term 3 Progress Report and talk about accomplishments and goals together.  When we return after the Eid break it will be our final push for learning and achievement, and we will work hard to ensure...

Dear Families, Today you received your child's Term 3 Progress Report. This contains Effort and Achievement ratings for all subjects, in addition to comments from Homeroom and Arabic teachers.  Please take the time to read this report with your child, talk about how...

Dear Primary Families, Our Primary students were very excited yesterday as they came to school dressed in their special traditional outfits, preparing for the Omani tradition of Qaranqasho.  This is a chance to be rewarded with sweets and candy half way through...

Dear Families, Our first full week of using the Ramadan timetable has been very successful.  All non-fasting students are eating snacks and lunches in the Mazoon prior to playing outside, while all fasting students are playing outside prior to praying in the Sports...

Dear Families, Thank you to all who were able to attend Student Led Conferences with their child(ren) this week.  The energy on campus was fantastic!  Students were so excited to take charge and share their learning first hand with you, and the engagement and pride...

Dear Families, Students had such a wonderful time this week dressing up for different theme days.  We saw lots of creativity and learned a lot about students in the process.  Thanks to parents for supporting Spirit Week at ABIS with loads of fun ideas.  We also had a...

Dear Primary Families, What an amazing week we have had here at ABIS!  Oman Week was filled with so many exciting opportunities, both on campus and off.  We had an Omani potter teaching students how to build using pinch and roll techniques, and an Omani drummer...

Dear Primary Families, Thank you to those who were able to attend our Kindergarten 1 & 2 Assembly today.  It was great fun to see our littlest learners taking the stage and they did a terrific job.  You could see some of their nervousness disappear when they saw...

Dear Primary Families, I used to do a report card happy dance with my students! It was because we were celebrating accomplishments and making plans for next steps, and because learning is exciting.  When you read your child's report card today, try to adopt that...