Messages from the Primary Team Leader

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...

Dear Primary Families, Thank you all for your collaboration on Wednesday when we called a rain day.  It was my first rain day at ABIS, and I was very impressed with the great communication and total cooperation from parents in picking up students early.  While I...

Dear Primary Families, We've had a lovely start to 2023.  Students and teachers came back energized and rested after the winter break.  The weather has cooled down and it is a lovely time of year for students to play and learn outside.  We will take advantage of the...

Dear Families, Well, this was certainly a very busy week for ABIS students. We had 2 very successful and energetic Celebration of the Arts evenings. Ms. Sanaa showcased her Grade 1-5 students' talents with beautiful displays of visual art: drawings, paintings and...

Dear Families, Today you should have received your child's Progress Report for the first quarter of the school year.  This is a summary of achievement and effort as well as comments from the Homeroom and Arabic Mother Tongue teachers.  Please talk to your child(ren)...

Dear Primary Families, Today we were treated to another amazing assembly, this time put on by our youngest students from Kindergarten 1, Kindergarten 2 and Grade 1.  We shared in their learning overall, including Arabic and Music, and got some ideas about kindness and...

Dear Families, Once again we were treated with an awesome assembly today.  Thank you to Grades 2, 3 and 4 students and teachers for the great sharing.  Next week the Kindergarten and Grade 1 classes will host the assembly.  It's wonderful to have parents attend these...

Dear Families, Thank you to Grades 5 & 6 students and teachers for putting on an amazing assembly this afternoon, our first of the academic year.  It was wonderful to have other classes and parents in attendance to share in the learning happening at ABIS.  Next...

Dear Families; Please make a note that next week, Thursday, Sept. 29, is a Professional Development Day for ABIS. Teachers will spend the day looking at our CIS Accreditation process as well as planning collaboratively for events throughout the academic year.  There...

Dear Families, Thank you to everyone who turned up for our first Primary Coffee Morning.  It was a lovely chance for people to catch up and get to know each other better.  If you missed this one, don't worry, we will be hosting these regularly over the year.  We will...

Dear Families, Thank you to everyone who attended our Parent Information Meeting last night.  It was great to see so many families here and to see relationships and partnerships between home and school beginning.  Working together is so important for student success. ...