Messages from the Primary Team Leader
A short but happy week
Dear Families, It was so wonderful to have all the Primary students back on campus this week! Teachers were thrilled to welcome them back into classrooms, and students were very happy to be back in their familiar environments, learning and playing with their...
Long Weekend Coming Up and Return to Campus
Dear Families, As you are aware, we are planning for our Primary classes (KG through G6) to return to school in person after the upcoming long weekend. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on campus on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Our return is of course dependent on any...
Supporting Learning
Dear Families, Thank you for continuing to support learning online. Most of our students are continuing to engage and challenge themselves with their learning. Working online helps students to develop very important self management skills and communication skills. ...
Report cards!
Dear Families, Today you will have received your child's Semester 1 report card. This is a comprehensive summary of your child's achievements so far this year. Teachers have written comments that highlight each individual's strengths as well as the next steps for...
A huge thank you to all parents and supporting family members!
Dear Primary Families, First and foremost, a huge thank you to all parents and supporting family members for helping the students get off to a successful start in online learning. As with any transition, there are bumps in the road, but overall we have been very happy...
Happy Holidays!
Dear Families, Students had a wonderful day today, and loved coming to school in their pajamas! These kinds of spirit days promote a positive attitude and help students to bond and build relationships. We are looking forward to more of these types of fun days in...
Dear Families, Please remember to send any and all books belonging to ABIS back to school. There are still many library books and classroom readers missing and we would love to be able to catalogue them and use them with students. Thank you. We are pleased to...
A Short but Busy Week
Dear Families, This week was only 3 days long but it was jam packed with learning and visits from the CIS Accreditation Team. The team of two met with students, parents, teachers and support staff throughout the week, and spent time virtually observing (using iPads...
Calling all library books!
Dear Families, Ms. Margot and Ms.Maryam continue to work hard to make our ABIS Library a warm and welcoming place for students. In addition to getting lots of new books into students' hands, Ms. Margot is promoting literacy in a number of engaging ways. The latest...
Happy National Day Oman!
Dear Families, Today was an exciting day on the ABIS campus! Students and staff looked fantastic in their national dress and Omani colours. They were thrilled to show off their wonderful outfits in celebration of the 51st Omani National Day. Congratulations to Oman...
Oman National Day coming up
Dear Families, Thank you all for attending Three Way Conferences last week. We had almost all our families attend in Primary, and it was wonderful for the children to be able to introduce their teachers and their learning spaces to their parents. I was very happy to...
Three Way Conferences coming up!
Dear Families, We hope you enjoyed your long weekend with family and had some time to relax and spend time making memories together. Prior to the long weekend you received your child's progress report for the first term of the school year. I hope you were able to...
Learning At ABIS
Dear Families; It is with great pleasure that we welcomed back Ms. Margot, our fabulous Information Technology teacher and librarian, and Mr. Mike, our energetic Primary music and KG PE teacher, this week. Thank you to Ms. Cora Brady-Robeau and Ms. Ana Sepanovic who...
Swimming at ABIS has begun
Dear Families; The students we so excited to begin swimming this week! Mr. Cooper and Mr. Munn have worked hard to ensure that social distancing and safety protocols are being followed so that our students can finally enjoy the water again. Two coaches from Nautilus...
We love learning at ABIS
Dear Families; We continue to have busy and productive days at ABIS and there is lots happening around the campus to keep students engaged and excited about their learning each day. The weather remains hot enough to continue having indoor lunch times, but we are...
Loving Learning at ABIS
Dear Families, Thank you all for the ongoing support you are providing your children in order for our community of learners to remain safe and healthy at school. Students being students, we are reminding them throughout each day to maintain social distancing and...
ABIS: A Community of Learners
Dear Families, Thank you to everyone who attended the Parent Information Evening online sessions on Tuesday evening. Teachers were very pleased with the turnout and families seemed happy with the opportunity to meet their child's teachers in person, hear about the...
Welcome back in person!
Dear Families, We are so pleased to welcome students back to school in person this coming Sunday, August 29. By now you will have received communications from your child's teacher(s), and from the school, about the procedures and protocols for everyone to return in a...
Welcome Back
Dear Families, Welcome back to a brand new school year, filled with endless possibilities. All of us here at ABIS are excited about creating new learning environments and building our community relationships over the year to come. You have received some emails...
Have a wonderful summer!
Dear Families, Today marks the last day of school for the 2020 - 2021 academic year. And what a year it has been! The students and teachers at ABIS have shown incredible resilience over the course of the year and I am extremely proud of the way we have completed the...