Welcome to my blog!
One of the most important skills that students learn at school is the ability to communicate effectively. Sharing our learning is important and here in my blog I will attempt to share some what is important with you.
I hope you find it useful and informative.
New Curriculum Website Launched today!!
Get the drums rolling..... Forget Apple IOS 7 the really important release of the day is our new curriculum website!! We are very proud and excited to announce that the ABIS Curriculum Website is formally open today. We have ben working hard developing the site for...
Parent Information Handbooks
For those of you who were not able to attend our Parent Information Evening, I attach PDF versions of the printed information that was distributed. I hope you find them, interesting and informative. K1 - K2 - Parent Information Booklet K3 - Parent Information Booklet...
Parent information Evening
Please remember the Parent Information Evening will take place tonight at 18:00 (6.00PM). We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible!
Parent Information Evening
Good Morning! Just a couple of reminders to start the third week of school! After School Activities will be starting this week so please make sure that you and your children are aware of which activities they are signed up for and what they need to bring to have a...
Students Visit Sohar Aluminium To Collect Heat Stress Prizes and Become VIP’s.
ABIS students experienced what it feels like to be powerful members of the Board when Sohar Aluminium invited the 12 winners and runners up of a poster competition to their premises on Monday and gave them the VIP treatment. SA and the school have been collaborating...
Lost and Found
From Tuesday 18th of June until Wednesday 19th of June all “lost and found” items are displayed in the MPA. We invite you to check whether any of the “lost and found” items belong to your child. All items left after Wednesday the 19th will be donated to...
Tonight, tonight…
Tonight we are looking forward to seeing you at school at 6pm. Please make sure your children are at school on time for our end of year Song and Dance extravaganza! The Art Exhibition will also be on display so it's going to be a good evening.
Annual Report & ISA Results
First of all, let me start by thanking all those parents who took time out of their busy lives to attend our annual report meeting. It was a pleasure to see you all and I greatly enjoyed the conversations had. For those of you who were not able to make it, hard copies...
Annual Report Meeting – Reminder
Please attend our 2012/13 Annual Report Meeting at 6.30PM sharp tomorrow, Tuesday 11th of June. We will be talking about ISAs, progress made this year and plans for next year. There will be a follow on meeting for all parents who are interested in the specifics of the...
School Closed on Thursday
A public holiday has just been announced for Thursday, June 6th. as such ABIS will be closed on Thursday. Wednesday will be a regular school day finishing as normal. After School Activities on Wednesday will be held as usual. School will resume on Sunday 9th of June.
Choosing the right charities for ABIS to support
Over the last year we have been making investigations into how we can help those much less fortunate than ourselves. As an international school, we are committed to supporting all nationalities though we are equally committed to supporting our host country and local...
ABIS Questionnaire – How did we do this year?
PLEASE HELP! We would like you to ask you spare 5 minutes to fill out a survey letting us know how well you feel we did this year. The survey is easy to use and easy to understand and we really would want as many people as possible to give us feedback....
IB Authorization and Grade 11
We are extremely pleased to announce that we have just been informed that the Al Batinah International School has been authorized to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) from September 2013. As you know, this is an extremely...
Weekly update
We are really proud of the Secondary School students who represented ABIS at TAISM this week in basketball tournaments. It is the first time that students have participated against other schools in this sport and naturally they felt intimidated by the idea and...
We passed one exam and are awaiting results on the other!
It has been a week of visits and inspections for the Secondary School with a sudden visit from an IGCSE examination inspector and a scheduled visit by an IB Verification Team. The IB Verification Team were in school on Sunday and Monday and led a very thorough...
School Open … Unless otherwise announced
Just a very quick note to say that is school will be open tomorrow unless you receive an SMS before 6.30 tomorrow morning.
School Closed Tomorrow – 27th April
We have been directly instructed by the Ministry of Education to close the school tomorrow. As you know, I am always reluctant to miss any school days as I know how important it is to ensure that the school is open whenever possible. indeed, on Wednesday we were 1 of...
Primary Student Led Conferences and Mid Semester Reports
The time for the Student Led Conferences is fast approaching. This year students’ portfolios will be web-based and students have been working hard developing their websites and portfolios. They are very excited about sharing their learning journeys electronically....
Friday and Saturday to be weekend holidays
Friday and Saturday to be weekend holidays Dear Parents, As you all are aware, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has issued a directive to adjust weekend holidays to fall on Friday and Saturday, beginning May 1 2013. Obviously, this change will also affect the school...
Staffing changes for 2013/14
As we approach the end of the school year, we start to think about the next one. And I wanted to inform you of staffing changes that will be occurring over the summer. Lala and Ola Akerstrom have decided to leave us at the end of this year to return to Sweden. They...