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.
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...
Despite a small fire, it is business as usual at ABIS
As you are aware, there was a small fire in the Secondary Learning Centre during the early hours of Wednesday morning, which has caused us to temporarily close the Secondary School whilst we assess the damage and decide the best way to continue teaching and learning....
Thank you and have a great holiday
It has been a busy and incredibly successful time since the Winter Break. The Swimming Gala this week really demonstrated all that is great about our school, Sports Day was, again, a huge success and the the students were challenged and entertained in equal measure in...
Miss Maram
Mrs Akerstrom and Ms Saunders visited Miss Maram over the weekend at her home. They are happy to report that Miss Maram, with the aid of a brace, is now sitting upright. Miss Maram misses her students and colleagues a great deal and we are looking forward to hearing...
Ms. Maram update
I visited Maram in hospital with an armful of 'get better soon' cards from the children. Whilst she is obviously very hurt, she was able to talk with me a little and her face lit up when she saw the cards. I will continue to update you if and when there is more.
Ms. Maram has been involved in a car accident
I am very sad to have to inform you that Ms. Maram Al Nairat was involved in a very serious car accident at the weekend and is currently in intensive care at the Sohar Hospital. As you may be aware, she is an extremely popular teacher at our school and we are all very...
Sun hats and the gym…again!
This is a correction to today's newsflash in relation to lunchbreaks and bringing sun hats. The gym facility will be used for organised sports competitions at break and lunchtimes rather than for supervised play. This not due to any health and safety concerns but...
What have Secondary Students been doing this week?
It's been a busy week back from the break for students, who have now received their second and most detailed report for the year so far: the first Semester Report. This has stimulated much discussion around their personal targets and they will be reviewing and...
The LAST Movie Night Under The Stars
The sun is setting later and later, so our last outdoor Movie Night will take place on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00. (Note the later starting time) Appropriately, as this will be our last Movie Night under the stars, we'll be featuring two films from out of...
National Dress Day- Wednesday, March 6th
Dear parents, We will be celebrating national dress day on Wednesday, March the 6th in preparation for our International Evening on the same day. We encourage you to dress your child in their national costume/dress on this particular day as we celebrate...
Secondary Trips update
So the Secondary students are reaching the second to last day of their trip week and are have a great time on the sea or wandering in the desert. The grade six's are all now 'level one' sailors and will be sailing to a remote island today trying to hopefully find...
Grade 4 – Day 2
From Yann: "Did you know that Al Barenda was owned by Mr Nassem's Grandfather? It was really fun because it had buttons to press and lots of funny Dino noises. It talked about mountain formation."
Grade 4 – Day 2
From Claire: "Did you know that Bait Al Zubair was somebody's home? It had something that was 3000 years old. It had a falaj which is a stream that takes water from a Wadi and takes it to the crops. It also had a miniature village. I really enjoyed it and Sanna did as...
Grade 3 – Day 1
Grade 3 arrived happily, set up call and explored the site on Day 1. As I spoke with them they were sing around a camp fire and having a really great time!
Grade 5 – Day 2
Grade 5 had a great day on Day 2. Perfect weather and wonderful day followed by a relaxing evening. everyone is in good spirits and enjoying themselves.
International Evening Update
Dear parents and community members, Our annual International Evening will take place on March 6th (from about 6 pm onwards) so please reserve this date in your diary. Each year the event goes from strength to strength and gets bigger and bigger. We hope that this...
Grade 4 – Day 1
From Prisha... "Today we went to the natural history museum. It was fantastic! We saw animals but they were dead in it is just stuffed. We saw amazing fossils... They look so real. We even saw a whale hall, cool right? We love it!"