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News image Staggered Start Times for Early Years Foundation Stage - staggered-start-times-for-early-years-foundation-stage Blog | SchoolNews | School News
Staggered Start Times for Early Years Foundation Stage
The team aim to ensure your child settles as quickly and happily as possible into their new class setting.To further ease your child’s transition into school, the first two weeks of the new school year will be staggered for our youngest FS starters and the first week staggered for our FS2 starters. Not only will this support your child to gently and confidently adjust to their new environment but it also provides a valuable opportunity to chat with the class teacher and receive feedback about these important first few days at school.
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News image School Calendar - Academic Year 2015/16 - school-calendar--academic-year-2015-16 Blog | SchoolNews | Featured | School News
School Calendar - Academic Year 2015/16
We have received official confirmation from ADEC of our 2015/16 academic year dates. The first official school day will be Sunday 30th August 2015.
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News image Ancillary staff thanked in assembly - ancillary-staff-thanked-in-assembly Blog | SchoolNews | Featured | School News
Ancillary staff thanked in assembly
Here at BIS Abu Dhabi we are hugely fortunate to have such a strong and committed ancillary team. This morning two assemblies took place to thank our ancillary staff for their hard work throughout the year.
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News image Arrangements During Ramadan - arrangements-during-ramadan Blog | homepagefeaturedarticle | Featured | School News
Arrangements During Ramadan
The Holy Month of Ramadan is expected to commence on Thursday 18th June 2015, depending on moon sighting. BIS Abu Dhabi will be making arrangements to accommodate students and staff who are fasting according to guidelines from the Ministry of Education.
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News image Graduation Celebrations! - graduation-celebrations Blog | SchoolNews | Featured | School News
Graduation Celebrations!
We are excited to announce the graduation events to celebrate our Year 13 students’ academic achievement. We invite our graduating students and their families to get together before they move on to university or the next phase of their lives.
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News image Middle East History Bee & Bowl - middle-east-history-bee-and-bowl Blog | SchoolNews | Featured | School News
Middle East History Bee & Bowl
On Saturday 14th March six BIS Abu Dhabi students went to Dubai College to compete in the ‘Middle East History Bee and Bowl’ competition, a history quiz version of a spelling bee. There were a number of International schools also competing from across the UAE.
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News image Building works announcement - building-works-announcement Blog | homepagefeaturedarticle | Featured | School News
Building works announcement
Exciting news: necessary approval has now been received, and a contractor appointed, meaning that work can begin in the next few days develop the top floor of our school building and to build a new sports hall and swimming pool. The new 2nd floor will accommodate the whole of Secondary and will provide a purpose-built suite of rooms specifically designed for Secondary-aged students.
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News image ECA Registration Open - eca-registration-open Blog | School News
ECA Registration Open
This year we are using a new electronic system to make signing your child up for an ECA easier and fairer. Registrations are now open.
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News image BSME U15 Games - bsme-u15-games Blog | Featured | School News
BSME U15 Games
Our school very proudly hosted the prestigious BSME U15 Games 2014 between 27 - 29 November, which were a huge success.
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News image National Day Preparations - national-day-preparations Blog | School News
National Day Preparations
You may have noticed that the school has undergone a transformation this week as we prepare for our National day celebrations. Many of the children have been busy at home preparing a tribute to the UAE. Please take the time to view the displays which will be placed in the different entrances of the school.
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Safeguarding Our Children
Following on from my weblog posting on 27th October, we are constantly reviewing our health and safety procedures in line with good practice. Additionally we take the safeguarding of our children at all times as our highest priority. Earlier in the week we carried out a routine fire drill with our students to make them well aware of the need to evacuate the building when the alarm goes off.
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News image ECA’s for parents next term - ecas-for-parents-next-term Blog | Featured | School News
ECA’s for parents next term
We will be introducing ECAs for parents who would like to learn either English or Arabic, which will commence next term. It will be a great opportunity for you to learn a new language while your children are busy in their ECA.
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News image Author Visits: Ian Billings and Chris Bradford - author-visits-ian-billings-and-chris-bradford Blog | School News
Author Visits: Ian Billings and Chris Bradford
We are very excited and privileged to be welcoming two authors to the school next week. On Monday 20th October 2014, children’s author Ian Billings will be visiting the school. Ian Billings is an accomplished writer for children’s television (including Chucklevision). The following day on Tuesday 21st October 2014, Chris Bradford (author of Young Samurai and BODYGUARD) will also visit the school and run a series of presentations for Secondary students.
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News image UAE National Day Celebrations - uae-national-day-celebrations Blog | Featured | School News
UAE National Day Celebrations
This year the school is planning some exciting celebrations for National Day with our students and their families. There will be a lot of events taking place over Sunday November 30th and Monday December 1st, look out for more information on these in the coming weeks.
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News image Eid Al Adha School Closure - eid-al-adha-school-closure Blog | School News
Eid Al Adha School Closure
We have received official confirmation that school will be closed on Sunday 5 October and Monday 6 October to mark Eid Al Adha.
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News image Summer Reading Competition Winners - summer-reading-competition-winners Blog | School News
Summer Reading Competition Winners
Well done to all the entrants of the summer reading competition. It was a difficult task for members of the Curriculum Access Team to judge, but we are pleased to announce the following 5 students who were announced as winners in Assembly.
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News image House Captain Elections - house-captain-elections Blog | School News
House Captain Elections
House Captain elections took place this morning, with students in Year 6 making some very impressive 2 minute speeches as to why they should be selected. Students in Years 4, 5 and 6 had the difficult task of casting a vote out of approximately 30 candidates.
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News image Year 5, 6 and 7 Residential Trips - year-5-6-and-7-residential-trips Blog | School News
Year 5, 6 and 7 Residential Trips
Throughout the months of October and November, Years 5, 6 and 7 will have the opportunity to participate in their respective school camps. The camps will be run by North Star, under the supervision of the BIS Abu Dhabi staff.
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News image 2013/14 Yearbooks - 2013-14-yearbooks Blog | School News
2013/14 Yearbooks
Parents are reminded that the 2013/14 yearbooks can be collected from the main reception. If you did not purchase a yearbook but would like to, the good news is there are still some copies available.
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News image Changes to the Academic Calendar - changes-to-the-academic-calendar Blog | Featured | School News
Changes to the Academic Calendar
On Thursday 28th August, we received notification that the Ministry of Education instructed ADEC (Abu Dhabi education council) to change the dates to ensure 3 weeks break at the end of Term 1. As such, Term 2 will now begin on Sunday 11th January and in order to ensure 190 instructional days, the February half term has been removed.
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