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News image Uniform Guidance - uniform-guidance Blog | category11 | Posts From Our People
Uniform Guidance
Every new school year is an exciting time for teachers and students and in preparation it is important that we remind ourselves of the high standards of appearance we expect from our students.
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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 Year 6 BISCARs - year-6-biscars Blog | category11 | Featured | Posts From Our People
Year 6 BISCARs
The Year 6 BISCARS 2015 took place on the 14th of June. The BISCARS is a graduation ceremony presented for Year 6 in preparation of moving up into Secondary School. During the ceremony students were presented with awards such as PSHE awards, The Arts award, The Music awards, PE awards and more.
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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 The Costume Shop - the-costume-shop Blog | category11 | Featured | Posts From Our People
The Costume Shop
The Second Hand Uniform sales committee is pleased to introduce a new portfolio, The Costume Shop, which will sell second hand costumes.
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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 Terry Fox Run for charity - terry-fox-run-for-charity Blog | Featured
Terry Fox Run for charity
The annual Terry Fox run is just around the corner! We won’t be holding an event at our school this year, however we will be going to the Corniche to participate in the city-wide event. We would like to encourage anyone who is free to come and join, including students, their families, and staff. This is an incredible event and a great charity and it will be a wonderful way to spend a beautiful, sunny day.
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News image Year 1 Kings & Queens Day - year-1-kings-and-queens-day Blog | Featured | Posts From Our People
Year 1 Kings & Queens Day
Today Year 1 enjoyed a day filled with royal activities and a banquet like no other, as a starting point for a new topic 'Kings and Queens.'
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News image Year 12 ESS Trip to Al Ain Zoo - year-12-ess-trip-to-al-ain-zoo Blog | Featured
Year 12 ESS Trip to Al Ain Zoo
On Monday 26th January, Year 12 ESS (Environmental Systems and Societies) students went on a trip to Al Ain Zoo. Students were given a special tour by the zoo’s Head of Education Mr. Mathew Cocks who is himself a former IB ESS teacher.
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News image Year 2 Ice Day - year-2-ice-day Blog | Featured
Year 2 Ice Day
Yesterday Year 2 celebrated ICE DAY. The weather was perfect, creating the wind swept, cool climate of the Polar Regions for us and enabled all the penguins, Artic hares, foxes, Orcas, snowmen, snow royalty and explorers better conditions for survival.
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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 Mrs Wallace visits Tanzania - mrs-wallace-visits-tanzania Blog | Featured | Posts From Our People
Mrs Wallace visits Tanzania
Following in the footsteps of our 7 global ambassadors who took part in Nord Anglia Education’s expedition alongside students from 18 of our school worldwide last year, Mrs Wallace headed to Nord Anglia's Shamba Kipara expedition camp for the annual senior leadership conference.
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