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Moving abroad can often be a very challenging time for parents and their children. The good news is that if handled correctly, moving abroad can be hugely beneficial to children.

The British International School Abu Dhabi offers a wide variety of Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) to our students from Year 1 upwards and throughout the Secondary School Our CCA program aims to spark interest and inquiry, introduce students to potential hobbies, and develop interest in areas that perhaps they would not be otherwise exposed to.

We have received ADEK approval for the 2018/19 school calendar.

We are celebrating outstanding International Baccalaureate Diploma results achieved by 2017/18 graduating students.

The British International School Abu Dhabi is very pleased to announce that we will be working alongside a new catering company next year, ADNH Compass.

As we look forward to celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, we wish all of our Muslim families in the community a blessed month at this special time of the year.

We would like to announce our school day during the Holy month of Ramadan.

As a community of learners, our lives are often frantic with deadlines to meet, planning to be done, skills to be mastered and knowledge to be absorbed. All of us are accustomed to sustained hard work of course, but sometimes we forget to build in some ‘downtime’, to relax and recharge those metaphorical mental and physical batteries.

We are very proud of our students for winning the Varsity History Bowl and Middle School History Bowl at the International History Bee and Bowl over the weekend. A special mention to Balint Janescko, who was crowned the individual History Champion of the UAE!

We appreciate the importance of early planning for families so are sharing an early draft of the 2018-19 calendar. Please note that, while these dates are unlikely to change, this has not been officially approved by ADEK who have advised they will be approving school calendars in May.

Our Principal Patrick Horne warmly welcomes our families back from Spring break for the start of Term 3. He discusses what is coming up in term 3, as well as term dates for the 2018/19 academic year.

Forgetting happens very quickly and many of us will forget more than 50% of information within the first few days after learning it. So how can we prevent this happening? The answer is in regular reviewing, starting soon after the initial learning and then continuing on for subsequent occasions.

Environmental Awareness Day

BIS Abu Dhabi would like to proudly congratulate Year 7 student Jasmine Pitman for winning her age group in the HSBC Future Falcons Golf Skills Challenge.

Duke of Edinburgh International Award 2018

In this first of a series of articles on the IB programme, Mr. Kenning, our Head of Senior School, celebrates its impact and value.

To help prepare you and your child and understand the options you have, we would like to invite families to attend our International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme Information Event on Wednesday 1st November at 5pm.