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30th January 2020KS2, Special Days by GBA

KS2 support learning with dress-up days

This week saw four consecutive days of topic-themed dress-up days for the whole of Key Stage 2. All the children made a tremendous effort with their costumes, so a big thank you goes out to all our Key Stage 2 parents for helping bring the topics to life. During the course of each day the children took part in a […]

23rd January 2020KS2, School Trips by GBA

ASCC trips – KS2 enhance curriculum with school programme

Through November to January, GBA established a range of fascinating Key Stage 2 school trips to the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre (ASCC), bringing to life aspects of our pupils’ current learning. Year 3 enjoyed a workshop in the Eco-Systems museum, linking with their work on rainforests. Year 4 learned about habitats and animal skeletons, linking with their science […]

18th January 2020EYFS, KG, Pre-KG, Reception, Special Days, Year 2 by GBA

Pyjama Day plus more in a fun-packed day at GBA

Thursday last week was certainly a busy one when it came to internal events here at Gulf British Academy. We had Pyjama Day across the whole of our Early Years Foundation Stage, which was not only fun for the children to wear their PJs and bring in a cuddly toy, but was also a reminder as to how important a […]

12th January 2020KS1, KS2, Special Days by GBA

Bake Sale 2020 – yum!

Like before, Gulf British Academy held its famous Bake Sale, raising a total of 393.400KD, which this year will be donated to the Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice. Bake Sale 2020 was a brilliant day with a huge selection of foods from savoury and sweet to warm and cold. Pupils and staff certainly enjoyed the wide variety of food and there […]

25th November 2019Announcements, KS1, KS2, Special Guests, Workshops by GBA

GBA bags P4C award, philosophy workshop follows

We’re proud to announce that Gulf British Academy has received a Bronze Award from national charity SAPERE P4C to mark our outstanding commitment to and progress with embedding Philosophy for Children (P4C) into our curriculum. We’ve been training our staff and implementing a P4C programme across all Primary years. Our teachers use a stimulus, such as a story or photograph […]

Remembrance Day 2019 - Gulf British Academy

12th November 2019Community, KS2, School Trips, Special Days by GBA

GBA honours Remembrance Day and visits British Embassy

Each year, Gulf British Academy observes Remembrance Day in a number of ways. Pupils throughout the week participated in the Poppy Appeal by donating money and wearing a poppy to commemorate all those who have died, not only in the First World War but in conflicts around the world. During the morning assembly, our Student Council read a poem about […]

15th October 2019School Trips, Year 1 by GBA

Year 1 let loose in soft play centre

Year 1 pupils have been working very hard in class recently, so yesterday they had the chance to go a bit wild at soft-play venue ‘Play’ in the Promenade Mall. The venue is a multilevel soft-play complex, which gave our children the freedom to climb, jump, play, run, slide, swing and more for almost two hours – fun yet exhausting. […]

10th October 2019EYFS, KS1, KS2, Special Weeks by GBA

Fitness Week emphasises healthy living

This week was school Fitness Week, which focused on the benefits of exercise and leading a healthy lifestyle. Everyone got involved! Staff wore PE kits to school every day and all our pupils wore sports clothing on the final day of the week. That’s not to say pupil activities only happened on the last day of the week – far […]

3rd October 2019KS1, School Trips, Year 2 by GBA

Year 2 mix learning with fun at Make Meaning

Like last year, Year 2‘s first trip of the year was to Make Meaning – an activity and creativity centre based in 360 Mall. The aim of the trip was not only to have some creative fun but also to enrich learning, especially in relation to the ‘Materials’ topic in our Year 2 Science curriculum. As you can see from […]

Pivotal Education training - Behaviour Management

1st September 2019Special Guests, Workshops by GBA

GBA welcomes Darrell Williams for Behaviour Management training

Before the start of each new academic year, Gulf British Academy arranges a Teacher Training Day and last weekend we had the pleasure to welcome Darrell Williams — Principal Trainer from Pivotal Education — to deliver a session about Behaviour Management. Darrell’s energetic focus was based on a variety of positive approaches centred around the Five Pillars of Pivotal Practice […]

KS2 support learning with dress-up days

ASCC trips – KS2 enhance curriculum with school programme

Pyjama Day plus more in a fun-packed day at GBA

Bake Sale 2020 – yum!

GBA bags P4C award, philosophy workshop follows

GBA honours Remembrance Day and visits British Embassy

Year 1 let loose in soft play centre

Fitness Week emphasises healthy living

Year 2 mix learning with fun at Make Meaning

GBA welcomes Darrell Williams for Behaviour Management training

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