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24th February 2022Special Days by GBA

National and Liberation Day celebrated!

Today saw Gulf British Academy celebrate its first National and Liberation Day within our new building and facilities. And what a day it was! Marking Kuwait’s declaration of independence in 1961 and to celebrate the day when Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah ascended to the throne in 1950, our staff and students had a wonderful time dressing up in national colours […]

17th February 2022EYFS, KS1, KS2, Special Days by GBA

Maths Pirates Day – Ahoy There!

Ahoy There! What a fabulous turn-out for Maths Pirates Day across Pre-Kg to Year 6! Thank you to all the children who dressed up and participated in GBA’s Maths Pirates Day today. We hope the children had a fantastic time solving all of the Maths challenges. Indeed, all sorts of challenges were set by their teachers. Too many to mention […]

3rd February 2022Special Days, Year 2 by GBA

Gong Hei Fat Choi! Year 2 celebrate China Day

On the week of Chinese New Year, Year 2 celebrated China Day in style as part of their Humanities topic. The children are currently studying and comparing Kuwait and China in Geography, and will move onto the History aspect next term. All of the Year 2 children and teachers turned up to school on Thursday 3rd February dressed up in […]

28th October 2021Special Days, Year 3 by GBA

Stone Age Day: A blast from the past for Year 3

Year 3 had a fantastic time during Stone Age Day — a History curriculum enrichment day that incorporated other subjects such as Art, Drama and Maths. It was a chance for our pupils to dress up and live the day as pre-historic humans from a period spanning well over 3 million years and so-called because it was when humans began […]

20th October 2021Community, Special Days by GBA

GBA ‘Goes Pink’ to support breast cancer awareness

It was a sea of pink today! Staff and pupils came to school dressed in pink clothes and accessories to show support for the fight against breast cancer and to raise awareness of the disease’s impact. Our GOING PINK event for Pink October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is a way to encourage early detection and prevention while promoting awareness […]

20th May 2021EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, Special Days by GBA

Space: the final frontier. GBA boldly goes…

Space or outer space is the vast area between the Earth’s atmosphere and the planets and stars. People have been studying space for years, and it is believed that this field of science – Astronomy – is one of the oldest sciences. In 1997, Lockheed Martin Corporation created “National Space Day” as a one-day event. In 2001, due to its […]

21st March 2021Special Days by GBA

GBA celebrates World Poetry Day 2021

Today is World Poetry Day 2021 and pupils at Gulf British Academy have spent the last three weeks building up to this day by celebrating poetry from a variety of well-known poets as part of GBA’s Poetry Project – one of many initiatives that support our intentions and journey to an outstanding international school. Each year group chose a selection […]

4th March 2021EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, Special Days by GBA

Shhh, we’re reading! Pupils celebrate World Book Day 2021

On 4th March 2021, pupils at Gulf British Academy celebrated the best of books all day to mark World Book Day 2021. Children from KG to Year 7 have been delving into books by well-known authors from around the world. Each class embraced the celebration and used a wide range of texts to promote ‘reading for pleasure’. Staff and pupils […]

17th December 2020KS2, Special Days, Year 3 by GBA

Online Romans Day – Year 3 dress up

“Romans, lend me your ears!” This was the cry from our Year 3 teachers as they addressed their troops of pupils at the start of the day. At just after 9am, a legion of Roman soldiers and citizens took over the online classrooms to take part in a Roman marching warm up activity. This term, Year 3 has been studying […]

16th December 2020KS2, Special Days, Year 5 by GBA

Earth and beyond: Year 5 online projects take off!

Over the course of the last few weeks, pupils in Year 5 have been creating their own group projects focused on the topic The Earth and Beyond. Pupils were asked to vote and select a planet to research as a group. This involved gathering key information about the planet and comparing it with Earth to state how their findings supported […]

Special Days

National and Liberation Day celebrated!

Maths Pirates Day – Ahoy There!

Gong Hei Fat Choi! Year 2 celebrate China Day

Stone Age Day: A blast from the past for Year 3

GBA ‘Goes Pink’ to support breast cancer awareness

Space: the final frontier. GBA boldly goes…

GBA celebrates World Poetry Day 2021

Shhh, we’re reading! Pupils celebrate World Book Day 2021

Online Romans Day – Year 3 dress up

Earth and beyond: Year 5 online projects take off!

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