2020 | Gulf British Academy

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 […]

30th November 2020KS2, Special Days, Year 4 by GBA

Teeth – Year 4’s eggcellent science eggsperiment

What an egg-static time for Year 4! As part of Year 4’s Science topic, Animals including Humans, pupils have been learning about types of teeth, their formation, structure and composition, and how these can be affected by various chemicals/liquids/drinks. To investigate the impact of these liquids upon our teeth, pupils and parents set about gathering home resources in order to […]

4th November 2020Announcements by GBA

Remote learning underway for new academic year

Gulf British Academy has started the new academic year with our teachers across all the key stages commencing their curriculum via remote learning. From home and in school, teachers are using a range of online applications including Google Classroom, Google Meet, Jamboard, ClassDojo and Zoom to ensure children around Kuwait receive as high a quality of education as possible. Training […]

22nd February 2020Special Days by GBA

Kuwait National Day celebrated at GBA

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, Gulf British Academy held its Kuwait National Day event across the whole school on Thursday. It began with our morning assembly, which was awash in a sea of vibrant red, white, green and black national flag colours. […]

The First Kids in Space - Year 3 Production

13th February 2020KS2, Productions, Year 3 by GBA

Year 3 Productions – The First Kids in Space

Yesterday and today our parents were treated to Year 3’s productions – The First Kids in Space by Debbie Campbell. The year is 2020 and a class of young space cadets are chosen to go on a dangerous mission to Moonbase X. After an eventful journey, they arrive on the moon and are confronted by rowdy robots that have malfunctioned […]

4th February 2020Community, School Trips by GBA

GBA visit Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice

As mentioned in our Bake Sale 2020 article, the proceeds from that fund-raising event will be donated to the Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice (BACCH) — a hospice that provides the highest standard of multi-professional palliative care and family support to children with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses throughout Kuwait. To make the donation, we gathered together our Student Council representatives for […]

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 […]

Yearly Archives: 2020

Online Romans Day – Year 3 dress up

Earth and beyond: Year 5 online projects take off!

Teeth – Year 4’s eggcellent science eggsperiment

Remote learning underway for new academic year

Kuwait National Day celebrated at GBA

Year 3 Productions – The First Kids in Space

GBA visit Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice

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

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