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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 […]

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 […]

15th March 2021EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, Special Weeks by GBA

British Science Week 2021 – Let’s innovate!

At Gulf British Academy, we’re not letting the pandemic situation disrupt the enjoyment of learning. An example of this was British Science Week 2021 – a 10-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that took place between 5-14 March 2021. The theme this year was innovation, but what does that mean? It can be defined as a new idea, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

5th May 2019KG, KS1, KS2, Pre-KG, Special Days by GBA

Career Day 2019

Thursday last week saw Career Day 2019 celebrated across the entire school. Running alongside normal lessons, Career Day was a fun-filled day with pupils and teachers attending school dressed in outfits representing their chosen career. It was a very successful day too. It introduced children to the world of work and inspired them to think about their future roles across […]

Gulf British Academy - Beach Clean Up Day

24th March 2019Community, KS1, Special Days by GBA

Gulf British Academy pupils in beach clean-up challenge

Yesterday, Gulf British Academy held its first ever beach clean-up challenge! Our goal was to spend 30-minutes cleaning the two beaches near to The Kuwait Towers (the small beach to the left and the wider one to the right, shown below): This initiative was driven by Key Stage 1 who have been learning about the environment as part of their topic […]

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Maths Pirates Day – Ahoy There!

Space: the final frontier. GBA boldly goes…

British Science Week 2021 – Let’s innovate!

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

Bake Sale 2020 – yum!

GBA bags P4C award, philosophy workshop follows

Fitness Week emphasises healthy living

Year 2 mix learning with fun at Make Meaning

Career Day 2019

Gulf British Academy pupils in beach clean-up challenge

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