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+965 2225 6777

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Saba St, Block 10

Salmiya, Kuwait

06:55 - 14:30

Sunday - Thursday

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A warm welcome back to school to all our new and returning families!  We hope you had a great summer holiday, feel recharged and are looking forward to the coming academic year. Our teachers, management and support staff have all been working hard to ensure the school is ready, with numerous positive changes taking place, including teacher-training in Philosophy for […]
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At Gulf British Academy we are always looking for innovative ways to enhance our teaching methods. So to kick-off our first Inset days of the 2018-2019 academic year, we invited visiting Sapere trainer, Jane Yates, from the UK to deliver a 2-day course focusing on Philosophy for Children (P4C). As part of P4C Foundation Course Level 1, our teachers (along […]
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10 June 2018 marked a special day in Gulf British Academy’s history – the laying ceremony of the foundation bricks at the site for Gulf British Academy’s new school building. It was with great pleasure to invite the British Ambassador to Kuwait, Mr. Michael Davenport, to join Director General, Mr Mohammed AlAli, Director, Ms Mariam AlAli as well as our […]
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Over the course of three days last week, Gulf British Academy celebrated its Reception Graduation 2018 ceremony in style. To honour their achievements and signify the completion of their learning journey through our Foundation Stage, some children wore gowns and hats, and all proudly walked along the illuminated runway to our stage. Parents were invited of course and there wasn’t […]
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Pre-KG and KG parents were invited to school this week to watch their children perform in their Year level Productions.  The productions ran from Tuesday to today and marked the end of a busy and eventful school year for our youngest children. The School Hall was a hive of activity, with bees in their bright yellow and black costumes, buzzing […]
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Today, Year 2 pupils took part in GBA’s annual house burning, recreating the events of 1666 during The Great Fire of London.  Pupils had been carefully making their Tudor-style houses for weeks in preparation for this historic event.  Check out 2017’s event. As we crossed over to the burning grounds the excitement and anticipation were palpable.  Once we reached the area, […]
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On 28 April, the battle of GBA took place at Paintball Kuwait… Well. More of an end-of-term treat for Year 5 and Year 6, but a battle nonetheless that saw staff and pupils pit their wits against each other. Indeed, Miss Norma, Miss Lorraine, Miss Stephanie, Mr. Mark, Mr. Luke, Mr. Louis and Mr Henry were all very keen to […]
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As part of their topics this term (The Great Fire of London and People Who Help Us), Key Stage 1 visited the Fire Station in Salmiya to see how firemen protect us and put out fires. Pupils in Year 2 have been learning all about The Great Fire of London (see last year’s recreation) and how modern firemen work differently […]
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Gulf British Academy held its first ever Spelling Bee last week – the climax to hours spent memorising and practising a collection of 100 words, set per year, for pupils across Key Stage 2 (Years 4, 5 and 6). Ever since Mr Mark announced the competition three weeks ago, the atmosphere around the Key Stage 2 corridors has been palpable. […]
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Year 1 wowed parents with their version of the production Character Matters. This musical play focuses on many fairy tale characters and their problems getting along with each other. From Humpty Dumpty trying to take responsibility to Baby Bear trying to find forgiveness for Goldilocks, Year 1 took us on a whistle-stop tour of the land of make believe. Although […]
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