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+965 2225 6777

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Saba St, Block 10

Salmiya, Kuwait

06:55 - 14:30

Sunday - Thursday

School Trips

Our IGCSE Year 10 Visual Art students had the unique opportunity to attend the Speculative Horizons exhibition on the 25th of January, 2024 at the Contemporary Art Platform in the Design District in Kuwait. They met with all the artists and curators involved, engaging in insightful discussions and asking probing questions. This experience allowed them to delve into curatorship, understand […]
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Year 10 Careers Trip to AmericanUniversity of the Middle East (AUM) Our students were treated to an arranged visit to the American University of the Middle East. They had a guided tour around the campus where facilities ranged from a robotics lab, an extensive library, engineering suites and they even got to test out the state of the art sporting […]
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Year 9 students visit to the Grand Mosque As part of GBA’s drive to help build cultural capital and religious awareness, we arranged a special tour around the famous Grand Mosque of Kuwait for our Year 9 pupils. Cultural capital is the knowledge and understanding we deem necessary to function effectively and respectfully in society and the guided tour they […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Despite the very British weather recently, it didn’t deter our Year 6 pupils from visiting the British Embassy, Kuwait, to learn more about Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal we’ve been running all week. Upon arrival, we were welcomed by Assistant Defence Attaché, Chief Petty Officer Richard Vesey CPOWTR (SM), then led through the lovely gardens of the embassy to the […]
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For the last couple of weeks, Key Stage 2 (KS2) has been visiting the Kuwait National Museum complex, namely the Heritage Museum and the Archaeology Exhibition, which are located inside the complex (currently undergoing a splendid refurbishment). Archaeology Exhibition Children from all KS2 classes began their tour at the archaeology exhibition, where they enjoyed observing and reading about the artefacts […]
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