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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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Special Days

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!

Teeth – Year 4’s eggcellent science eggsperiment

Kuwait National Day celebrated at GBA

KS2 support learning with dress-up days

Pyjama Day plus more in a fun-packed day at GBA

Bake Sale 2020 – yum!

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