Math Week

ISC - Amman

During Revision Week ISC – Amman’s SLO^® team came up with a brilliant idea to prepare their students for the upcoming exams.  The SLO^® Academic Department organized a “SLO^® Math Week” for grades 6, 7 and 8 students.  They offered each grade a different contest that took place during their lunch break.  The students competed against each other using the material that they are revising for the coming exams.

The Grade 6 students competed against each other in “The Wheel of Math” competition similar to the “Wheel of Knowledge” concept.  The wheel was divided into the following categories:

• Quick Math (Mental Math)
• Hello Mr. Venn (Set Theory Questions)
• Simple is Better (Simplifying Expressions)
• The X-Factor (Questions Involving Variables)

​Teams consisted of 3 students, with three teams competing against each other in one match. The contest consisted of 9 teams, playing a knock-out stage with three qualifying matches, which lead up to a very epic final match.

The Grade 7 students competed in the “So You Think You Can Graph” completion.  Students competed in teams of two to graph a given equation faster than the other teams.

The competition had a surprise final round where the two players of the winning team played one round against each other and the winner was crowned the champion of the competition!

The grade 8 students competed in the “Math Jeopardy” competition where a total of 12 teams of 2 (24 students in total) competed individually.  The students with the most correct answers advanced to the final knock-out-round. The winners played against each other until there was only one team left, and they will were crowned the Jeopardy Champions.

The slogan of the event was Together, We Can Prevent Failure

Grade 4 and 5 Math Bee Competition

SIS - Adma

The Student Life Organization^® of SIS – Adma held a Math Bee Competition for Grade 4 and 5 students in the Charles Saad Performance Hall during the month of October.

Teams consisted of 3 players each and were divided and set up according to students’ grade averages.  This ensured that the groups were varied and allowed for a levelled playing field. 

The grade 4 Math Bee was held during the first week of October (1^st – 4^th).  There were 18 teams competing against each other.  In each round, two teams competed to see who will move closer to becoming the Math Bee Champions.  Rounds consisted of 8 questions and the team with the most correct answers moved to the next round until the Champion was announced.

The grade 5 students competed at the end of October (23^rd – 25^th).  They had a total of 12 teams that participated (using the same tournament structure as for grade 4).

The questions for both competitions were based on word problem formats that the students had to solve as a team.

The aim of the Bee was to:

• Show students that academics are fun and exciting.
• Enhance the students’ math skills while improving their teamwork through team building activities.
• Enrich the participants’ and audience’s knowledge whilst creating a competitive yet friendly and positive atmosphere.
• Help the participants develop essential time management skills.

During the Bee, the hall was filled with an air of excitement as the participants and teams competed to showcase their math skills by solving word problems.

At the end of the Math Bee Competition, certificates were distributed to all participants and the winning team received their well-deserved first-prize gift.

On-Demand Tutoring

We are very pleased to announce the launch of SABIS^® On-Demand Tutoring (ODT), for all SABIS^® students in levels C-M network-wide

The On-Demand Tutoring is a service allowing students to self-study concepts and academic materials by viewing pre-recorded videos, complementing the learning taking place in the classroom. Most videos have been prepared by students from SABIS^® schools around the world through the SABIS Student Life Organization^®, and have been approved by SABIS^® Educational Services before being posted online.

SABIS^® On-Demand Tutoring, videos are available in mathematics for levels C-M, in science for levels J and K (only for courses using the SABIS^® science books), levels L-M for Physics, Chemistry and Biology and for English Levels F-K. Students of these levels can access the videos by logging into SABIS^® WebSchool and then navigating to the On-Demand Tutoring icon.

The ODT Program allows students to ask questions after viewing a video.  All questions will be automatically routed to the student's school and viewed by the SLO^® Prefects who in turn will assign a tutor to the student to ensure all his/her questions are answered.

Academic Olympics - Science Quest

ISC - Choueifat

Prefects of the Academic Department launched the “Academic Olympics”, a series of challenges that targets various school subjects. The Science Quest was the first stage among a group of similar competitions in the Academic Olympics. The Science Quest took place during three separate SLO Periods, and included 3 rounds: one for eleventh graders, one for twelfth graders, and a final round to determine the winners!

 Science is such a vast topic, thus the competition featured questions of biology, problem solving, and myth -or -reality challenges.

The competition featured 6 segments that explored the depth and variety of the students’ scientific knowledge. Questions were asked, teams set to work, group discussions broke out as buzzers beeped and judges evaluated!

A rush of excitement and suspense was felt as the timer ticked and the crowd cheered. The event was a success, proving that education is not limited to the walls of classrooms, but exists on a much wider scale.

1. Math Week - ISC Amman
2. Math Bee - SIS Adma
3. On-Demand Tutoring
4. Academic Olympics @ Choueifat