Singapore International School

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Singapore International School (SIS) is an elementary school situated on Nam Long Shan (Brick Hill), Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China. The school has announced and confirmed that from Academic Year 2007/08 onwards, there will be a Secondnary school.

It is an international school run by the Government of Singapore and follows the Singaporean currriculum. The school was first established in September 1991 in Kennedy Town with an enrolment of 200 students. In 1995, it moved to its current premises on Nam Long Shan near Aberdeen, occupying an area of 4,150 square metres. The land was granted by the Hong Kong Government while the cost of the building was borne by the Singapore Government. The school now has about 900 students from some 15 nationalities, with the majority being Singaporeans and Hongkongers.

SIS provides a bilingual education in English and Chinese (Mandarin). It follows the Singapore primary curriculum with English, Chinese, Mathematics and Science as the core subjects. Other subjects include Moral education, Health education, social studies, art, physical education, music, drama, French and dance. (French teachers are professionally from England and France.) At the end of Primary 6, students will take the Singapore Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). SIS also conducts a two-year preparatory programme for children aged four to six.

They just celebrated the 15th anniversary on 28 April 2006, with a completed original musical performance called "Reaching out, Touching lives".