| Motto | Plus Est En Vous (More Is In You) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1951 |
| Type | Mixed, Day British International School |
| President | BK Gan |
| Headteacher | Mr. Simon Mann |
| Founder | Sally Watkins |
| Location | Kuala Lumpur Malaysia |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Houses | Chancellor, Crest, Sultan, Queen |
| Colours | Green, Yellow, Red, Blue |
| Website | Garden International School |
Garden International School (abbreviated GIS) is an international school based in Malaysia. It is one of the largest private, co-educational schools in Malaysia, offering education based on the British Curriculum.
GIS offers education for four major age groups: foundation years, primary education, secondary education and sixth form.
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The Kuantan campus was opened for children of foreign investors, located in Teluk Cempedak in 1992.
The Principal of Garden International School is Mr Simon Mann. The Head of Secondary in the Kuala Lumpur campus is Mr Graham Wilson.
The school employs a large proportion of foreign teachers, mostly originating from Britain and Australia, with the majority of foreign teaching staff being located at the upper half of the school (Secondary). In addition to the large teaching staff, the school employs administrative staff, counsellors and student service staff to attend to the needs of the students.
The school follows University of Cambridge International Examinations based curriculum for upper years, with students sitting IGCSE after two years of study in Year 10 and 11; and sixth form sitting A-Level exams after 2 years of study in years 12 and 13. In recent years, some subjects have chosen to take Edexcel in place of CIE, such as GCSE PE.
As of 2010, the following subjects are available for IGCSEs in GIS:
2 sciences, IT, English (Language&Literature) are compulsory subjects along with Mathematics.
A-Levels
The lower school (primary) bases its curriculum on the British Curriculum, with students in Year 6 sitting for the National Curriculum assessment at the end of their year.
There are four houses in GIS - Chancellor, Sultan, Queen and Crest. Each house has a colour - Chancellor is Green, Sultan is Red, Queen is Blue and Crest is Yellow There are competitions between the four houses, and there are two main sports events that showcase the strong rivalries. These are Sports Day and the Swimming Gala. Along with these two, there are other competitions between the houses, such as the attendance competition and the merits competition. In addition, there is also the debating competition and Interhouse Sports. In 2008, the school held their first Eisteddfod.
Garden International School participates in sporting competitions, including FOBISSEA and ISAKL. The school has teams in many sports, including football, swimming, basketball, athletics and netball - among others. Sports day and the Swimming Gala are annual events that take place at Garden International School.
Sports Day is an athletics competition within the school, and is a competition between the four houses. For Primary school, this usually takes place within the school. However, Secondary sports day is held at an outdoor stadium. The swimming gala is a swimming competition between the four houses.They also have SEASAC which is another competition between other schools in particular sports. They are many different types of SEASAC for example: Tennis, Swimming, Football, Golf and many more.
Garden International School begins the academic year in the beginning of September, although in 2009 it is set to begin at the end of August. There are three terms, and with each term there is a mid-term break of 1-2 weeks. These usually coincide with holidays such as Hari Raya Aidil Fitri (Eid ul-Fitr) and Deepavali in the first term, Chinese New Year in the second term and in the third term it does not coincide with any holiday.
The full-length term breaks sometimes coincide with holidays such as Christmas in the first term, Easter in the second term, and at the end of the third term, the academic year ends Summer. Christmas and Easter holidays are usually about 2-3 weeks. Summer, however is usually 6-7 weeks, beginning in mid-July and ending at the end of August or beginning of September. Sometimes school does not begin on a Monday, as there is a public holiday on August 31, Hari Merdeka or Independence Day for Malaysia.
Examination period usually occurs in May and June, usually taking up one week for lower secondary school (Years 7-9) and two weeks for upper secondary school (Years 10-13). Primary school students take their examinations around the same time.