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Overview

Our Early Years Centre

At our Early Years Centre (EYC), we strongly believe that learning goes far beyond the classroom which is why our comprehensive approach to the British-based curriculum is specially designed to bring out the best in your young ones. 

We recognise that every child is unique, and therefore, have designed our learning to help young children develop a strong foundation of basic skills while nurturing their individual interests and passions. Our ultimate goal is to create a happy, safe and enabling environment with the assistance of our early years experts. They are dedicated in fostering an environment to spark creativity, curiosity and lifelong love of learning.

Garden Internationl School - British Early Years Curriculum

Overview

Our Early Years Centre

At our Early Years Centre (EYC), we strongly believe that learning goes far beyond the classroom which is why our comprehensive approach to the British-based curriculum is specially designed to bring out the best in your young ones. 

We recognise that every child is unique, and therefore, have designed our learning to help young children develop a strong foundation of basic skills while nurturing their individual interests and passions. Our ultimate goal is to create a happy, safe and enabling environment with the assistance of our early years experts. They are dedicated in fostering an environment to spark creativity, curiosity and lifelong love of learning.

Garden Internationl School - British Early Years Curriculum
Garden Internationl School - British Early Years Curriculum

Overview

Our Early Years Centre

At our Early Years Centre (EYC), we strongly believe that learning goes far beyond the classroom which is why our comprehensive approach to the British-based curriculum is specially designed to bring out the best in your young ones. 

We recognise that every child is unique, and therefore, have designed our learning to help young children develop a strong foundation of basic skills while nurturing their individual interests and passions. Our ultimate goal is to create a happy, safe and enabling environment with the assistance of our early years experts. They are dedicated in fostering an environment to spark creativity, curiosity and lifelong love of learning.

Our Early Years programme is where we lay the solid foundations for each individual child’s success. Our approach is simple-we know your child so that we can support their individual learning needs every step of the way.
 
Nicola Nelson
(Head of Primary and EYC)

TEACHING & LEARNING

Early Years Curriculum

Our Early Years curriculum ensures a strong foundation for learning, with our youngest learners given ample opportunity to learn through play, whilst developing important literacy and numeracy skills to ensure that they are able to thrive in all areas of school life.

Garden International School - British Early Year Curriculum Age 3 - 5

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)​

Nursery and Reception (Age 3 – 5)

Our skilled practitioners support our youngest learners to develop in key areas like communication and language, gross and fine motor skills and mark making while also encouraging them to become independent learners who remain curious about the world around them. This is done by tapping into each child’s interests to keep them engaged and challenged as they discover and explore.


Learning Through Play

Drawing from extensive studies, our Early Years experts believe play-based learning is the most effective way to engage young children and prepare them for a lifetime of curiosity. Among the numerous benefits, play-based learning encourages brain development, increases emotional intelligence, boosts creativity and enhances communication skills.



Garden International School - Jungle School Curriculum


Jungle School

An EYC education extends far beyond the classroom. With our regular Jungle School programmes, we encourage students to reconnect with nature and engage with the world around them. By literally bringing the blackboard outside, the children broaden their horizons and show sustained periods of concentration and creativity.



Garden International School - All School


An All-Through School Foundation

An EYC education extends far beyond the classroom. With our regular Jungle School programmes, we encourage students to reconnect with nature and engage with the world around them. By literally bringing the blackboard outside, the children broaden their horizons and show sustained periods of concentration and creativity.



Garden International School - Mandarin Early Years Centre


Mandarin Immersion

Our unique approach to learning Mandarin at our Early Years Centre puts fun first. We create an engaging and immersive environment for them to flourish through music, storytelling, art and interactive dialogue sessions. With this fun-filled approach, the children have proven to absorb new vocabulary and grammar like sponges.



Garden International School - British Early Year Curriculum Age 3 - 5
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)​

Nursery and Reception (Age 3 – 5)

Our skilled practitioners support our youngest learners to develop in key areas like communication and language, gross and fine motor skills and mark making while also encouraging them to become independent learners who remain curious about the world around them. This is done by tapping into each child’s interests to keep them engaged and challenged as they discover and explore.

Garden International School - Learning Through Play
Learning Through Play

Drawing from extensive studies, our Early Years experts believe play-based learning is the most effective way to engage young children and prepare them for a lifetime of curiosity. Among the numerous benefits, play-based learning encourages brain development, increases emotional intelligence, boosts creativity and enhances communication skills.

Garden International School - Jungle School Curriculum
Jungle School

An EYC education extends far beyond the classroom. With our regular Jungle School programmes, we encourage students to reconnect with nature and engage with the world around them. By literally bringing the blackboard outside, the children broaden their horizons and show sustained periods of concentration and creativity.

Garden International School - All School
An All-Through School Foundation

Once a GIS student, always a GIS student. Our Early Years Centre serves as the foundation for students to live up to their potential at every stage of their education. Joining from the ground up ensures a smoother transition through school and easier assimilation of our bespoke curriculum.

Garden International School - Mandarin Early Years Centre
Mandarin Immersion

Our unique approach to learning Mandarin at our Early Years Centre puts fun first. We create an engaging and immersive environment for them to flourish through music, storytelling, art and interactive dialogue sessions. With this fun-filled approach, the children have proven to absorb new vocabulary and grammar like sponges.

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Early Years Centre

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Embrace the Adventure!
Nature’s Classroom Redefined

Get ready for a world of exploration beyond our classrooms! Watch as our littlest learners dive into an enriching journey of nature play and boundless discoveries with our new immersive multi-sensory outdoor spaces.

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Child Development and Support network

Learning for Life

  • Child development

    At EYC we recognise and value the importance of quality early years education and would like to bring awareness and equip families with the knowledge and skills necessary to help their child reach their full potential during the first five years of their development.

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Child development

Throughout their time in Early Years, our young learners have opportunities to develop the characteristics of effective learning through play. Careful planning encourages our learners to take risks, explore and imagine in order to deepen their understanding and to make links in their learning.

Wellbeing and Support

We have a strong support network within the school, to ensure that every child is able to thrive. Our EAL, Learning Support, Counselling and Medical teams are all on hand to ensure that each child has exactly what they need to be happy and successful during their time with us at EYC.

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Want to see what your child’s learning journey would look like here with us at GIS? Explore our curriculum, learning journey and how we ensure smooth transitions for our students.

Whole School
Journey

Want to see what your child’s learning journey would look like here with us at GIS? Explore our curriculum, learning journey and how we ensure smooth transitions for our students.

Early Years Curriculum: Nursery & Reception
Nursery & Reception

Early Years Foundation Stage (age 3 & 5)

Nursery & Reception Curriculum

Early Years

Our EYC learning environment, both inside and outside, is well-resourced and offers a wide range of multi-sensory learning opportunities that are linked to the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum. We balance play-based learning with the teaching of fundamental literacy and numeracy skills, PE and music lessons, as well as social and emotional skill development.

Mandarin is taught as an additional language through a combination of discrete teacher-led sessions, and as part of continuous provision, with our outstanding teachers encouraging authentic and natural language acquisition amongst our youngest learners.

Throughout their time at EYC, our young learners have opportunities to follow their interests and take ownership over their learning. This is encouraged through first-hand experiences that create a sense of awe and wonder for children, inspiring them to learn more about the world around them.

Children’s brains develop connections faster in the first five years than at any other time in their lives. This is the time when the foundations for learning, health and behaviour throughout life are laid down. In fact, by the time they turn five 90% of their brain will have been developed.

Our curriculum and approach are designed to ensure that a strong foundation is laid down to support your child’s further development throughout their life.

In The Classroom

Taught Curriculum

Our Early Years offering consists of carefully designed opportunities to learn through play, directed curriculum and wider learning opportunities such as Jungle School, gardening and cooking.

A Unique Child

Prime

Specific

Mandarin

Jungle School Programme

Beyond the Classroom

Wider Learning

Even at EYC, we offer a broad curriculum, with the aim of igniting passions and developing new interests amongst our children. We offer swimming, Water Play Days, Woodwork, Cooking, Trips and CCAs. We also offer our Jungle School programme. Unique to Malaysia, this is a hands-on programme based on the ‘Forest School’ approach in Europe. At Jungle School, our EYC children are able to learn about nature, explore and take risks is a safe and controlled environment and learn to become responsible citizens of the earth who respect and preserve her resources.

Sixth Form Curriculum: Year 12 & 13
Year 1 & 2

Key Stage 5 (age 16 to 18)

Year 12 & 13 Curriculum

Introduction

The GIS Sixth Form promotes academic excellence in all students, offering international AS and A Level qualifications. These are delivered by outstanding teachers with knowledge and expertise in Key Stage 5 education, who are always ready to go the extra mile to set their students on the path to success.

However, our philosophy of education goes far beyond that. We are proud of our bespoke Sixth Form Diploma which allows students to enrich their studies beyond the formal curriculum, develop leadership skills and nourish a love of learning. In Sixth Form, we recognise the need to equip our students with the soft skills that will prepare them for like beyond our school, and are proud of the opportunities our students have to do this as part of our THRIVE Programme, GIS electives and through our extensive CCA programme.

Underpinning everything we do is our approach of academic care. As well as the care and support of their tutors team, our students complete lessons in Social and Emotional Learning to promote the wellbeing and understanding of others that helps support their success both during their time in GIS and beyond.

As a result of our track record of academic excellence, holistic approach and skills-based education, it is not surprising that GIS Sixth Form students are sought after by the world’s best universities. 

In The Classroom

Taught Curriculum

Students can select from a wide range of A Level subjects which are recognised globally and support our students’ progression to universities in a wide range of countries. These are taught by subject specialists who inspire students to explore their passions and provide rigour and challenge to develop higher-order thinking skills.

A Level
(Cambridge & Edexcel)

Beyond the Classroom

Wider Learning

The range of opportunities that our students benefit from beyond their taught curriculum causes them to really stand out. Our wider learning programme gives students the opportunity to get involved in things that they enjoy, build a sense of community and develop skills that they will use in later life.

Bespoke Learning

GIS Diploma Programme

At GIS, we believe in the importance of a holistic education, which is about more than just achieving fantastic A Levels. We believe it also needs to prepare our students for the future, enabling them to develop a broad knowledge and a wide range of skills. For this purpose, we have developed our curriculum, offering an extensive choice of electives that will help prepare students for the next steps and life beyond school. Our GIS Sixth Formers are given the opportunity to complete the GIS Diploma or the GIS Diploma with Honours.

A GIS Diploma is awarded to students who:

A GIS Diploma with Honours is awarded to students who:

Secondary Curriculum: Year 10 & 11
Year 10 & 11

Key Stage 4 (age 14 & 16)

Year 10 & 11 Curriculum

Introduction

The Secondary School curriculum at GIS focuses on supporting young confident adults to reach their potential, in line with our GIS Learner Skills and our commitment to ensuring academic care for all.

Our Year 10 to 11 (KS4) curriculum is designed to meet the academic, personal and cultural needs of our students and better equip them for future challenges, while at the same time creating enjoyable learning environments that inspire and motivate. Students begin to select courses that appeal to them and follow a broad range of examined and non-examined subjects that prepare them for success both in and out of the classroom. Alongside examined subjects, students follow courses designed to develop them as individuals through Social Emotional Learning and a range of elective subjects. The Year 10 and 11 curriculum creates young adults not only with strong academic credentials but who are also well rounded individuals ready for the next stage of their learning.

Our focus on involvement outside the classroom alongside academic excellence aims to create the opportunity for students to become world changers in both their local and global communities.

In The Classroom

Taught Curriculum

Our KS4 taught curriculum provides students with a balanced yet bespoke programme of study at GIS. At its core is a personalised combination of International GCSE qualifications that all students undertake and enhanced by our elective program. To ensure students are well rounded with successes beyond just academic achievements, the programme offers all students in KS4 a range of bespoke GIS elective courses as well as the study of Social and Emotional Learning. This balanced robust curriculum ensures students are well prepared for our our outstanding GCE (A Level) programme in Key Stage 5 (Years 12-13) or study beyond GIS. As with all other Key stages academic care remains central to our ethos with regular curriculum time allocated to the pastoral system and supported through contact with tutor groups.

Core Subjects

Option Subjects

Beyond the Classroom

Wider Learning

Our KS4 wider curriculum supports students in their engagement, enjoyment and personal personal development as they move through Years 10 and 11. A wide range of activities are available that take place beyond timetabled lessons enable all students to gain engage in our school community and develop as individuals.

Bespoke Learning

GIS Elective Programme

At GIS we believe in the importance of a holistic education that is more than just achieving fantastic IGCSEs: it also needs to prepare you for the future, which requires a broad knowledge and wide range of skills. For this purpose, we have developed our curriculum, offering an extensive choice of electives that will extend learning and help prepare you for your own next steps and life beyond education.

Secondary Curriculum: Year 7 to 9
Year 1 & 2

Key Stage 3 (age 11 to 14)

Year 7 to 9 Curriculum

Introduction

The Secondary School curriculum at GIS focuses on supporting young confident adults to reach their potential, in line with our GIS Learner Skills and our commitment to ensuring academic care for all.

Our Year 7 to 9 (KS3) curriculum is designed to meet the academic, personal and cultural needs of our students and better equip them for future challenges, while at the same time creating enjoyable learning environments that inspire and motivate. Students follow a broad and balanced range of subjects that are linked to the National Curriculum of England and Wales but modified to create courses appropriate for an international education.

Our focus on involvement outside the classroom alongside academic excellence aims to create the opportunity for students to become world changers in both their local and global communities.

In The Classroom

Taught Curriculum

Our KS3 taught curriculum provides students with a broad and balanced approach to study at GIS. A range of subjects are followed that gives learners a solid foundation to build upon in later years and ignite a passion for learning. Alongside delivering strong academic foundations, our KS3 taught curriculum is supported through our academic care provision. Students are supported by one-to-one conversations with subject teachers and tutors about their learning.

Subjects

Subjects

Beyond the Classroom

Wider Learning

Our KS3 wider curriculum supports students in their engagement, enjoyment and personal development as they move through Years 7 to 9. A wide range of activities are available that take place beyond timetabled lessons enable all students to gain engage in our school community and develop as individuals.

Primary Curriculum: Year 3 to 6
Year 3 to 6

Key Stage 2 (age 7 to 11)

Year 3 to 6 Curriculum

Introduction

This stage builds upon the foundations laid in the Early Years and Key Stage 1, preparing children for the next phase of their education. English is taught daily with a strong emphasis on the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. The development of practical, mental and applied mathematics is achieved through our mathematics lessons.

In Years 5 and 6, French and Spanish are added to the World Languages programme. Students can decide to continue learning the Asian language they have been learning or replace this choice with one of the European languages. Either way, they will still have the opportunity to learn the other language as part of the language club programme after school. Homework is provided throughout the school, and is aimed at consolidating skills taught at school and encouraging parents to play an active role in their children’s education.

Children’s progress is assessed throughout Key Stages 1 and 2 to ensure we have a good understanding of their ongoing progress, individual abilities and to ensure their future needs are met.

In The Classroom

Taught Curriculum

The Primary Curriculum follows a topic-based, cross-curriculum approach to learning with the British National Curriculum as it’s foundation. Soft skills are developed through a set of bespoke ‘Golden Threads’ that are carefully interwoven throughout the curriculum.

Subjects taught in our topic curriculum are:

Specialist Teaching subjects are

Beyond the Classroom

Wider Learning

In Year 3 to Year 6 we offer our students wider learning opportunities to encourage them to learn new interests and skills beyond the classroom including:

Primary Curriculum: Year 1 & 2
Year 1 & 2

Key Stage 1 (age 5 to 7)

Year 1 & 2 Curriculum

Introduction

The first key stage of school welcomes children from Early Years into the Primary School and encourages each child to continue their development and maintain the fun, active approach to learning. Information Communication Technology (ICT) is used to support the learning process. Classroom-based learning along with a broad co-curricular programme and education outside the classroom ensure we provide a holistic education for your child.

The majority of learning takes place in the nurturing environment of the classroom facilitated by the classroom teacher and assistant teachers. Specialist teachers support the teaching of Art, Music, ICT and Physical Education. In World Languages, students learn Mandarin or Bahasa Malaysia – the national language, helping them to develop the skills and passion to learn an additional language in depth. Students also have the opportunity to explore other languages as a part of the language club programme which happens after school. Science, History, Geography, Design Technology and Drama are taught through our exciting Topic Curriculum which is underpinned by the ‘Golden Threads’ of Intercultural Learning and Social and Emotional Learning.

GIS utilises both the classroom and education opportunities outside the classroom to provide a programme that develops World Changers. At GIS we believe that our responsibility goes beyond producing outstanding academic results. We are fully committed to providing a holistic, well-balanced education.

In The Classroom

Taught Curriculum

The Primary Curriculum follows a topic-based, cross-curriculum approach to learning with the British National Curriculum as it’s foundation. Soft skills are developed through a set of bespoke ‘Golden Threads’ that are carefully interwoven throughout the curriculum. The subjects taught in our topic curriculum are: English, Science, Mathematics, History, Geography, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Art & Design, Design Technology

Subjects taught in our topic curriculum are:

Specialist Teaching subject are:

Beyond the Classroom

Wider Learning

 

In Year 1 & 2 we offer our students wider learning opportunities to encourage them to learn new interests and skills beyond the classroom including: