Parents always fondly remember the time when their sons and daughters spoke to them incessantly when they were little. The children would habitually talk a lot, tell the parents about their day, about their friends and their school and play. Parents often the joy in such interactions, recalling the time when such chats were fun, informative as...
October 4, 2018
In 2015, top teachers from GIIS Singapore were tapped to help provide input on how their dream school would appear. Ideas were discussed, solutions proposed and innovative approaches brought to the table. Architects from around the globe, including Australia, Japan, New York and Singapore, were then retained to bring those ideas to life. The...
October 2, 2018
"Don’t let anyone say you can’t do it.”
That’s the message world-class tennis player Sania Mirza shared with GIIS students during a visit to the erstwhile Queenstown Campus as a part of the GIIS Leadership Lecture Series in December 2014. She is not the only one who has been to the GIIS campuses to encourage students to follow their passion...
September 28, 2018
High school students, who are graduating school, are often bothered by thoughts on their future direction of studies. Last week, in the first part of this blog, we talked about how students can prepare for their future roadmap well in advance.
The first step for them was to understand their interests and their aptitude. We advised students to...
September 17, 2018
Our 21st century is an age of change. Digital technology has touched every sector of our lives - and education has not been immune to this. In the new age, learning spaces like traditional classrooms have now expanded far beyond its four walls. For students, such spaces allow collaboration, interaction and discussions through technology that...
September 14, 2018
What does it truly take to succeed? When one looks at a famous movie star, it is easy to imagine that success just “happened”. Overnight, this person became a famous star. But what people do not see is the hard work, humility and dedication that went into achieving this goal.
September 5, 2018
Our modern world is a global village. Families have moved for work from their countries of origin to lands of different cultures and ways of life, where they settle down and raise their children.
