Our students had the opportunity to join our STEM enrichment elective if they are interested in Maths, Physics, Chemistry as well as Engineering and Medical Sciences. It was an absolute pleasure to welcome three of our GIS Alumni; Shikhar Singh, Daniel Watson and Cheng Jin Li to virtually share their experiences on various university application processes and course structures, as well as insightful tips to best prepare our students for their chosen courses at university. “I...
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This year the GIS Alumni London Gathering was on 2nd December at the St Giles Hotels London. We had a great networking session with almost 40 Alumni joining the event. As well as having the opportunity to meet our new GIS principal Mr Michael Bardsley, Head of Secondary Ms Amy Ward and Head of Nicola Nelson, they had the chance to… Catch up with UK-based friends from their time at GIS; Grow the network: reconnect with other like-minded Alumni working in similar fields...
With so many of our students interested in studying psychology as an undergraduate, it is important that they hear from those who have recently experienced this. Our alumni are therefore invaluable in what they are able to offer to our current students as they build their understanding of different courses, as well as what the transition from KL to the cities around the world that they will study in might look like. Teacher David Whitney Head of Social Sciences at Garden International...
We were fortunate enough recently to have been able to catch up with Alumnus Daniel Veerapen (Class of 2004). A young music producer, director and film scorer, 35-year-old Daniel Veerapen produces music for a range of people and projects. Having worked on the score and music for various, big budget films, events and celebrity artists, he has won multiple awards for his music, most recently the prestigious FFM (Film Festival Malaysia) award for best music director in 2021. Daniel was also one...
“It was great to see the return of Camp Week, which even for our exam students who remain in school, offers a very different experience to the normal school week. With the theme of ‘The Past, Present and Future’, we were treated to a keynote presentation each morning. Amazing talks were delivered by some incredible alumni on resilience, falling forward, gratitude and the ABCs of Attitude, Behaviour and Communication skills to be ready for the future! There was a wide range of...
We were fortunate enough to recently welcome teacher alumni Dr Margaret Yoon to GIS. Dr Yoon, who taught at GIS in the 1970s, conducted an informative workshop for our parents focused on ‘The Seven Keys Towards a More Successful, Joyful and Contented life.’ Thank you to Margaret for equipping us with a toolkit to commence a journey towards better health, happiness and wellbeing. “It gave me great pleasure to present to the parents at GIS. The attendees’ enthusiastic...
On Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th September, the recently appointed team of student leaders for 2022 - 2023, gathered in the Grand Hall, for the annual student leadership conference. This year there are 105 student leaders across 7 strand areas as well as house leaders and house captains spanning the year groups. “The focus of the conference was team building as well as strategic planning. Activities included a tallest tower challenge, a jungle trek, and an inspiring...
Our Y12 students have the opportunity to join our STEM enrichment elective if they are interested in Maths, Physics, Chemistry as well as engineering and medical sciences. It was an absolute pleasure to welcome three recent Alumni back to GIS to talk to them. Wei Jen, Ben and Rahul all spent time sharing their experiences of the university experience, application process and course structures, as well as advising students on activities that would best prepare them for their chosen courses...
At GIS, our Oxbridge Advisory enables current Oxbridge-bound students to benefit from advice and insight from GIS alumni already studying at the University of Oxford and Cambridge. It was a wonderful experience to welcome back our alumni members Nicole Choong, now in her third year reading Computer Science at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and Isabel Lee, now in her second year reading PPE at The Queen’s College, Oxford. Both alumni generously gave up their time at the...
2022 Medical Society CCA with GIS Alumni! The first week of our new school year started with a fantastic talk by two incredible individuals from the Class of 2022. Before heading off to the UK to start their own medicine courses at university, Catherine and Sainavi were keen to share some of their expertise and experience with our new Year 13 Medicine applicants. Unravelling the challenges of the competitive application process, our new alumni gave honest feedback...