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...
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“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...
The Royal Academy of the Arts Summer Exhibition in London is the world’s oldest open submission exhibition (it began in 1769!), displaying works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists. In recent years, the exhibition has featured new works by artists from David Hockney RA to Tracey Emin. We were thrilled to hear that GIS Alumni Sabrina Brouwers from Class of ‘16 will showcase her painting of 'Crop Marks' at this prestigious exhibition this...
GIS YEAR 11 & Y13 – AWARDS AND GRADUATION CEREMONY 2022! Congratulations to our Year 11 and Year 13 students for reaching a significant milestone in their educational journeys. We are so proud of your hard work, commitment and resilience! After two years of online events, we were finally fortunate enough to be able to hold this year’s graduation ceremonies in school. It was wonderful to bring everyone together in person to celebrate the incredible successes of our students...
Organised by GIS Higher Education Counsellors Liza Phillips and Christopher Mercer, our Year 12 students recently enjoyed sessions with two Alumni who generously gave up their time to share their journey after GIS, experiences of working life, and general life lessons. At GIS, our Higher Education Days offer our Year 12 students the opportunity to consider the future options available to them, fundamentally ensuring that they are well informed and prepared to take ownership of their own...