Organised by Head of Primary at GIS, Nicola Nelson, ‘The Women in Leadership’ podcast series celebrates some of the inspirational women from within our GIS community. Most recently, we had the privilege of listening to Alumni, Malisse Tan (Class ‘05), founder of BOBBLE, an eco-organic range of products for women, talking about her vision to empower women through education about menstrual well-being, whilst offering them access to safer alternatives. Malisse’s career...
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We caught up with a member of GIS staff Alumni, Rhian Williams (nee Adlam), who made the most of the Melbourne lockdown of 2020 by using the time to write her first children's book. Rhian worked in an admin role at GIS from 2010 to 2012. She was the Community Service and Staff Development Officer, responsible for planning Discovery Week and many other volunteer opportunities across the school. In addition, she supported staff development days, as well as working closely with members of...
Our Year 12 Enterprise Group were fortunate to be joined recently by two alumni, who generously gave up their time to share their career tips, experiences of working life and general life lessons in an online session, organised by secondary teacher, Mrs Anna Berney. Mrs Berney said: ‘This was such an enriching experience for our students in the Year 12 Enterprise group to listen to GIS Alumni. The knowledge and professional insite of the “changing nature of entrepreneurship”...
Organised by the GIS Art Department, our Year 9 students enjoyed an online workshop, entitled ‘Creative Career Professional,’ where five of our alumni, all of whom have pursued careers in the creative industries, generously gave up their time to share their career tips, experiences of working life, and general life lessons. Ev Abbott, Head of Art said, “Students were excited to learn about the real-world experiences of creative professionals, and how skills they are building...
The recent events of 2020, and in particular COVID-19, have shone a spotlight on our health, and made us aware of the importance of staying connected, family, lifestyle and community. This series will focus on the wellbeing of GIS’s Alumni, and is just one way we will give back to our Alumni community for their endless support towards our school. We have some awesome wellbeing webinars coming soon for our GIS Alumni. Don't miss the chance to meet our fantastic Alumni speakers with a...
Three of our alumni recently shared their career tips, experiences of working life, and general life lessons during an online parent workshop entitled ‘The World of Work; A Student’s Journey.’ During the workshop, hosted by Mr David Whitney (Head of Social Sciences) & Mr Samuel Wickham (Higher Education Advisor), Ian Ze-Yan Lai (Class ‘14), Joyie Chooi (Class ‘15) and Henrietta Teh (Class ‘16) all shared their experiences of the transition from GIS through Higher...
Makan Malaysia UK is, a Malaysian food catering business launched by our very own Alumni Susanna Encarnacion and Katerina Perry (Class ‘09.)They produce and send Malaysian food across the UK in special chilled boxes with something to suit everyone's needs. Makan Malaysia delivers to you anywhere in the UK, so you can still satisfy your Malaysian food cravings without leaving the country! This would be wonderful news to our GIS Alumni, especially those who are residing in the UK or have...
Alumna Katrina Roshan from Class of 2020 is a 16 year old singer/songwriter, living in Kuala Lumpur, who has just released her debut solo single ‘YOU’. Following the successful release of ‘YOU’, her follow up single ‘Lost Again’ was released on 18th August 2020. Kat will soon relocate to the USA to further her studies and hone her skills in singing, songwriting and producing music later this month at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. Katrina, please share with...
Four of our Alumni recently shared their experiences of working life, career tips and general life lessons for our current students. Here we hear a little more of the pearls of wisdom offered on our annual Careers Day 2020. Keynote: Alumna Yvonne Natalie Kniese, Class of 2000 Public Speaking & Communication Coaching at NK Communications PLT “It was a pleasure to speak about careers and life choices with the Sixth Formers at GIS earlier this month. I remember...
Alumni Mei Lian Hoe is an animator and freelance comic artist from Malaysia. She graduated with a Masters in Character Animation from the prestigious Central St Martins, UK, as well as a BA in English Literature from UCL. Her graduation film 'Left Unsaid' has been nominated for the MullenLowe NOVA Award 2020, and her webcomic, My Husband is a Cultist, has also been shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Publishing Prize 2020. Mei, what has been your journey after GIS? I left...