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Gifted Minds International School(GMIS) is a premium international school that advocates “child first” policy. Our ethos and policies promote the best interest of every child. “Gifted Minds” international school believes that every child is gifted and talented in their own way. We celebrate this “Giftedness” in every child by nurturing and enhancing their minds to their fullest potential. In addition, every child is respected regardless of their developmental needs, race, religion and nationality.

GMIS is the first international school to be located at Hoofddrop.Approximately 2000 sqmetresof a former office building with 4 levels has been converted to a school learning environment for international students.

GMIS has raised the global bar for our students learning to golden international standards with our eclectic teaching approaches and pedagogical practices. Our current research based curriculum that caters to each individual child’s needs. At GMIS,teachers and students invent,rethink,co-construct and innovate ideas for teaching and learning processes which are combined in excellence with equity for the paradigm of international education.All students and staff at GMIS have meaningful targets and measurable goals to achieve, for the pillar of primary school international education.

GMIS provides educational services from Preschool to Primary Years. We have 2 sections:

Preschool Section ranges from 3 to 5 years old

Primary Section ranges from 6 to 12 years old.

GMIS’s medium of instruction is English(95%). As of now,we provide additional language classes which are taught twice a week in Dutch and/or French(5%).Our objective is to cater to the learning needs of the diverse language community and open classes according to the language demand.In the future, we would offer German,Spanish,Japanese,Hindi,Mandarin and other languages classes as an additional language or as an extra-curricular activity. Our language services extends in providing additional languages as purposeful enrichment classes for the sustainability of the languagebridges in the development of intercultural understanding and awareness for our students.

Our international curriculum is facilitated by Professionally Qualified and Trained full time Homeroom Tutors and Specialized Subject Teachers for Physical and Health Education ,Art,Music,Language and Drama.Both our full time and part time educators are highly trained and qualified both locally and internationally. All teaching and non-teaching staffhas been cleared by the Bureau to be allowed to work with or teach our children. Our Educators are continuously attending in- house trainings and outsourced professional courses to keep up with the latest teachings and methodologies in their fields so that they are constantly providing high quality standards, working to improve and cater to each and every child’s Social, Emotional,Linguistics, Intellectual,Physical,Talent and Academic needs.

Lastly, it is our aim to give the best international education for the children at GMIS and now we are – with effect from the 3rd of February 2015 – a candidate school of International Baccalaureate(IB) Primary Years Programme School.