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Tour of Kazakhstan educators at FIS 🇰🇿

Tour of Kazakhstan educators at FIS 🇰🇿
FIS is honoured to have a party of 29 educators from Kazakhstan toured our school last month. They were impressed with our academic achievements in addition to the presentation Dr Turner Lam gave on “21st Century Student-Centered Pedagogy.” We hope to have more opportunities for collaboration and exchange programs with Kazakhstan schools in the near…
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FIS monthly newsletter – June 2023

FIS monthly newsletter – June 2023
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FIS offers – National University of Singapore

FIS offers – National University of Singapore
Heartiest congratulations to Jiang Linghui who has received an offer to read Computer Science at the National University of Singapore based on her 4A* CIE A-level results and 7.5 IELTS result.   Computer Science in NUS is undoubtedly one of the most competitive and challenging course in NUS. Coming in at 6th place in the…
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English banding test at FIS

English banding test at FIS
  In order to help students to meet the stringent entry requirements of world-renowned universities, FIS has embarked on an English Language banding exercise in our High School Diploma – Grade 10 to 12 classes, where students are banded according to the overall band score obtained in the diagnostic tests in all four skills (reading,…
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Cheese tart sweetening

Cheese tart sweetening
While during the exam period, it is not only the students but also the teachers who get stressed out. We sweeten up our teachers with delicious Cheese Tarts from So Good Bakery to get them through the stressful exam period. Thank you teachers for your strength, integrity and courage.
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An exploration of building structures out of spaghetti

An exploration of building structures out of spaghetti
During the Content-Based Learning (CBL) session, our Physics teachers led our students in an exploration of building structures out of spaghetti. Following the explorations, students managed to comprehend the Science of design and stability. They've learned more about "what is the strongest structure," "what makes a structure stable," "where do you see the forces of…
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Chinese debate competition

Chinese debate competition
Our students are debating last week whether schools should prohibit students from using ChatGPT and whether high school students should engage in romantic relationships. Debate is an excellent activity for language learning because it engages students cognitively and linguistically in a variety of ways. Debaters, most obviously, gain confidence in public speaking and expressing their…
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NUS.CHS open house

NUS.CHS open house
We always support our students in discovering potential career paths and educational options in order to foster students' self-awareness and self-direction. Our students visited the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS) open house over the weekend as one of their possible educational pathways. CHS enhances undergraduate experience for students of the Faculty of the…
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Learning journey – Kranji War Memorial

Learning journey – Kranji War Memorial
There’s no better way to discover the rich history of Singapore through the visit to Kranji War Memorial. The War Memorial represents the three branches of the military – the Air Force, Army and Navy. The Memorial's walls inscribe over 24,000 names of soldiers and airmen who gave their lives in Malaya and neighbouring lands…
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FIS Careers Evening Talk

FIS Careers Evening Talk
FIS is honoured to have Mr Ibiyemi Osinaike, a lawyer and senior business analyst at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, to provide valuable insights to FIS students during a virtual talk as part of its Careers Evening Talk in April. Mr Ibiyemi Osinaike shared his own career journey and paid much attention on the problem-solving…
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