Canadian International School (CIS)

Canadian International School (CIS) is a leading IB world school in Singapore that offers the Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme for students aged 3 to 18 years. Over 3,000 students from 70 nations attend the school across two campuses – Lakeside (Early Childhood to Grade 12) in the West, and Tanjong Katong (Early Childhood to Grade 6) in the East.

The school’s passionate and highly trained staff, strive to equip each student with 21st century skills that enable them to thrive, exercise leadership, achieve ambitious and worthy goals, and to make a positive difference in an increasingly globalised world.

A Bilingual Programme in Chinese and English

CIS offers a pioneering bilingual programme in Chinese and English to students aged 4 to 10 (JK to Grade 5). Key features of this programme include:

• Two fully qualified teachers for each class – one native Chinese speaker and one native English speaker.
• A bilingual curriculum fully aligned to the IB Primary Years Programme, promoting intercultural understanding and inquiry based learning.
• Equal exposure to both languages.

A STEAM Philosophy that Fuels Innovation

CIS’s unique STEAM (Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Mathematics) teaching approach and state­of­the­art makerspaces, provides students with engaging and visionary learning experiences that spurs creativity, critical thinking, innovation and invention. Students are empowered to take control of their own learning during the entire process.

Website:	http://www.cis.edu.sg
Type:	Preschool, Primary, Secondary
Grades:	Early Childhood Education (ECE), Kindergarten, Grades 1 - 12
Starting Age:	3
Curriculum:	IBDP
Year Founded:	1991
Language of Instruction:	English: Early childhood to Grade 12; English-Chinese bilingual programme: Junior kindergarten to Grade 5; Chinese Immersion: Early childhood education
Foreign Languages Taught:	English, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish
Maximum Student Population:
Current School Population:	2,884
Maximum Class Size:
School Hours:	8:30am - 3:30pm
Demographic Breakdown:	70 nationalities are represented at CIS.
Nationality Restriction:	None
EduTrust Certified:	Yes
Teacher to Student Ratio:	3 - 6 years: 1:16 Early childhood to Junior kindergarten
	7 - 10 years: 1:22 Grade 1
	11 - 14 years: 1:24 Grades 5 to 8
	15+ years: 1:26 Grades 9 to 12
Qualification Type:	IBDP, High School Diploma
Admissions Interview:	Yes
Facilities:	Kindergarten Outdoor Learning Centre, Learning Indoor Pods, Junior Aquatic Centre, Junior Lab, Bilingual Classrooms, Chinese Classrooms, Spanish Classrooms, Junior / Senior Playgrounds, Sand Pits, Science Labs, Academic Guidance Centre, 500 Seat Theatre, Drama Studio, Visual Arts Studio, Music Room, Arts Collaboration Studio, Aquatics Centre, Tennis Courts, Elevated Playing Field, Fitness Centre, STEM Centre, Makerspace, Mulitmedia Lab, Gym, Basketball Courts, Nurses Station, Science
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