Sakhalin International School

Sakhalin International School
Location
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast
 Russia
Information
School type International
Ofsted number 132678
Headmaster Andrew Freeman
Teaching staff 16 full-time
Gender Mixed
Age range 3-13
School roll c. 180

Sakhalin International School is an international primary school lying in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk sponsored by Shell. There are approximately 180 children between 3 and 12 years of age on roll. There are 29 nationalities represented in the parent community.

Campus

The school is located in the Zima Highlands housing development some fifteen minutes from the town of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Next to the school there is a swimming pool, a large recreation center with a sports hall and other leisure facilities that are used frequently by the children, parents and teachers both as part of the school program and for leisure.

Curriculum

The school follows the International Early Year, Primary and Middle Years Curriculums. The language of instruction is English and where possible, children can follow a mother tongue language program. The additional languages supported directly by the school include Russian as an additional language and Dutch as a mother tongue (NTC). The school also supports those children for whom English is an additional language. Specialist teachers are employed to deliver these programs.

Extracurricular activities

After school activities organised for the children include arts and crafts, various sports, school drama performances and outdoor adventure activities such as hill walking and canoeing for the elder children who also take part in an annual adventure camp.

References

    http://www.sakhalinschool.net/

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