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There were some great performances at the third GISS Rhönrad competition which took place last weekend. The ten participants, aged between 9 to in their 40s, showed some fantastic performances and all should be very proud of their scores. Their trainers Kathi Brassington, Silke Bethke and Karen Pfitzer are immensely...

Dear GISS Community, This week’s unprecedented catastrophic fire rating for Sydney and terrible fires across New South Wales and Queensland are a stark reminder of the ever growing fire risk our communities face. We made our decision early afternoon on Monday to close the school and believe this was the...

Over 100 goals were scored at our International Football Tournament last weekend. GISS warmly welcomed many visitors and our opponents from the Sydney Japanese International School, the Armenian Alexander Primary School AGBU, the International French School of Sydney Lycée Condorcet, and the John Colet School. A total of 16 teams...

Thanks to our SRC we had a great Halloween Parade yesterday involving all our Preschool to IB students, teachers, admin staff and parents. Congratulations to all our students for making such a great effort in their costumes, but most of all for having the confidence to walk on stage in...

For the first time, GISS hosted the German Language Day (Tag der Deutschen Sprache) at our school - a fun day about the German language, complete with information stalls about all things German/y, activities for children, German sausages, pretzels and refreshments! Mr Steffen Rose of the German Consulate General Sydney and...

Today, after many months of preparation, our GISS Kiosk started its lunch service and both students and staff were super excited about receiving the freshly prepared meals by Miramare Gardens. The GISS Kiosk is offering a limited school lunch menu for Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in term 4 initially and we...

After many months of preparation, we are excited to let you know that our GISS Kiosk will start operation in week 2 of Term 4. Officially opened during our 2019 Christmas Market in August, the GISS Kiosk will be operated by Miramare Gardens offering a limited school lunch menu for...

On Thursday 29th August, I had the pleasure of going to the opening night of the Northern Beaches Youth Art Prize at Curl Curl Creative Space. Over 900 young people across the Northern Beaches submitted art for the competition and two of our Year 7 students got through to the final and had their work hung in...

Aussie families flock to Sydney’s expat schools for love of language ENGLISH speaking parents are leading a surge in enrolments in the Sydney’s international schools traditionally reserved for expats. Parents are sending their children into schools without any prior knowledge of languages such as German, Japanese and French with the...