Quick summary of key school information
School details
| Number of students |
175 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
40 |
| Most common nationality |
Swiss |
| Native English and German speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
French |
| Max. number of students per class |
18 |
| Average number of students per class |
14 |
| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
Tablets, Laptops, Programming |
| Is the school ready to use virtual classrooms when needed? (e.g. teaching lessons online during emergencies) |
Yes |
| Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes |
| Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
No |
| Entry evaluation for students |
Typically trial lessons |
| Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
Open enrollment |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes |
| School start time |
8:30 am |
| School finish time |
3:00 pm |
| Supervised care before/after school |
Before school care: Children can arrive at school from 7:00 a.m. onwards and use the time until school starts at 8:30 a.m. to play with their friends or prepare for the day’s lessons. After school care from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. is available for all kindergarten and primary school children. |
| School bus service available |
Yes |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Food alternatives for special dietary needs (ie. vegan, kosher, halal etc) |
Yes |
| Uniform required |
No |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Choir, chess, coding, games, Lego, movement, science |
| Sports facilities at the school |
A nice playground. And for sports and swimming lessons, the school uses the buildings of the nearby public schools and swimming pool. Transport is provided by our school bus. |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
SIS Swiss International School Zürich-Wollishofen is a private day school for kindergarten and primary school children. Designed to fulfill the educational goals of Swiss as well as internationally mobile families, the SIS program is centered on consistent bilingual classroom instruction and peer experience in German and English, culminating in a diploma at our upper school with Swiss and international university entrance qualifications. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
Students are immersed in a bilingual environment. All classes receive an equal number of formal German and English lessons. In addition, mathematics and other subjects are taught in both languages in order to ensure that the children acquire extensive subject-specific vocabulary. Furthermore, starting in year 5, students learn French as a foreign language. The versatility of the SIS curriculum presents a balanced combination of specific subject study and experimental learning. This makes it possible for children to acquire a range of knowledge and skills from mastery of the lesson material itself, to learning how to study and apply what they learn. SIS follows the guidelines of the cantonal curriculum, which allows children to transfer from or into the public school system at any time. |
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