Committees & Groups

To make our school come to life, we encourage parents, teachers and students to actively participate and work together in numerous projects and working groups. The following committees and groups play an essential role in shaping our school community.

Parents' Committee

Parents Committee in the best international school The Parents' Committee is an important link between GESS parents and the school. Its main roles are to represent the views and interests of the parent community to the School Management and the Board of Governors, promote collaboration throughout all sections of the school and to uphold and enhance the GESS Community Spirit. For more information, please send an email to Parents.Committee@gess.sg.

Events Team

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The Events Team strengthens the GESS spirit and supports school projects and the school's adopted charities. Each year, the Events Team organises two major functions to bring the School Community together, the Christmas Bazaar and the Summer Festival. If you would like to get involved, please contact the Events Team via eventsteam@gess.sg.

Buddies Committee

The Buddies Committee helps to ease the settling-in period for families new to GESS with the help of parent and student buddies. There are buddies for every class from Kindergarten to Grade 12 to help newcomers familiarise themselves with the school and life in Singapore. The GESS Information Handbook is also a good source of information about the School. If you would like to contact the Buddies Committee, please email buddies@gess.sg.

Student Council

student board in the best international school The student council is elected on an annual basis and represents the voice and opinion of the entire GESS student body, supported by the school's liasion teachers. The student council can be contacted via students.rep@gessg.onmicrosoft.com.

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CPE registration number: S72SS0010G
Registration period: 22 June, 2017 – 21 June, 2023

German Curriculum

IB Curriculum

The English speaking European Section of GESS is a fully fledged International Baccalaureate World School, and one of the few in the world who are authorised to deliver the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (IBDP).

Since opening in 2005, the European Section has grown rapidly to become a school with a reputation for quality education with a strong community feel. We now have over 600 students. The vast majority of our students are European passport holders, for whom GESS represents a vital connection with home. Students are thus provided with a safe, friendly and familiar environment in which they are challenged to thrive as they grow into independent and responsible global citizens.

Our academic and pastoral programmes are designed to support this demographic and ultimately to prepare our students for returning to Europe or for entry into European universities. To this end we endeavor to support mother tongue language acquisition so that our students do not lose this vital connection with their home culture. Fortunately, given the high entry requirements into European schools and colleges, this also means that our students are especially well prepared for study all over the world, particularly North America, the UK and Australia.

The Pre-School department provides education from 18 month to 6 years in either English or German. Children are placed in groups according to their age.

German Curriculum

Since the school was founded in 1971, the school has evolved into a school with two sections. As an accredited “Excellent German School Abroad”, the German Section of the German European School Singapore (GESS) offers all major German school leaving certificates. The European Section is an authorized IB World School offering education in English across all three IB programmes.

The German Section supports the students to develop their German roots. We give them wings for the linguistic demands of a globalized world through our differentiated English programme from grade 1 onwards. In secondary school some subjects are taught in English. Our students are benefitting from numerous bonding activities and have additional space to enjoy the internationality of the school.

Our Pre-School department provides education from 18 month to 6 years in either English or German. Children are placed in groups according to their age.