Outstanding Experiences

Here at South Island School, we offer a huge extracurricular activities programme. These activities range from sports coaching to debating, from environmental work to creating the news. Our dedicated team of teachers and coaches ensure that the clubs are well structured and fun for all. We view our after school activities programme as an extension of our curriculum, offering students the opportunity to become involved in or develop existing skills outside of the classroom environment. We encourage students to try something new and push themselves beyond their comfort zone. It’s also a great opportunity for them to get to know their peers and teachers in a more informal setting.

South Island has a commitment to getting all students active. In addition to the Physical Education programme, there is a wide range of sports offered in the extracurricular programme including athletics, swimming, cross-country, basketball, football, rugby, netball, badminton, tennis, hockey, squash, dragon boating and much, much more.  We strive to get as many students as possible involved, active and competitive in a sport at whatever level is appropriate to the individual.

The sports facilities are extensive, completed with an indoor 25m heated swimming pool, sports hall, floodlit astroturf, fitness and weight training area, climbing wall, two outside basketball/tennis courts and an indoor gymnastics and trampolining area. To facilitate sports such as rugby, football and hockey training sessions are conducted off-site at the Aberdeen and Happy Valley pitches.

SIS has a very strong reputation for sporting success and our students achieve personal and team success both within and outside of school. Our school competes locally in both the ISSFHK and HKSSF leagues in Hong Kong.  Many students represent SIS and Hong Kong SAR in a variety of sports in international competitions as well.  As a recognised Athlete Friendly Education Centre by the World Academy of Sport, our school strongly supports our students and their pursuit of success excellence on and off the field.

As a school, we place strong emphasis on our students to make a difference to themselves and in the world and we encourage this philosophy throughout the year but also have a dedicated week beyond the traditional classroom called ‘SIS goes MaD’ Week.

The week is usually in mid-October before the half-term break (subject to final confirmation) and has different activities for different Year groups.

The week provides opportunities to bring the school values to life:

• We work to nurture ourselves, our society and our planet and take personal responsibility for a sustainable future.
• We approach and engage other people with respect and honesty.
• We manage ourselves and our learning by developing self-awareness, resilience and courage.
• We explore our world with open minds and compassionate perspectives.
• We use our initiative and commit to making a difference by being creative, resourceful and reflective.

Each year our students are able to choose from a diverse programme of activities, 1 week-long activity to participate in, some local and some overseas. Each activity has specific learning outcomes students will have the opportunity to achieve. Creativity, Activity and Service are three of the heartbeats of an IB Diploma School and making a difference is the highest aspiration we believe our community can set.  These activities are some of the richest life experiences a student can encounter in school and these are the moments which they will always remember.

Mr Darin Slethaug
Vice Principal

Students may find and purchase hot and freshly prepared meals at 3 locations: L/G Cafe, G/F Refectory, 5/F Atrium.  Light bites and snacks are also available for purchase at these venues during break times

Catering services at South Island School is operated by Chartwells (under Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd.)

Meals are prepared and cooked every morning, on campus, and served hot and fresh to our students. Our vendor has a strict sourcing policy for their ingredients, with a focus on food safety, to ensure that the food that is available to our students is from a reliable and trustable source with traceability.

Our school caterer also has their own food policy they adhere by:

• Nuts Free
• Food only from audited or qualified sources
• Daily fresh pastry items
• Daily assorted fresh salads
• International cuisines (Asian & Western selections)
• Daily GREEN (Vegetarian) Items
• Healthy Cooking Practices (Less oil, low salt & sugar)
• Use of Natural flavour enhancers (NO MSG)
• Healthy Snack Options

Furthermore, Chartwells utilises an inhouse nutritionist during the menu development process to ensure the food served is healthy and nutritious to our students and staff.

South Island School runs an extensive range of school bus services across Hong Kong Island. The bus service is contracted out to Kwoon Chung Bus Services.

Most students will be picked up close to their homes or at public transport nodal points. The school bus service is not meant to provide a door-to-door service. Students may be required to walk or take additional transportation between their home and their designated pickup/dropoff point.  The school bus service brings children to school in time for the start of school in the morning and takes them home after school in the afternoon.