Bali International Children's Schools by BaliSpirit.com

Information on schools for ex-pats and for bilingual Indonesian students

As a parent, one of my biggest concerns is for my children's education while my family lives in Bali. If you are a parent who already lives in Bali or if you have a plan of moving to Bali, this section of Balispirit.com will certainly be relevant for you.

The following collection of information was compiled by Dave Minsch, a seasoned educator who has recently moved to Ubud, Bali. If you are considering a move to Jakarta and want to find a school these, see this website for details on Jakarta's schools: www.expat.or.id/orgs/schools.html

The schools mentioned here are:

• Sanur Independent School – Sanur, Bali
• Bali Taman Hati School – Mas, Bali
• Sunrise School – Kerobokan, Bali
• Pelangi Jimbaran School – Jimbran, Bali
• Australian International School – Kuta, Bali
• Jembatan Budaya School – Denpasar, Bali
• Bali International School – Sanur, Bali
• Garuda Bilingual School – Jimbaran, Balli
• DOREMI Playgroup – Denpasar, Bali
• Canggu Community School – Canggu, Bali
• Sekolah Dyatmika – Sanur, Bali
• Pelangi School – Ubud, Bali
• Green Camp, Bali
• Green School, Bali
• Suta Dharma School, Ubud, Bali
• Starseed Children Centre, Ubud, Bali

Starseed Children's Centre: A Steiner Kindergarten and Playgroup:

Our Centre is designed to respond to the developmental needs of 3 to 5 year old children using the Steiner philosophy of teaching. All Children will turn 6 by the time they have finished Kindergarten.

The key elements in the program are:

• Regular daily rhythms. Predictability and repetition are profoundly soothing to children. For this reason life in our centre follows a predictable rhythm. Holidays like Halloween and Christmas are celebrated with stories, songs, and art.
• Learning through imitation. Young children before the age of seven learn primarily by trying things out, using their bodies, and imitating the adults around them. Our Centre responds to these drives by focusing on practical activities, such as baking, painting, gardening, and craft work.
• Art. Art is a vital part of the Steiner curriculum from the very beginning. In our centre, the children paint with water colours in the three primary colors, red, yellow, and blue, to learn the basic relationships between the colours. They model with clay and draw with crayons.
• Singing, movement, and storytelling in groups. During daily circle time, the children sing, do finger plays, recite poems, and do movement exercises.
• Free play, both indoors and outdoors. According to David Elkind, author of The Power of Play [Da Capo Press, 2006], imaginative play is the catalyst for social, physical, emotional, and moral development in young children. Play based on the children's own spontaneous ideas is one of our primary activities. The simple, open-ended toys in the classroom lend themselves to that kind of play. A piece of driftwood can become a car one minute, and a house the next. Often children will act out the fairy tales they hear during story time.

What else will you find at Starseed Children's Centre?

• Everything in the classroom is made of natural materials – wood, stone, metal, cotton, silk and wool.
• Steiner educators believe that computers have no place in the three-dimensional, sensory, and open-ended classroom appropriate for the young child.
• Reading at home is encouraged – and some children do begin to read – but it is not taught in the classroom. There are two reasons for this. One is that many children at 5 or 6 have not developed the fine motor tracking or intellectual focus needed to be successful readers. Steiner educators believe that early academics take the child's energy away from his or her real developmental task, which is learning through play.

For more information please contact us at:
info@starseedchildrenscentrebali.com
www.starseedchildrenscentrebali.com
or phone number +62361976752

Suta Dharma School is an education centre assisted by creative young teachers to apply creative learning. SCHOOL MOTTO: " THINK GLOBAL ACTION LOCAL "

The School was started in 1997 by using national curriculum combined with Montesorri system, a process-oriented teaching and learning in students, with teachers as facilitators.

For the 2010/2011 school year, the school consists of 1 class Play Group, 3 kindergarten classes, and there are 12 classes of students from grade 1 to grade 6. A total of 16 classes with total student numbers 378 people.

Play Group has 25 students, Kindergarten has 65 students, and Elementary School (SD) from grade 1 to grade 6 as many as 288 students. For students grade 1 to grade 6, each have two classes every level. We have 35 teachers, and 18 staff.

The school learning process begins from 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m for Elementary, 8 to 12 p.m. for Kindergarten for five days a week. And for our Play Group program, the school starts on 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for three days a week.

The subjects that taught as follows:
Indonesian, Math, Science, English, Balinese, Religion, Dance, Computer, Music, Art, Civic, Ethic, Drum Band, Projects, such as: composting, recycle paper, etc, to play a Balinese Gamelan (Orchestra), and local subjects, such as: to make a material for offering, to sing a Balinese songs, mozaik, etc.

For more information about the school
please call/email: +62 361977606, +62 361 970276 / sutadmin@indo.net.id

Sanur Independent School is a co-educational, multi-national school, offering education to children from Kindergarten age through to Year 7. The school offers a western-style education in the English language to both expatriate and Indonesian students. Learning takes place in a disciplined but friendly and fun environment.

Admission is open to children of all nationalities provided they have a basic knowledge of English.

All lessons at Sanur Independent School are presented in English. It is the parent's responsibility to provide outside tuition to develop Basic English language skills.

It is necessary to make an appointment for a parent/child interview before enrollment of your child. SIS also needs a copy of your child's last school report (if applicable.)

To be eligible for admission to Sanur Independent School, a student must be a legal child of a foreign expatriate parent who is temporarily employed and residing in Indonesia and in possession of a work and stay permit. The applicant must possess a foreign passport and possess, or be in the process of obtaining, a stay permit (KITAS). Alternatively, they must be the legal child of Indonesian parents.

• National Plus Curriculum
• Interactive Teaching
• Computer Multimedia
• English Class
• Science & Library Activities
• Swimming Pool

• Modeling
• Singing
• Dance
• Art & Craft

• Bilingual Early Childhood Program
• Dynamic New Primary Grades Program
• Western & Indonesian Trained Teachers
• A "Living Values" emphases
• Modern Facilities Including Computer Room

• AC classrooms w/22 student max
• Auditorium
• Library
• Computer Language Laboratories
• Audio room
• Medical clinic
• Children's playground Canteen
• School transportation
• Extracurricular
• 5 days of school

Located in Sanur, this Bali School is the oldest and most prestigious international school in Bali. BIS was started by parents in 1986. It is a co-educational, private, nonprofit school; serving students pre-school to grade 12. The school is governed by a Board of Directors elected annually by the parents and lead by the Director. An Assistant Administrator for PS-grade 8 and a High School Academic Coordinator assist the Director. All teachers are fully qualified and experienced in international education.

BIS is accredited Preschool through grade 12 by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization for the IB Diploma Program, grades 11 to 12, and the IB Middle Years Program, grades 6-10. At the end of grade 12 students who have achieved the graduation requirements will receive a BIS Diploma.

• to decide the school's strategy for improvement so that students are provided the optimum opportunity to learn and achieve,
• to provide the Director with support, advice and information, drawing on its member's knowledge and experience,
• to ensure the school's financial well being and viability, and
• to ensure the highest quality of education is provided.

1. Effective Citizens who:
   a. Develop good relationships with others, and work in co-operative ways to achieve common goals;
   b. Demonstrate respect for, and show understanding and tolerance of the cultural, social and ethnic differences of others;
   c. Demonstrate consideration for others through leadership qualities such as integrity, reliability, trustworthiness, fairness, initiative, flexibility and generosity;
   d. Demonstrate an awareness of,k and a responsibility for enhancing the local and global physical and social environment;
   e. Make informed choices, understanding what those choices mean;
2. Effective Communicators who :
   a. Communicate and express their ideas competently and confidently in a range of different cultural, language, and social contexts;
   b. Communicate effectively to a wide variety of audiences as part of a group or as solo performers;
   c. Convey and receive information, instruction, ideas, and feelings appropriately and effectively. Present new information clearly, logically, concisely, and accurately;
   d. Can argue a case clearly, logically, and convincingly;
   e. Use a range of information retrieval and information processing technologies confidently and competently;
3. Complex Thinkers who :
   a. Think critically, creatively, reflectively and logically;
   b. Apply problem-solving strategies in an analytical and systematic manner;
   c. Inquire and research, explore, generate, and develop innovative and original ideas;
   d. Set goals and are able to self monitor and review;
   e. Evaluate processes and solutions and transfer learned skills to new situations and apply their developing ideas and skills in meaningful ways;
   f. Are able to use technology tools to a high level;
4. Responsible, Self-directed Adults Who:
   a. Exhibit good work and study habits and effective time management to accomplish projects;
   b. Exhibit self-motivation and self discipline and accept individual and group responsibility;
   c. Show initiative, commitment, perseverance, courage and enterprise, and exhibit self-esteem and personal integrity;
   d. Adapt to new ideas, technologies, and situations;
   e. Practice constructive approaches to challenge and change, stress and conflict, competition, and success and failure;
   f. Take responsibility for their own health and safety, including the development of skills for protecting the body from harm and abuse.

• certified in assigned subject/content area,
• willing to sponsor after school extra-curricular activities,
• flexible, creative, team players with a sense of humor,
• technologically literate,
• experienced (minimum 2 years), and
• willing to learn Bahasa Indonesian, please let us hear from you.

• To support the growth of children in a friendly and family atmosphere
• To encourage the children to develop an open personality, spirit team and empathy
• To develop their independence and problem solving skills
• To develop their language skills

• National and International Curriculum
• Professional and experienced teachers
• Spacious and creative playground
• Non Toxic study equipment
• Air-Conditioned classroom
• Library
• Clinic
• Computers and audiovisual equipment
• Cultural and sports activities
• Social visit and field trips
• School transportation
• Safe and friendly environment

• Sempoa by SEMPOA INDONESIA (PRATAMA (SIP)
• Calistung (Reading, Writing and Counting)
• Drawing
• Balinese
• Computer Course

• International National Curriculum
• Qualified Experienced teachers.
• Books, Painting and Art Craft material from Singapore
• Imported play equipment
• Indoor and Outdoor playground
• AC, spacious, bright, colorful classrooms
• Video Music rooms
• Dance Studio
• Swimming pool
• Clinic Canteen
• Sporting Cultural activities
• Special outings
• Banking facility
• School transportation
• Mental Arithmetic / Sempoa

• Offers Bali's international community a high quality and affordable education platform based on the British National Curriculum;
• Ensures for each student the chance to develop his or her potential and talents to the full;
• Provides an educational and motivational base from which each student may take his or her place with confidence in any high school in any country;
• Ensures through a variety of opportunities that each child has the chance to develop his or her full potential as a committed and valued member of the community; and
• Is dedicated to develop in students the necessary qualities, skills and experience to become confident, self motivated, responsible and socially-aware teenagers.

• Willingness to develop his or her talent and skills within a team-working environment;
• Social and personal values including: responsibility, initiative, integrity, fairness, flexibility and generosity;
• Tolerance of and respect for all cultures and races;
• A strong sense of enquiry and initiative;
• The importance and effects of making personal choices;
• Strength of communication as individuals and within a group;
• The ability to absorb and analyses information; and
• An early understanding of Information and Communication Technology and ways in which ICT can be used to assist him or her in achieving goals.

• To provide opportunities for all pupils to learn and to achieve.
• To promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare all pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life.

Dyatmika School is located north of Sanur on a beautiful campus with purpose built facilities overlooking the Indian Ocean. Dyatmika is a well established fully licensed international and national school. The curriculum is taught in English and Bahasa Indonesia using both the International University of Cambridge curriculum and the National Curriculum from playgroup until Class 12 high school graduation . Our students have won international awards for excellence in a number of subject areas.

Our graduates go on to further studies in colleges and universities in Indonesia and worldwide. Dyatmika is a wonderful school to be a part of as it is innovative, academically focused, fun, passionate about the arts, sports, the extra curricular, the environment and being a part of the community of Bali. It embraces current educational research particularly in the area of bilingual education and relevant use of technology. Our community is small enough to recognize and embrace the strength of every individual yet big enough to be socially diverse. Opening its doors in 1996 the school has grown steadily from 27 students to around 400 students from the youngest to our oldest graduating class 12.

We warmly invite families to come and visit us.

Dyatmika School Address :
Jl. Pucuk Bang, Kesiman Denpasar 80237
Phone : 62 361 461 874, Fax : 62 361 461 874
Email : info@dyatmika.org , Web : www.dyatmika.org

Pelangi School (Yayasan Cahaya Pelangi) is a private, non-profit alternative education center located in Desa Kumbuh, 10mins drive from central Ubud, Bali. Our School opened in July 2006 as a parent-initiated community project, focusing on educating the WHOLE CHILD. Our student body starts at Tiny-tots and moves through playgroup, kindergarten and primary school grades 1-5 (grade 6 planned for 2009-2010).

Our curriculum is based on the British National Curriculum combined with KBK (Indonesian National Curriculum), and heavily influenced by Waldolf, taught in English and Bahasa Indonesia by native speaking teachers and their assistants.

At Pelangi, we provide a creative learning experience for all children, addressing their social, emotional, moral, intellectual, physical and artistic development through Holistic Education: multicultural, creative and student-centered.

We offer small classes and a flexible program, with an emphasis on artistic expression and social and environmental awareness. We serve a mixed population of children from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.

See the Pelangi School Webpage for more information!
Or see the website http://www.pelangischoolbali.com/ or call 0361 8504569, +62-(0)8145247146 or email pelangi!

Learning adventures inspired by nature

Green Camp Bali - exciting daily adventures with an environmental twist for 4 to 14 year-olds! The experience gives a taste of the Green Studies program that makes Green School’s unique.

Green Studies is a hands-on approach connecting people with nature. It is built in strands: agriculture; animal care; bamboo design technology; permaculture; experiential adventure; and community outreach. We offer customised programs to schools, private and corporate groups from around the world. Our graduates have a better understanding of themselves, Green Leadership and their roles and responsibilities as equipped and inspired global citizens.

Green Camp operates in Green School's stunning campus - spread over 9 hectares spanning Bali's Ayung River, just 30 minutes southwest of Ubud:

Jalan Raya Sibang Kaja, Banjar Saren, Abiansemal, Badung, Bali 80352, Indonesia
Tel: +62(0)361 469 875 Email: info@greencampbali.com www.greencampbali.com

Green School offers children from Pre School to currently Grade 9, a holistic education. The curriculum contains the essential drivers of English, Mathematics and Science and features green studies and creative arts. The curriculum is influenced by Steiner for the early years and migrates to a Cambridge GCSE program for grades 9 & 10. Grades 11 & 12 will study an IB program - starting 2011.

Recent studies revealed that the most important component in student performance was the quality of teachers. With this in mind Green School currently enjoys twenty-one teachers, including certified Waldorf and Steiner teachers and two PHD's - one of which is in Holistic Education. There are seven holders of Masters Degrees, one MBA, four holders of postgraduate teaching qualifications and 17 Bachelor Degrees.

The campus is strategically located north of Seminyak & Sanur and south of Ubud. Buses and Car Sharing service these and other locations. It has possibly the smallest carbon footprint of any International School in the world. Constructed from environmentally friendly bamboo and other locally sourced natural materials and nestled amongst rice fields, the campus is a safe, beautiful and comfortable environment for children to develop both academically and creatively.

Green School has been featured on CNN, ABC News Australia and in the South China Morning Post.

Green School: Delivering a generation of global citizens who are knowledgeable about and inspired to take responsibility for the sustainability of the world.