Melbourne Specialist International School
“Otto has attended Melbourne Specialist International School (MSIS) for over a year. We’ve had a fabulous experience with the school from the start, and I love the location! There seems to be such a lovely energy at the school with all of the teachers and students – they’re like one big family. I heard about the school through friends who had children attending.
Life skills are taught to the students. Otto is starting to learn about money, and each week they visit the café at Loewen Gardens and purchase snacks for themselves. In the past, they’ve also visited the supermarket. For the past month, Otto’s class has also been exploring the neighbourhood by taking the bus and using an Ez-link card. All of these tasks, while easy for us, are new for the children. They are learning to walk to a bus stop, wait for the bus, use their cards and alight at their destination.
The school works on individual strengths and builds on them. They also keep the subjects and curriculum very relevant. At the moment, the children are learning about recycling and the environment. There is a holistic approach to teaching at MSIS; for example, when the kids learn about trees, they will draw trees in art, look at real trees or grow seeds.
The school also offers different sports, and crafts such as pottery. Otto has been playing basketball after school and is enjoying it. He has also gone bowling at the Temasek Club and really likes it. He loves going to school – honestly, during the holidays he is grumpy as he would rather be at school!”
Otto is grumpy during the holidays because he’d rather be at school!