Welcome to our website! We hope that it will give you a feel for Kangaroo Kids and Billabong High International School and that you will want to come and visit us. The school offers an exciting, stimulating and challenging environment for learning.
The School is one of the foremost centers of academic excellence in the country- a reputation due not only to it’s pupils unrivaled examination results but even more importantly, because of their enjoyment of academic inquiry, debate and search for explanation well beyond the published syllabus.
In addition, students enhance both their intellectual and social development by taking full advantage of the many opportunities that are offered in sports, music, drama, debating, community service and other forms of civic engagement.
Our curriculum is geared towards providing real world skills to our students, real learning they require to succeed. Computational thinking is a skill that empowers and one that all pupils should be aware of and develop in confidence. Pupils who can think computationally are better able to conceptualize, understand and use computer based technology and are thus, better prepared for today’s world and the future. We have integrated ipad learning in our schools while teaching programming to have our students achieve more.
One thing we can say is that pupils joining us settle in very quickly and happily and make a great success of their time here !
Come and find out for yourselves. We look forward to meeting you!
Mission
Our aim is to create a ‘purpose for learning’ and allow children to be thinkers, innovators and problem solvers, to orchestrate experiences that will result in a natural and integrated development of knowledge, skills and thinking. We have been leading by example, creating dynamic, caring, learning communities that value “the whole child “.
Vision
Our vision is to develop a range of pathways to lifelong learning. Our belief is that all children should have the opportunity to experience the joy of discovery and develop a love for learning.
OUR TEAM
Our school maintains a number of teaching staff at all levels and seeks to employ the best qualified and the most engaging teachers possible. We are lucky to have many teachers with years of experience and we are equally fortunate to be able to attract many young teachers who often add new ideas to the highly successful practices we have established in the classroom.
Our teachers are encouraged to explore modern methodology and to adopt it when appropriate; the school considers in-service training for staff to be vital and devotes a considerable annual budget to this part of our work.
Innovation
Developing innovative ideas and putting them into practice successfully; pioneering 'non rote' learning.
Creativity
Foster an environment that respects and promotes creativity.
Empathy
We put our key stakeholder, namely the child, at the center of our existence.
Quality
Pursue development of quality products and services-best in class that set benchmarks for the industry. Transparency, dignity, respect for self and others.
