Gifted Minds International School

Gifted Minds International School, Opaallaan 1190-1196 Hoofddorp 2132 LN, Netherlands

Gifted Minds International School (GMIS) is the first international school to be located in Hoofddorp. Situated right next door to Schiphol Airport, we have converted approximately 2000 sq meters of a former office building into a state-of-the-art school learning environment for international students.

As part of our aim to give the best international education for the children in the Amsterdam area, we are now an approved International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IBPYP) School. In getting this approval, GMIS has raised the bar for international education in Amsterdam to golden international standards. Our eclectic teaching approaches and pedagogical practices follow a current, research-based curriculum that caters to each individual child’s needs. At GMIS, teachers and students invent, rethink, co-construct, and innovate ideas for teaching and learning processes. All students and staff at GMIS have meaningful targets and measurable goals allowing us to easily track progress and ensure that your children receive the best of primary school international education.

Gifted Minds International School is a premium international school in the province of North Holland that nurtures a “child first” policy. Our ethos and policies promote the best interest of every child. We believe that every child is a gifted mind; talented in his/her own way. At GMIS, we celebrate this “Giftedness” in every child by nurturing and enhancing their minds to their fullest potential. As a multi-cultural international school, we teach students to respect the developmental needs, race, religion, and nationality of every other student, encouraging students to see the unique gifts that these differences provide.

All our teachers are trained to the highest level, allowing them to proficiently follow the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Every class has a full-time homeroom tutor and specialized subject teachers: Physical and Health Education, Additional Languages (Dutch/French), Art, Music, Library, STEAM, IT, EAL and Drama. All teaching and non-teaching staff have been cleared by the Bureau to be allowed to work with or teach our children. Our Educators are continuously attending in-house training and outsourced professional courses to keep up with the latest teachings and methodologies in their fields. This allows them to constantly provide high-quality standards, working to improve and cater to each and every child’s social, emotional, linguistic, intellectual, physical, talent, and academic needs.

At GMIS, our medium of instruction is English. As of now, we give additional language classes, which are taught twice a week, in Dutch or French. Our objective is to cater to the learning needs of the diverse language community and open classes according to the language demands. We provide these additional languages as purposeful enrichment classes for the sustainability of the language bridges in the development of intercultural understanding and awareness for our students.

Gifted Minds International School provides educational services for preschool and primary school. The age ranges are:

• Preschool Section ranges from 3 to 6 years old.
• Primary Section ranges from 6 to 12 years old.

Interested in learning more about GMIS.
Please contact us at 023 88 888 74 or send us an email at admissions@gmischool.nl to schedule a site visit. We are located at Opaallaan 1190 – 1196, 2132 LN in Hoofddorp. We look forward to welcoming you and providing you with a firsthand experience of our school community!