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Twenty students from SES recently completed in the Earth Prize Competition. Divided into four teams, they all proposed ways of dealing with plastic waste. The team Sensible Saiyans (Kharisa, Grace, ... More

Great learning! Great teaching! Great fun! Highlights of the Year 1 IPC learning using the unit WHAT'S IT MADE OF? ENTRY POINT The children collaborated in small groups to make ... More

Great learning! Great teaching! Great fun! Highlights of the Year 2 IPC learning using the unit FREEZE IT! ENTRY POINT The children played the MOLECULES game, where the children represented ... More

Great learning! Great teaching! Great fun! Highlights of the Year 6 IPC learning using the unit Being Human ENTRY POINT The children had the opportunity to make healthy smoothies and ... More

Great learning! Great teaching! Great fun! Highlights of the Year 5 IPC learning using the unit MISSION TO MARS: Living in Space ENTRY POINT The children engaged in a range ... More

Great learning! Great teaching! Great fun! Highlights of the Year 3 IPC learning using the unit WHAT’S ON THE MENU?: Globalisation and economics ENTRY POINT Year 3 transformed their classroom ... More

Learning using the ACTIVE PLANET unit in Year 4 ENTRY POINT After the whole school earthquake drill teams of Year 4 children made detailed plans about how the school can ... More

On Monday, the 7th of September 2019, Surabaya European School held its annual Athletics Day. This year, the event was held at Lapangan Thor Gelora Pancasila. Throughout the day, the ... More

We had great fun here at SES during our Literacy Week which took place from 29th April to 3rd May. Students and staff took part in a wide range of ... More

Year 5 and Year 6 students proudly presented an intriguing musical drama, The Case of the Missing Parts of Speech. Students played the roles of Detective Hargraves and his trusty ... More

Year 5's assembly was based around the theme of, 'Morning Routines'. It took place in the new and unfamiliar environs of PGFC Meeting Room 1 and all went down on ... More

It was a bright, clear Tuesday morning when a group of people dressed in strange clothes and costumes.  Many of the smaller people were holding hands with adults. My mind ... More

The morning of the 27th of February 2019 was an eventful one. It was time for the Year 3 assembly - a once in a lifetime event… for the Year ... More

On February 14th the six International Award students -Aiko, Madalena, Naaz, Neel, Shannon and Viggo- along with Ms Nicky and Mr Phillip went to the east coast of Bali to ... More

On Wednesday 13th February, the children celebrated their first '100 Days at School' this academic year with a dress up. We were excited to see children exploring the idea of ... More

On Thursday 31st January the children at Surabaya European School were treated to snacks at break time to kick off celebrations for the Chinese NewYear. The school was decked out ... More

On Thursday 31st January the year 7 Tutor Group brought History to life by enacting an imaginary election for the King of England in 1066. The students spent two weeks ... More

On December 5, all SES students starred in the Broadway Jr. Production of ANNIE. Those who wished to participate in the drama portion of the play prepared for the auditions ... More

On Monday 12th and Wednesday 14th November, the students of Surabaya European School celebrated Divali by sharing in snacks kindly prepared and distributed by a group of mums. It was ... More

A biathlon consists of a continuous two stage race involving swimming followed by running. On Monday November 12th, Surabaya European School held its second invitational biathlon. At the end of ... More

The SES choir was invited to perform at the Artisan Market at Ciputra World Mall on Friday, 2 November. One hundred students, dressed in their red Annie t-shirts, participated in ... More

A team of 30 SES primary school children from Years 2 to 7 took part in a Cross Country competition held at Sekolah Ciputra on Friday, November 2nd. There were ... More

On Wednesday 31st October, 2018, many of the children at Surabaya European School arrived at school decked out in costumes to celebrate Halloween.  From ghouls to Go Jek drivers, princesses to ... More

On 30th November, the Year 9 and 10 students were invited to a workshop, led by Ms. Janti, who had previous experiences with some SES students. Firstly, we introduced ourselves ... More

On Friday evening, 19th October 2018, the clouds parted and an evening of gazing at the heavens awaited an eager group of Surabaya European School students and parents.  They were ... More

On Tuesday 16th October, 2018, the Surabaya European School Montessori to Year 8 children thoroughly enjoyed the YIPIYA performance by Michel, the French 'clown'. He shared an extremely important message about saving ... More

On Saturday, September 28th, Surabaya European School had its annual Athletics Day at our new venue, Thor Stadium. With glorious weather upon us, and the sound of the Friday mosque, ... More

The Year 4 children here at Surabaya European School excitedly demonstrated our creative curriculum by linking IPC/Science and English, as they enthusiastically performed the entertaining story of Funnybones. They showed their ... More

On Friday, September 14th, the Surabya European School swim team, better known as the Aqua Tigers, took part in a Swimathon to raise money for the organisation Kopernika. This money ... More

On Monday 27th August, the children, parents and staff of Surabaya European School gathered for the first whole school assembly of the year. The aim of the assembly was to ... More

On Friday 24th August 2018, the children of Surabaya European School celebrated Indonesia’s Independence Day with fun games on the school’s field. The children from Montessori, Primary and Secondary keenly ... More

On Wednesday evening, the 6th June, many of the children came back to school eager to watch a movie with their friends.  The Year 2s and 3s settled in to ... More

We had an exciting and emotional final assembly on 31 May, which was a great celebration to end the year. Children in Year 3 performed Adele’s hit Skyfall from the ... More

Year 4 enjoyed their class trip and planned their bus seats as soon as the trip was announced. They were very excited to be able to go inside the submarine ... More

The Year 2 were extremely excited to be going on their class trip to Kebun Bibit. It was an hour to get there, but they kept busy by watching movies ... More

The sport of biathlon or aquathlon consists of a continuous, two-stage race involving swimming followed by running. On Monday, May 7th, with the sun shining upon us, Surabaya European School held it’s first aquathlon. Staff, students and parents ... More

With the year well and truly underway, Surabaya European School had its annual School Swimming Carnival on Friday, May 27th. With glorious weather upon us, staff and students made their way ... More

Today has been amazing!  Early in the morning, the children arrived in a variety of costumes and dashed off to their classes to check what their friends were wearing.  After ... More

The year 3 assembly was a great success last Friday as the children demonstrated how talented they actually are.  Their costumes, smiling faces, dance moves and expressive words showed the ... More

We were recently joined by Ibu Janti Wignjopranoto (IG @alterjiwo), an ayurvedic and 5Rhythms Dance practitioner from Yogyakarta. She came to Surabaya to share her ‘Conscious Dances’ with all the ... More

On March 23rd the annual House Softball Tournament took place. All four houses had been practicing hard during PE lessons. The children were split into two groups, primary and secondary ... More

The Year 4 Saving the World: Habitats and Recycling assembly was a great success. The children enjoyed linking their IPC and English learning and were very keen to learn their lines from ... More

MUN (Model United Nations) is an extracurricular activity in which students debate and create solutions about world problems. In SESMUN 2018, (Surabaya European School Model United Nations) there were two ... More

On March 10th, the SES Aqua Tigers entered a Friendly Swim Meet held at Surabaya Intercultural School. The students had been training very hard for months prior to the meet ... More

On Friday, March 2nd, the swim team took part in a Swimathon to raise money for the SES Aqua Tigers Swim Team. In total the swimmers swam more than 2000 ... More

We had another enjoyable time celebrating the ‘Festival of Colour’ on Friday afternoon following the Swimathon, which was also very successful. Holi is primarily observed in South Asia but has ... More

On Wednesday 28th February, 13 excited children arrived at school early to depart on their class trip to Goa Maharani.  Some people travelled in the school car and the others ... More

This year Ms Chris, Mr Phillip and 15 Secondary students all travelled to Northern Thailand for the School Camp. The Maekok River Outdoor Education Centre is located next to a ... More

The Year 5s gave us an entertaining and educational presentation of myths and legends using an ‘Asia’s Got Talent’ format. They did a great job and all the students should ... More

The Year 4 children enjoyed their IPC Entry Point Habitats walk to the Pakuwon pond. They excitedly observed and sketched living things on the land and in the pond and  sky. We ... More

We were entertained and informed by the Year 6 students who gave an impressive presentation concerning the sources and uses of water and related matters. This was the exit point ... More

As the exit point to the IPC unit Making the News, Year 6 students went on a field trip that took them to a radio station and newspaper office. The trip ... More

Our final assembly of 2017 was a celebration of various achievements. Year 7 students gave informative and impressive presentations about Citizen Science and Galaxy Zoo projects they had been working ... More

A group of 10 SES secondary students played a friendly volleyball match against students from Surabaya Intercultural School. The students, led by Faizan and Tammia, had been practicing rigorously weeks ... More

What an amazing show, the teachers are so proud of the children. Talents like singing, dancing and acting were featured in the show and the children did a good job ... More

We had a range of singing, music, drama and dance as part of the festive fun. It was an enjoyable evening attended by guests from the Ministry of Education, local ... More

On Saturday, 9th December 2017 SES’s newly formed Swim Team entered a Friendly Swim Meet held at Surabaya Intercultural School. The students had been training very hard for the two weeks ... More

A team of 30 SES children from years 2 to 6 took part in a Cross Country competition held at Sekolah Ciputra. There were over 200 children racing on the ... More

On Tuesday, 17th November 2017 children from years 5 to 11 took part in a friendly Water Polo competition at the Pakuwon Family Golf swimming pool. The competition was fierce ... More

On Saturday, 11th November, Surabaya European School hosted a Seven-a-Side Soccer Tournament. The tournament comprised of round robin matches, a third and fourth playoff and a final, with trophies for the ... More

We commemorated all those who lost their lives in both World Wars and subsequent wars across the globe on Friday 10 November. At 11.00 we will had a one-minute silence ... More

Students enjoyed dressing up and the seasonal snacks generously provided by the parents! Our gratitude to everyone who kindly donated foods and the team of Mums who decorated the lobby ... More

We had a busy and very enjoyable assembly this morning which was led by Year 9 students. They gave impressive and informative presentations on some topics studied in Global Perspectives ... More

SES Athletics Day was held on Friday, October 13th, during the last week of the first term. The weather was perfect and as a result, new records were achieved. Some of the ... More

We celebrated the importance and the role played by teachers all over the world. The responsibility for educating future generations is not a light one by any means, and we thank you for your ... More

To the following welcome a British theatre company, Performance Exchange, to the school to deliver performances and workshops to our students. Three actors spent the day showing our students some ... More

This year the theme for Science Week was Light. This actually covered many different interesting branches of Science. How light behaves (reflection, refraction and colour), the human eye and optical ... More

Our Year 9 and 10 students gave an overview of their HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign which supports our local charity Yayasan Abdi Asih. This shelter supports children and women affected by ... More

During Literacy Week our secondary students participated in a Readathon, a sponsored activity to read as many books as possible during the week to raise funds for Abdi Asih. Additionally, ... More

On the 16th of August, Surabaya European School celebrated Indonesia’s Independence Day with enthusiasm and spirit befitting the occasion. All the children and staff came dressed in their house team ... More

We had a wonderful welcome assembly where we all the primary and secondary children considered the challenges and opportunities for the new academic year. The students watched 2 video clips ... More

Dear Parents and Students, Welcome to the the start of a new academic year which, I hope will be an exciting learning journey for everyone. I am sure that you ... More

The musical revue, The Case of the Missing Parts of Speech, starring Year 5 and Year 6 children, was presented on Tuesday, June 13, to parents, teachers and students. This ... More

The SES assembly this week included the distribution of many awards, a musical item and some farewells to our leavers. In March, some primary and secondary students participated in the ... More

Over the weekend four intrepid adventurers from Year 9 set out to complete a practice journey for their International Award for Young People (IAYP). The International Award requires participants at ... More

On Wednesday 24 May, Surabaya European School staged its inaugural combined Cultural Show and Summer Fair. This was a joint venture organised by the students, parents and staff in our ... More

The SES Swimming Carnival was a great success where students  competed in many different kind of races from freestyle to butterfly. Baya House team finished first and it was a ... More

The Year 2 children showcased their IPC (international Primary Curriculum) unit of 'Celebrations' at assembly. They shared their knowledge of different languages by singing songs of the different nationalities within ... More

SES school camp to Bali in April was an adventurous time for everyone. We spent five days in Eastern Bali experiencing a wide range of outdoor activities including trekking, white ... More

This was a fantastic and entertaining evening which involved musical performances, dancing, a delicious dinner and the 'silent auction' itself which raised a massive Rp 70 million for Abdi Asih. This ... More

The annual Festival of Colours was held last Friday afternoon, 24 March, giving those in attendance the chance to celebrate the arrival of spring. The SES community enjoyed their Holi ... More

Last Wednesday, SES house teams faced each other during our Ultimate Frisbee tournament and T Ball/softball tournament. Ultimate frisbee combines the non-stop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the ... More

Last Wednesday was an awesome day for the hard working students of Year 3.  Using the opportunity to showcase their skills from the classroom, they demonstrated number work, music, talk ... More

We had a range of book and film characters in school today to celebrate the 20th annual World Book Day including Harry Potter, Darth Vader, Gingerbread Man, Red Riding Hood, Peter ... More

Year 4 & 5 Share the Love This month's assembly given by the Year 4 & 5 class was based around Valentine's Day.  The classes joined forces to share a ... More

This year the theme for Science Week was Light. This actually covered many different interesting branches of Science. How light behaves (reflection, refraction and colour), the human eye and optical ... More

On Friday, February 3, SES celebrated diversity during our 2017 International Day. Students, teachers and staff came to school dressed in clothing that reflected their cultures. As children entered the ... More

For Chinese New Year activities we made a colouring competition for Years 2 and 3 and the other primary children practiced writing spring couplets such as " 恭喜发财”，“万事如意“etc. Our secondary ... More

On Friday, January 20, Year Six students provided learning and entertainment through the first assembly of the new year! As people entered, Year Six iMovie presentations about home and host ... More

On Wednesday 11th of Jaunary seventeen secondary pupils participated in a morning training session led by SOS International to learn some essential first aid skills. Most of the students are ... More

This year our Christmas Show was outstanding and we received many positive comments from all those who attended this event. We had a range of acts which involved all the primary ... More

Movember 2016 was our first Movember in Surabaya European school.  Despite having only a few male staff, we decided to give it a go and make a target of £500.  ... More

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, was brought to SES during the week of October 3-7.  Students had the opportunity to join in the celebrations by having their ... More

Primary students thoroughly enjoyed this year’s Maths Week entitled, Maths Magic! Playing cards were used throughout the week to teach various mathematical concepts, including number and colour patterns, greater than ... More

Students and staff took time to remember all of those who have lost their lives in war and conflict across the world. At 11.00 am we had a one-minute silence ... More

The whole school enjoyed a spooktacular day starting with the Montessori fancy dress parade where they also enjoyed some treats. Our primary students also showed off their amazing costumes in their parade. The ... More

We celebrated the first days of school with some team building games to provide a warm welcome to all our new students and teachers and welcome back to our students ... More

Holi, the  Hindu celebration signifying the victory of good over evil was celebrated by all at SES.  Laughter abounded while colored powder and water was thrown amidst loud Indian music ... More

Another exciting and entertaining theme week organised by Miss Chris and Mr Neil and able assisted by many of our talented Teaching Assistants. As part of this celebration of language, ... More

Mr Seraya organised activities for students to celebrate the year of the monkey which included making a Chinese opera mask, cooking spring rolls and making a greetings card. Our generous ... More

Our delegates from Year 8 to 11 went to Qatar to represent the interests of Liberia during the Model United Nations from January 26 - 29. This conference represented the ... More

Our Christmas Show this year included a wonderful mix of singing, dancing, acting, acrobatics, and magic. The theme was ‘Christmas around the world’ and our performances from primary included a ... More

We had celebration of cultures and countries from around the world by sharing different foods kindly supplied by the parents and families, speaking different languages and children wore clothes / ... More

Our sports day was held at UNISA Stadium on a very warm and sunny day. The level of competition from all houses was high and a close-fought thing. Our sincere ... More

The Student Council organised an exciting event for both primary and secondary students. Firstly, primary students played a variety of Halloween games, ate and enjoyed some music. Following this our ... More

Montessori, Primary and Secondary students dressed up in their spooky costumes to celebrate this day. Prizes were awarded to the best-dressed child in each year group. Our kind parents donated ... More

In this House Competition Secondary students played ultimate frisbee in which points are scored by passing the disc to a teammate in the opposing end zone. They really enjoyed the ... More

Mr Sherring, Miss Lexi and the Teaching Assistants organized an excellent Maths Week which included daily quizzes, making a model city using scale and geometric shapes and culminated in a ... More

On the first Friday of the academic year new and existing staff had a chance to meet with parents and enjoy some drinks and snacks in the Gazebo. This was ... More

Our Secondary students spent five days with Outward Bound developing leadership and teamwork skills. In addition to the daily challenges, which included hiking, orienteering and camping, students camped and were responsible ... More