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Norway, Stavanger
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PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) lessons and assemblies complement the curriculum and address how students live in their communities and practice looking after their own wellbeing. The school provides a school nurse who is available for confidential advice on health and emotional wellbeing. The approach recognises each student as a valuable member of the school community and supports the development of self-awareness, resilience, and healthy relationships. Parent involvement is an important part of wellbeing, with regular communications and opportunities for information meetings. Wellbeing is integrated with academic learning to help students become confident, compassionate, and responsible global citizens.
Special Educational Needs (SEN) are addressed. Besides improving academic performance, the aim is to improve students' self-esteem.
English is the language of instruction. All lessons are delivered in English. If a child needs it, additional language support is provided to help them thrive here. For children new to English, teachers and support staff use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to ensure lessons are accessible at all levels of English proficiency.
PSHE lessons and assemblies address how students live in their communities and practice looking after their own wellbeing. There is a school nurse available for confidential advice on health and emotional wellbeing. The wellbeing program supports emotional development alongside academic learning and helps students manage emotions and relationships.
Safeguarding procedures are in place to protect all students. Registering concerns is directed to the Lead Designate for Saf safeguarding at the school. Norwegian law requires safeguarding information to be treated as non-confidential, and reports may lead to a §12 or §8 Action Plan.
BISS is an IB World School with three campuses serving ages 1 to 16 in Stavanger, Norway. Preschool operates at Gauselbakken 105, while BISS Gausel (Primary & Secondary) is at 107 and BISS Sentrum (Primary & Secondary) at Tanke Svilands gate 73. The school offers the IB Continuum, with the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP) on the Gausel and Sentrum campuses, and a Diploma Programme (DP) for older students. English is the language of instruction across the IB programmes, while Norwegian is integrated across the curriculum in both primary and secondary levels, with national testing at PYP5, MYP2 and MYP3. Preschool follows the Norwegian Framework Plan and supports English development in a multilingual environment. Learning is inquiry-based and aims to foster intercultural understanding and international mindedness. The school operates as an international day school, originally founded in 1977 and restructured in 2019 into three campuses.
