Elementary School

The Elementary School comprises 31 classrooms, a flexible indoor Hall, art room, music rooms, ICT suite, offices and specialist library. Each classroom enjoys an abundance of natural light and a view of the fields and school gardens. All classrooms have installed LCD projectors and teachers have access to a range of IT including Mimio interactive whiteboards, visualisers, class sets of laptops, digital and video cameras.

The school is well resourced for the delivery of all aspects of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and Singapore Maths and we enjoy a well-stocked and ever-increasing library collection. Our beautiful library is situated right at the heart of the school and provides a vibrant environment for our students to engage in reading and research. Each classroom also has its own class library – a very important resource to support our goal of helping every child to develop a love of literature. All classes also have a Maths Centre which includes a variety of age-appropriate games and resources to support the children's learning.

Early Years Classrooms have a full range of toys, games and manipulatives to encourage hands-on learning and creativity. Classes throughout the school have access to a wide range of art, craft and design technology resources and materials both in the classroom and in the art room. The Elementary School science lab has a full range of equipment to facilitate learning and investigation in science. The lab includes a kitchen area to support kitchen science. The Multi-purpose Hall is used as a sports hall, dance studio, performance space and as a place to gather as a school for weekly concerts, assemblies, etc.

The children enjoy the use of a range of spacious playground areas including three adventure playgrounds, three hard court play areas and a range of grassy play areas including a large playing field.

High School

The High School’s facilities include spacious classrooms and learning spaces; 13 science laboratories, IT and music technology resources; a drama black box space, IB Student Centre and Assembly Hall.

The Dr Stephen Riady Library, named for its main benefactor, is situated on the third floor of the main HS building. The library is IB-accredited, with an ever-growing collection of over 10,000 titles, to support the school curriculum from Grade 7 to IB. It also contains major periodicals, local newspapers and a CD and DVD collection and has wifi connection, computers and access to photocopying and printing. The library is dominated by floor to ceiling windows on one side looking out to the greenery beyond, making it an attractive and peaceful place to study and reflect.

Chapel

Both the Elementary and High Schools enjoy the beautiful school chapel situated in a central location on the campus. The chapel was blessed and dedicated on 7 April 2008 under the patronage of Mary, Sanctuary of Divine Love. Just as she carried the Christ-child in her womb and brought him forth into the world, so too it is the hope that every Christian becomes a sanctuary of Christ’s presence, bearing him within and bringing him to others.

It was not in the original plan to build a chapel until much later, but through the generosity of two main donors, Dato Dr Somsak and Mr Lawrence da Silva, plans for a space dedicated solely to worship and prayer were drawn up by architect and SJI alumnus, Anthony Gabriel.

The plans were for a simple hall, surrounded by water and greenery. There was a preference for natural materials, like terracotta tiles, unpolished granite, stone walls and Burmese teak pews, and Indonesian seashells. The focus would be on a square altar which would also be the reliquary displaying the bone relics of the eight martyred Brothers of the Asturias in Spain. To help SJI International remember Dato Dr Somsak who said he could not imagine a Catholic school without a chapel, on a pillar of granite there stands an elaborate Thai-style tabernacle. The carillon (a set of 19 bells), Balinese gong, the organ, the central crucifix, each pew and even the seashells were the kind donation of many generous SJI alumni, SJI International parents and well-wishers.

Through the generosity of many, we have a house of prayer open to the whole school family; the spiritual heart of the school. May all who enter this sanctuary to worship depart to serve their sisters and brothers, especially the last, the lost and the least.

Sports Complex

The Lawrence da Silva Sports Complex was opened in 2012. It is a purpose-built 4-storey Sports Hall which has added greatly to existing sports facilities and enabled a number of new academic and recreational opportunities. The complex houses a large multipurpose sports hall, a fitness centre, dance studio, climbing wall, 25-metre outdoor swimming pool, changing rooms and office spaces. The sports hall is also fitted with audio/visual equipment and is used for full school assemblies and for external examinations.

Canteen

SJI International has a wide selection of food available from 9 am - 3 pm in the centrally situated open-air canteen. Selections include Western and Asian Set meals, vegetarian options, chicken rice, Indonesian food, as well as sandwiches, steamed buns and snacks, and a large selection of fruit and beverages.