Our Facilities

Location
The school is located on a single campus in CitraLand in the western sector of Surabaya. Access to the area is by four lane main roads.

The residential area of CitraLand is safe and clean and is renowned for its greenery. Within the estate, traffic and noise levels are low.

General Facilities

The school is purpose built and has an extensive range of facilities to support students' learning and recreation. Classrooms are large and air-conditioned and the buildings have wi-fi throughout. Buildings and grounds are attractive and well maintained.

Information Technology
A four year plan, in place from 2009, to upgrade classroom ICT facilities is nearing completion. Interactive technology is being installed and mobile packs and multi-media equipment are available for use in individual classrooms. This is in addition to the computers based in every classroom from Pre Elementary to High School, 4 fully networked computer laboratories and over 40 networked computers in the Elementary and High School Learning Resource Centres.

Learning Resource Centres

In June 2009 the Pre-elementary Elementary Learning Resource Centre was selected by national judges to be the best Elementary Learning Resource Centre in Indonesia in terms of serving the educational programme of the school and was the recipient of Rp 30,000,000 to support further development. Learning Resource Centre staff work with classroom teachers from the Early Years to Year 6 to develop students’ research skills and to acquire resources to support the Programmes of Inquiry (IB Primary Years Programme), literacy development in English, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin and Mother Tongue, as well as reading to develop general skills and appreciation.

A separate Learning Resource Centre is located in the High School. Collectively there are more than 25,000 items, comprising books, magazines, educational games, videos and CDs in English, Indonesian and Mandarin. There are banks of computers with full internet access in each Learning Resource Centre, and separate media rooms. The High School Learning Resource Centre also includes three digital recording studios and a radio transmission booth.

Science
There are 6 science laboratories across the school, with specialist facilities and resources for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Robotics and General Science. The laboratories allow for student centred, hands on learning from Pre-Elementary right through to Year 12.

The Arts
Specialist rooms and facilities cater for the teaching of music, art, design, dance and drama. The music rooms contain an array of instruments including the angklung and kulintang, violins, flutes, keyboards, guitars and drums. A set of Chinese Drums is in constant use by a drumming group, trained by one of our teachers with expertise in the area. There are digital recording facilities in the High School LRC and music suite as well as a number of music practice rooms.

A new Performing Arts Centre is being built and should be completed by the end of the current school year. It will seat over 630 with state of the art sound and lighting and will include specialist music and drama classrooms, an exhibition foyer and music practice rooms. 

Sport and Recreation
The school oval, shared between Sekolah Ciputra and the Surabaya International School, was upgraded in 2009-2010, with the running track renewed, the surface of all playing fields replaced and fitness teaching equipment installed.

In the Elementary and Pre-Elementary playgrounds, new equipment, all weather covers and safety flooring is being put in place to ensure that the dedicated play equipment under shade for students in Play Group, Kindergarten and the Elementary School meets international standards for independent and group play in internationally recognized safe conditions.

In addition to these areas, there are Bale areas for quiet activity, a large outside covered area comprising a full sized basketball/badminton/volleyball court and a half court.

The large gymnasium meets international standards for basketball, badminton, volleyball and futsal. The school uses the nearby community and UNESA swimming pools and tennis courts during the year, as well as the badminton, squash, gym and pool facilities at the Ciputra Family Club.

Security
Entrance into the school grounds is managed by a large security team and secure vehicle parking is available inside the school area for families, including senior students over 17 years of age who hold a valid Indonesian driver's licence. Security staff members manage the entrances to each of the buildings and are included in student activities outside of the classroom.

Health
There are two medical rooms, each with a full time qualified nurse to support students in the event of sudden illness or accident. The nurses also take part in the healthy lifestyle programmes planned for the students.