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market in order to respond to the growing schooling needs of expatriates, meet the demands of repatriating Malaysians, retain Malaysians who would otherwise consider international options for schooling and at ract parents from other countries to choose Malaysia as a school destination for their children. The new developments will also provide Malaysian families with an increased choice of schools, having lifted a 40 per cent cap on the number of Malaysian students able to enroll at international schools in 2012. A recent development already
implemented by the Malaysian government is the Kuala Lumpur Education City, of which Epsom College is already a part. This provides internationally oriented education for all ages, including tertiary education, within one educational hub. A second hub currently in development is EduCity in Iskandar, which will open in September 2014 as Epsom College’s fi rst overseas campus. The International School Consultancy
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www.iscresearch.com) predicts that all of Malaysia’s international schools – including new schools – will see increasing enrolment of both expatriate and local students over forthcoming years. A number of schools in the country are aiming for a 50:50 ratio of local and expatriate children by combining local culture and internationally orientated learning.
Olympian hosts Godolphin campaign launch
Olympic gold medallist, Sally Gunnell OBE (left), joined more than 200 girls showcasing a range of sports to launch Goldophin
and Latymer’s capital campaign for a new sports and fi tness centre. Director of development Julia Hodgkins said: “We were delighted that Sally was able to launch our campaign, as she is a brilliant
female role model. The evening was also a great way to highlight the girls’ range of sporting talents and skills. We hope the Godolphin and Latymer community will help us reach our goal of building a sports and fi tness centre that will enable all of our girls to join in, whether they wish to play sports competitively or for their own enjoyment.” Building work will commence
this month on the new centre. The building will double the amount of indoor space available for sports and fi tness activities. With the increased internal height of the new building, the PE curriculum will be extended to include sports not currently available, such as trampolining. Godolphin and Latymer will also have its very fi rst climbing wall.
Read more click here Bret leads Brummie BioBlitz
money will also contribute to specifi c projects in Cernavoda currently being developed by Nightingales. Kirsty Glynn, who leads the
school trip, said: “The pupils do everything, from raising money to buying resources, packing them up and get ing them shipped over to Romania. It’s a life-changing trip for the pupils. Most of the children we meet through the project have hugely complex emotional and sometimes behavioural problems. Some are quite severely disabled and many have HIV. Many of our pupils haven’t come into contact with real hardship and poverty before and it’s a humbling experience to meet the children and hear their stories. They also experience a country that is quite close to home and part of the EU but has real cultural, social and economic problems.”
BBC nature presenter and former pupil, Bret Westwood, led 25 boys from King Edward’s School, Birmingham, on a 24-hour BioBlitz. The aim was to watch, survey and document as many wildlife species as possible in a 24-hour period. The boys compiled a list of 147 species of plants and animals living on the school site and Edgbaston Nature Reserve and collected information on the wildlife through activities which included mist net ing and ringing birds, bug hunting, badger fi lming, deer tracking, pond dipping, bat detecting and moth trapping.
Stan Lampard, biology teacher at King Edward’s School, said: “The fi rst BioBlitz was a fantastic success, partly because the weather was so kind to us in spite of the forecast, but largely due to the real enthusiasm of all the participants who were able to indulge in the huge thrill of wildlife discovery.
The boys really enjoyed the opportunity to discover and get close
to the wildlife on our doorstep and the fi ndings will be used to create a wildlife record so we can monitor the diversity of life in the vicinity of the school.”
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