Sri Garden Kuala Lumpur

Sri Garden Kuala Lumpur is a private school near to the city centre and has a nearly twenty year history of quality in education, recently celebrated with the 5-Star Quality Standards for Private Education Institution (SKIPS) award by the Malaysia Ministry of Education. The school has been incorporating holistic and internationalisation in their activities for a number of years and now comes its next step in development: Sri Garden International (SGI).

SGI will open its doors in January 2011, and is currently receiving a lot of interest and applications. SGI will build upon the foundations of the private national curriculum school, and will offer a British based curriculum leading to IGCSE’s. This will be a natural progression of an internationalisation programme, which has been building for the last few years. It further extends the schools purpose statement to educate the youth of today to take their productive place as leaders in the global community

Central to the vision of Sri Garden are the three pillars of Academic Excellence, Physical Health and Development, and Character Building. SGI will extend this holistic approach to education, allowing students to follow an English based International curriculum that offers a balanced and holistic educational experience. “Real” world and global issues are developed through a programme called Six Dimensions, which highlights six key areas – social, cultural, economic, political, technological and learning – in lessons, to make them more relevant.

The International Curriculum puts the child at the centre of the learning process; “the main purpose of teaching is to help children learn”. This is quite a different approach to memorizing facts to get the highest exam grades. With deep understanding come the best exam grades that a child can achieve, and the ability to apply their knowledge in different situations.

IGCSE is the world’s most popular international qualification for 14 to 16 year-olds, and is a gold standard education. It develops successful students, giving them excellent preparation for their next steps in education, and equips them with invaluable skills for future life. These challenging courses enable students to learn more than facts. They encourage students to ask challenging questions and to develop intercultural understanding while maintaining a strong sense of their own identity and culture. The qualifications are recognised worldwide and can be used to enter pre-university courses in most institutions. This International Curriculum firmly puts a child in the centre of a global education, which will craft a truly international person, who is able to adapt and take on the many challenges of a fast changing world.

Sri Garden firmly believes that each child should be exposed to good character traits. The school has produced ‘Starfish’ programme that celebrates the exhibition of good character. Respect and caring, tolerance, integrity, excellence, passion and open communication are all part of the day to day life at the school. Together with this grounding in good Asian values, students still need to know about the country they live in. At SGI, the students will study Bahasa Malaysia, and Mandarin, and also have Malaysian History, Music, Culture and Geography integrated into the International themes and topics.

This ‘grounding’ in the Asian “box” together with the International Curriculum, and effective and stimulating teaching styles will give children the best of both worlds and will truly and successfully prepare them for the global community into which they will live, study and eventually have a career

QUICK FACTS:

Age Range:

4-5 years old

Meals Provided:

Yes

Contact Details:

No. 9, Jalan 1/75C

Off Jalan Pria

Taman Maluri, 55100

Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-9200 9898

Insight KIDs

InsightKIDs Children Excel

Imagine finding your child teaching you about the masterpieces of Beethoven. Picture him explaining excitedly why ice floats and rocks sink. He is not only curious about the world, but loves to learn about it. Does that sound too good to be true? Not if you ask the parents of children who attend various programs at InsightKIDs.

Independent research assessments conducted on children attending InsightKIDs reveal that they are almost 2 years ahead of their chronological age with regards to their communication and socialization skills. The assessments also showed that 66.7% of InsightKIDs students rank between superior and very superior in terms of their cognitive abilities compared to other children their age.

The InsightKIDs programs incorporate the latest scientific and psychological research, and utilize a combination of experiential learning as well as interactive activities. Children learn through fun-filled activities in a nurturing yet challenging environment.

Before any child is enrolled at any program at InsightKIDs, a careful assessment of their learning style is made so that the program can be tailored to their needs. The cornerstone of this program is the “Amazing World” curriculum which covers a wide range of topics including biology, history, astronomy, literature and chemistry. Learning is most effective when a child’s natural curiosity is aroused and their enthusiasm encouraged. In addition, the children are encouraged to express themselves emotionally during each session as articulating emotions is one of the most important aspects of child development. InsightKIDs has a variety of programs available, including:

The InsightKIDs Complete Brain and Character Building Program develops powerful thinking and learning behavior in children. It is a customized, holistic program that develops analytical skills, maximizes information processing abilities and builds socioemotional intelligence in children. By stimulating both the left and right brain of each child, it develops academically intelligent children while concurrently building creativity and emotional health.

InsightKIDs Complete Brain Reading Program

The importance of a solid foundation for reading, writing and spelling cannot be overemphasized. Children who enjoy reading are far more likely to do well in school and have more self-confidence. The InsightKIDs Complete Brain Reading Program emphasizes the left as well as the right brain, utilizing both the phonics and word recognition method. Among many other activities, children are taught using songs, perform fun tasks that involve reading, and play word recognition games.

InsightKIDs Clinical Psychology Clinic

A clinical psychologist is also resident at the centre and is able to provide various assessments and treatment services e.g. IQ Tests, Dyslexia and ADHD Testing, Autism Testing and Parental Stress Tests.

InsightKIDs Preschool &Kindergarten is the first to combine a preschool curriculum with a complete brain and character program. It customizes teaching to your child’s needs, and its literacy and numeracy curriculum from the UK are front runners among its peers. Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin are also taught intensively, preparing children for both international and local schools. Furthermore, classroom numbers are low for individualized attention, and feedback is provided on a regular basis.

Quick Facts:

Age Range:
18 month - 12 years

Meals Provided:
Yes

Contact Details:
126A, Jalan Kasah,
Medan Damansara,
50490, Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2093 6178

Brighton School House

Philosophy

The Brighton School House philosophy is “EVERY CHILD MATTERS”. Over the years the school has built on this philosophy and reaches out to every child who steps across its threshold.

The school believes that learning is a tripartite arrangement whereby the school, the parents and the children work together in order to bring the best possible experiences and learning outcomes to each and every child. School newsletters are published on a quarterly basis in order to keep parents involved and up-to-date with the events in the school.

Brighton School House is headed by a British expatriate and boasts a dedicated and experienced team of qualified Montessori teachers. With this strong and dedicated team Brighton School House aims to give every child the best possible start to their education.

Curriculum

Brighton is a self proclaimed Smart Pre School. Whilst it fully embraces the Montessori pedagogy and is equipped with original Montessori equipment, it is receptive to alternative materials and innovative approaches to learning and as such has fully adopted the British Jolly phonics as its English language reading and writing scheme. In line with this approach songs and rhymes are incorporated into the learning of Mathematics and Bahasa Malaysia this allows the child to have fun whilst they are in fact actually partaking in a learning activity. In line with the Smart school concept of a full and varied approach to education and learning Brighton offers all children the option of Mandarin classes, Swimming lessons, Gym class, Drama class, iclay modelling lessons and fun music and movement classes as well as Story time sessions.

The school year is divided into 2 semesters each having its own independent thematic project work which incorporates a field trip and guest speakers where appropriate.

Each year the school holds a sports day and a concert to enable the children to display their talents.

The school has also adopted Sahabat HUKM, a charitable body for child patients of HUKM who are dealing with life threatening health issues, and holds an annual fund raising event. This becomes a learning activity for the children as representatives of the charity spend time with the children and the children get involved by creating items which are later sold.

Environment

The school occupies a large bungalow on elevated land and has an extensive compound which translates into the study environment being cool and airy eliminating the need for the children to be in an air-conditioned environment. The school in line with the Montessori concept is a series of open areas with classrooms set up for the Preparatory children, this is to familiarise them with a primary school environment. The school has its own swimming pool, a children’s vegetable garden and is very proud of its pets’ corner which is used as a teaching tool as well as a playtime activity for the children.

Quick Fact:

Age Range:
2.5 - 6 years old

Meals Provided:
Yes

Contact Details:
80, Jalan Balau
Damansara Heights, 50490
Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2093 2267