The Star, Sunday August 18, 2013
A SEAMLESS transition from pre-school to high school — this is what Eaton International School hopes to achieve.
It hopes to create a similar environment at Eaton as found at its Brighton School House where children enjoy schooling and complain to their parents when they don’t get to attend classes during the holidays.
Eaton International School chief executive officer Felician Teo says students are engaged at the school.
“We talk to them even though they are very young. Small children can express their own ideas and opinions if we take the time to engage with them,” he says.
This, he adds, is how one can nurture creativity and lateral thinking from young.
“Our success model is based on our school ethos or culture, and this is founded on the principle that the children are at the centre of everything we do. This ethos will be replicated at Eaton International School.”
Teo says the school will be adopting the Cambridge curriculum from pre-school level to the IGCSE level at Year 11.
All students will have access to an iPad which will be a tool for effective learning as part of their literacy, numeracy or science lessons.
The school hopes to create a new generation of young individuals who will be forward thinkers, innovators and leaders in their chosen fields.
“The school will bring in qualified and experienced expatriate teachers. We want teachers who are trained in delivering the British curriculum. They must have a minimal of five years teaching experience in a school in the United Kingdom or an international school overseas,” he says.
This is an important benchmark for the school because without staff members who are themselves schooled and trained in the Cambridge curriculum, the school’s standards and ethos will be compromised.
The school leadership is different as its management team comprises the owners, principal and senior management who are pre-tertiary educators first and foremost.
Eaton is located in the Gamuda township of Jade Hills within the Kajang corridor in greater Kuala Lumpur.
According to Teo, the school has received a lot of interest since its soft launch on April 27.
“We are opening only one class per level at pre-school and primary levels for our first intake starting September. Only a handful of places are available for Years One, Two and Six,” he says.
It hopes to create a similar environment at Eaton as found at its Brighton School House where children enjoy schooling and complain to their parents when they don’t get to attend classes during the holidays.
Eaton International School chief executive officer Felician Teo says students are engaged at the school.
“We talk to them even though they are very young. Small children can express their own ideas and opinions if we take the time to engage with them,” he says.
This, he adds, is how one can nurture creativity and lateral thinking from young.
“Our success model is based on our school ethos or culture, and this is founded on the principle that the children are at the centre of everything we do. This ethos will be replicated at Eaton International School.”
Teo says the school will be adopting the Cambridge curriculum from pre-school level to the IGCSE level at Year 11.
All students will have access to an iPad which will be a tool for effective learning as part of their literacy, numeracy or science lessons.
The school hopes to create a new generation of young individuals who will be forward thinkers, innovators and leaders in their chosen fields.
“The school will bring in qualified and experienced expatriate teachers. We want teachers who are trained in delivering the British curriculum. They must have a minimal of five years teaching experience in a school in the United Kingdom or an international school overseas,” he says.
This is an important benchmark for the school because without staff members who are themselves schooled and trained in the Cambridge curriculum, the school’s standards and ethos will be compromised.
The school leadership is different as its management team comprises the owners, principal and senior management who are pre-tertiary educators first and foremost.
Eaton is located in the Gamuda township of Jade Hills within the Kajang corridor in greater Kuala Lumpur.
According to Teo, the school has received a lot of interest since its soft launch on April 27.
“We are opening only one class per level at pre-school and primary levels for our first intake starting September. Only a handful of places are available for Years One, Two and Six,” he says.
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