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Nationalities
| Number of students |
700 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
Approximately 3-5. |
| Most common nationality |
Malaysian |
| Ratio of local students to international students |
Approximately 95% local students. |
Languages
| Native English speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Language support for students not fluent in English |
Yes, mostly for English. |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
Currently Mandarin and Bahasa Melayu. |
Classroom
| Max. number of students per class |
25 |
| Average number of students per class |
25 |
| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Our junior teachers serve as assistants to mentoring/senior teachers for 1 year before they progress to taking on their own classes. |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
As tools to contribute to their lessons and work i.e. research, presentation, design, etc. |
| Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
Yes, our Muslim students have Islamic Studies. |
| How does the school accommodate non-religious students or students of a different religion? |
This only applies to our Muslim students. |
Academics
| External examinations or assessments available |
Cambridge IGCSE |
| Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes and we also assign an adequate amount that allows them to have a good balance of work, play, and family time. |
| Approximate hours of homework given |
Homework (including coursework) can range between days i.e. one lesson to the next or a few weeks for larger scale group work. |
Student support
| Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
No. We don't have the facilities to accommodate special needs students. |
| Student access to education psychologist |
Yes |
Admissions
| Entry evaluation for students |
Case to case. |
| Brief description of entry evaluation required |
For some enrolling students, we give them an assessment for Maths and English to gauge their proficiency so we know how to best support them. This is not for streaming purposes; all our classes consist students of different academic inclinations and aptitudes. We do not segregate our students from best to worst class. |
| Waiting list |
No |
| Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
We don't have a set deadline but the earlier the better. |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes, students can join us at any point during the academic year pending approval by our principal. |
School day
| School start time |
8:30am |
| School finish time |
4:30pm |
| Supervised care before/after school |
It must be sanctioned by the school if students are staying back for rehearsals or after-school activities and there will be teacher accompanying them for supervision. |
| School bus service available |
We work with a list of private transporters. |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Food alternatives for special dietary needs (ie. vegan, kosher, halal etc) |
All the food provided is halal and we have vegetarian options available. |
| Uniform required |
Yes, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. |
Extracurricular activities
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
All activities are conducted within school hours (excluding extra rehearsals and events etc.) and we offer a variety of Sports, Hip Hop, Drama, Vocal Training, and Art & Design. |
| Sports activities included |
Futsal, basketball, netball, volleyball, dodgeball, ping pong, martial arts, physical training. |
| Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Yes |
Facilities
| Sports facilities at the school |
Multipurpose hall, basketball court, futsal court, all used interchangeably for the sports we offer. |
About the school
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Sri Emas International School is ACE EdVenture’s first school. It’s been making education relevant and successfully nurturing creative, confident young people since 2012. With ACE EdVenture’s award-winning approach to education, students can look forward to fun, rich, and engaging learning experiences as an everyday norm. More importantly, Sri Emas and its unconventional methods serve a crucial purpose: to reverse-engineer what the future demands of today’s students and equip them with future-proof skills like adaptability, resilience, collaboration, emotional intelligence, collaboration just to name a few. The school nurtures a conducive environment where all its students feel at home and thrive. As a result, students grow both in their academic achievements and in character as powerful, collaborative leaders. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
Sri Emas' pedagogy is built on the multi-award winning ACE EdVenture Approach which has been perfecting 21st century education for 22 years. We hear "think outside of the box" so much of the time but we've gone ahead and thrown out that box. Lessons are a fun and engaging two-way interaction between students and teachers, and coursework encourages cross-subject and cross-skilled output learning so students "do" instead of just "know". Everything from experiments at the waterpark, to using hip hop to explain a physics concept, these are real examples in our ever-evolving pursuit of making education relevant. |