Type International School Colour(s) Gold Dark green Phone +60 3-4256 8781 Colors Green, Gold | Established 1985 Website www.sayfol.edu.my Founded 1985 | |
Founder Datuk Seri Haji Ghulam Mohammed Sayeed Principal Mrs. Kamalanathan (Secondary School) & Ms Tracy Huxtable (Primary School) Similar Internatio School of Kuala Lu, Fairview Internatio School - K, Alice Smith School ‑ Primary C, Bulgogi Brothers, Nak Won Restaurant Profiles | ||
Sayfol International School is an international school located next to Jalan Ampang, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was founded in 1986 by Datuk Seri Haji Ghulam Mohammed Sayeed, who remains the owner. The school follows the London Edexcel IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education" syllabus for secondary school and Edexcel GCE A Levels for the Pre-U program. It is one of the oldest International schools in Malaysia and has a secondary campus in Sabah, east Malaysia. Sayfol has approximately 2300 students in the 2011/2012 academic year.
Contents
- Sayfol international school awards day 2
- Academics
- Primary
- Secondary
- Sayfol Higher EducationPre U
- Prefectorial Board
- Uniform
- Sports and extracurricular activities
- References
Sayfol international school awards day 2
Academics
The school offers Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary and A-Level programmes. The A-Level programme is also known as Sayfol Higher Education (SHE).
Primary
Secondary
The school offers the following subjects at IGCSE(London) beyond 2011 [EDXCEL]
Sayfol Higher Education(Pre-U)
The school offers Edexcel A Level. This course is conducted in a 2 years program. The head of the program is Mrs. Kamalanathan, who is the principal as well. Due to low number of students, the classes are conducted with a maximum of 25 students in each class in the Science and 5 students in the Art branch.
The school offers the following subjects
Prefectorial Board
A group of students is selected by the Principal, deputy principals, senior master and mistress, led by a Prefect teacher and a head prefect, to maintain discipline within school and its events, known as Prefects.
They can be recognised by the white shirt they wear and their black shoes (instead of yellow shirt and white shoes for regular students). Prefects follow a weekly lunch time duty and a daily morning duty rosters and consists of almost 100 prefects in the secondary school.
Uniform
Students wear a pale yellow and dark green uniform. Male students wear a uniform of a yellow shirt with green pants, black coloured school belt and school socks, while female students wear a yellow shirt, a green skirt and school socks. Both male and female students wear solid white shoes. Students are divided into five sport houses, each with a colour:
Sports and extracurricular activities
The school hosts an annual Sports Day at a stadium. The secondary school does a march past as well as cheerleading routines and have their own marching band. There are sports events which include both track and field events.
Competition between sports houses is fierce, with a major portion of points allotted to performances in the March Past and Cheerleading routines. The house which wins these events usually ends up winning the overall house championship. A Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year are also elected, and they usually open the Sports Day with the lighting of a flame.
The school celebrates Hari Raya, Deepavali, Christmas and Chinese New Year, the major festivals of Malaysia. There are cultural dances and events held in the school compound on these days.