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Useful Malay Phrases Every Expat Family Should Know Useful Malay Phrases Every Expat Family Should Know

Moving to a new country and mastering a new language isn’t easy for everyone. As an expat in Malaysia, it’s handy to know some useful Malay phrases to help you not only feel and become part of the community but also to interact with the local residents.

Learning Malay and understanding the culture takes time but to get you started, settle in and politely converse with the..

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Bringing Literature to Life - UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day 2023 Bringing Literature to Life - UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day 2023

On Thursday 20th April, we celebrated UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day at KLASS 📚🌏. Led by our English and Media Faculty and Library team, we embraced the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the world of literature and reading. Our English Department has written this week’s Secondary Blog for you to read more about our day. 

 Literary Legends

It was so wonderful to..

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Primary Weekly Highlight: Education Perfect Global Languages Championships 2023 Primary Weekly Highlight: Education Perfect Global Languages Championships 2023

From March 7th till March 14th, our students from Years 3 to 9 eagerly competed in the Education Perfect Global Languages Championships that took place online. 879,449 students from more than 2,500 schools around the world took part and battled tirelessly for one week. A lot of resilience was needed as they answered more than 79,400,000 Languages questions in total over seven..

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Primary Weekly Highlight: Learning Displays Primary Weekly Highlight: Learning Displays

The Reggio Emilia approach suggests there are three teachers involved in the child’s learning; the teacher, their parents and the learning environment. Often the learning environment is referred to as the third teacher. The work of Helen Street also emphasises the importance of the physical and social environment in supporting wellbeing. Here at JB we are very intentional..

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Primary Weekly Highlight: The Beauty of Poetry in Year 4 Primary Weekly Highlight: The Beauty of Poetry in Year 4

Learning about poetry has so many benefits. Firstly it widens children’s reading horizons. It also gives them an opportunity to explore vocabulary and language, encourages them to create and can inspire them to write. The creativity gives our students space to experiment with words and performing poetry allows them to learn about voice, pitch and volume.

Recently our Year 4..

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