Sayfol International School

Sayfol International School
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Information
Type	International
Established	1985
Founder	Datuk Seri Haji Ghullam Mohammed Sayeed
Principal	Debra Tapscott
Color(s)	Gold      Dark Green
Website	www.sayfol.edu.my

Sayfol International School is an international school located next to Jalan Ampang, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was founded in 1986 by Datuk Haji Ghullam Mohammed Sayeed, who remains the owner. The school currently follows the IGCSE syllabus.

Academics

The school offers Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary and A-Level programmes. The A-Level programme is also known as Sayfol Higher Education (SHE).

Secondary

The school currently offers the following subjects at GCE(London)in 2010 and IGCSE(London) beyond 2011 [EDXCEL]

• English language
• Pure Mathematics
• History
• Music
• Bahasa Malaysia
• Japanese
• Spanish (Started in 2010)
• ICT
• Personal Social & Living Skills (mandatory, usually taught by all teachers)
• English Literature
• Geography
• Art
• French
• Mandarin
• Hindi
• Biology
• Human Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Accounting
• Economics
• Business Studies
• Physical Education

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 senior deputy 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. There is a lack of facilities for this course which disables the students from taking any practical experiences in Science Lab and accordingly has resulted the students to be forced to take the written practical papers for Edexcel exams for Science subjects. Students have to choose a minimum of 3 subjects and a maximum of 4 subjects, however due to difficulty of subjects only one student has so far been able to take 4 subjects and the rest of the students take 3 subjects.

The school currently offers the following subjects

• Accounting
• Biology
• Business Studies
• Chemistry
• Economics
• Further Mathematics - Started in 2010
• Mathematics
• Physics

Prefectorial Board

A group of students is selected by the Principal, deputy principals, senior master and mistress, lead by a Prefect teacher and a head prefect, to maintain discipline within school and its events. they are known as school Prefects. They can be recognized by the color of the shirt they wear - white, and the color of their shoes which is black instead of yellow shirt and white shoes for regular students.

Uniform

Students are required to wear a uniform that represents the school colours: Mustard Yellow and Dark Green. Male students wear a uniform of a yellow shirt with dark green pants, school belt and school socks, while female students wear a yellow shirt, a dark green skirt, a dark green vest and school socks. Both male and female students are required to wear solid white shoes. Prefects wear white shirt in place of yellow and black shoes instead of white so they can be recognized from other students. Students are also required to wear a dark green school tie during assemblies and formal events in the school.

Girl's Hair: Always tied up if long and fringes above eyebrows. Boy's Hair: Clean cut and no side burns

Students are divided into five sport houses, each with an allotted colour. (Names of the houses are based on the names of flowers)

• Clover (Red)- Winner of 2010&2011's sports day
• Marigold (Yellow)
• Violet (Purple)- Winner of 2009's sports day
• Shamrock (Green)
• Tulip (Orange)- The newest house (Since academic year 2008~2009)

Sports and Extra Curricular Activities

Annually, the school hosts a '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. Actual training for track and field events usually takes place just before (about 1–2 days) before the event; otherwise, training is held on a grass field within the school compound.

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 also 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.

External links

• Sayfol International School