New Malvern College pre-school looks to set the bar

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With a new state of the art campus set to open on Hong Kong Island, Malvern College Pre-School Hong Kong hopes to become the city’s leader in early-years education.

“Our parents have been asking us to open a campus on Hong Kong Island for a long time and our current campus is oversubscribed, so these expansion plans have always been in the works,” explained founding principal Jacqueline McNalty. “Some of our parents love us so much and have been coming all the way down from the island. Now, they don’t have to and more spaces will open up here for pupils from Kowloon and the New Territories.”

The Malvern College Pre-School Island West campus – located in Sai Ying Pun - will have a maximum capacity of 250 pupils and is set to open in September this year. It will continue to build on what has made its sister school – the 150-year-old Malvern College in the UK – so successful, such as “Forest School” – in which pupils participate in a host of closely monitored educational outdoor activities and explorations.

“Our unique Forest School programme is one of the things that sets our school apart, and this has become well-known in Hong Kong,” McNalty said. “We believe that the environment is the third teacher. It’s not just being out in nature, it’s the skills that come up with it like woodwork, fine-motor and social skills, and the pupils have so much fun with it as well.”