Can you help? Family moving to Malaysia.

HappySad

Can you help?

I have a friend who is moving next month to Penang island in Malaysia. She is moving with her two children aged 8 boy & 2 girl. She has had a great opportunity there and in a year or two aim to return back to England.

She is looking to educate her children while in Malaysia. The options she is looking for them are home school with a few tutors or join a home school organisation.

Can you help in anyway?

Do you know any English expat forums, Facebook groups or websites in Malaysia?
Do you know any English schools?
Do you know any organisations or companies that offer good English tutors?
Do you know about where to go to hire good tutors?
Do you know any good home schooling networks?

All info is very much welcome.

Savvy_Sue

There are definitely English schools in Malaysia and I`m sure they won`t be hard to find.

There`s a whole expat forum for Penang ...

kingfisherblue

If the older child is a girl, then she could join Guiding in Malaysia - it would be a great way to make new friends and she could continue Guiding in the UK once she returned. If she is being home educated, then the social aspect is quite important, and of course, mum could talk to other parents about local availability of tutors etc. Guiding also offers informal education in many ways, and the Guides in Malaysia are a strong and well established movement.


https://www.wagggs.org/en/our-world/asia-pacific-region/member-organizations/malaysia/

HappySad

kingfisherblue wrote: »

If the older child is a girl, then she could join Guiding in Malaysia - it would be a great way to make new friends and she could continue Guiding in the UK once she returned. If she is being home educated, then the social aspect is quite important, and of course, mum could talk to other parents about local availability of tutors etc. Guiding also offers informal education in many ways, and the Guides in Malaysia are a strong and well established movement.


https://www.wagggs.org/en/our-world/asia-pacific-region/member-organizations/malaysia/

Thanks Kingfisherblue for the info. Do you know a similar group for boys. The older child is a boy.

kingfisherblue

HappySad wrote: »

Thanks Kingfisherblue for the info. Do you know a similar group for boys. The older child is a boy.

Possibly Scouts? I've just Googled and there is Scouting over there.



https://www.facebook.com/FirstKLScoutGroup/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persekutuan_Pengakap_Malaysia


I'm not as certain on transfers once back in the UK, but if a unit has space, I would think that they would welcome the boy on his return. If they are over there for a year, he would be a Cub on his return. If the family are planning on returning to the area in which they currently live, a local unit might be able to put him on their waiting list now. In some areas, Guiding and Scouting are very popular and have long waiting lists. I don't have massive lists for my own units (Rainbows, Brownies and Guides), but for Rainbows, there is a current wait of 8-12 months. Brownies wait around six months for a place, unless they have already been in Rainbows (as I put them onto the Brownie waiting list, and know when they are due to move up).



Your friend might also want to join some of the Home Education groups, both here and in Malaysia. Education Otherwise is the best known, but there may be local Facebook groups as well.