Chinese Independent High School

On the 16^th of November, the school of Education Nottingham went to our first school visitation to Hua Hin High School. It is Chinese independent School in Klang Valley that accommodates 2700 students.. The school is establish by teachers, parents and students. Therefore, this school is considered as a community school. The school has been offered to be apart of the government school but decline because they want to maintain their Mandarin medium.

First thing I saw when I entered the compound was the tall building of this school! It was like a skyscraper. The 9 building storeys school consists of all you need facilities. They have lab languages, science labs, a huge cafeteria, a complete facilitated library with movie rooms, escalator, a public hall, counseling centre, observatory, the biggest telescope in educational field and English Language Centre (ELC).

The school believes in instilling “Mulitple Intelligence” in their students. Therefore, the students are required to master 3 major languages of Mandarin (their mother tongue), English (globalized language), and Bahasa Malaysia (the national language). Therefore, to encourage the students to speak English. The school utilized a WHOLE FLOOR to make this language center. It was my first time to see this situation. The teachers in this programmes are supported by the British Council. This environment is very condusive to encourage students to learn ! Full packed facilities with multimedia and well-planned activities. There is also tea-time. That will be a great way for students to converse in English.

Other than that, the school has a Hin Hua Astronomy Centre. It has various information about the stars and professors of Astronomy. Other than that, on the highest floor there is a 16 inches MEADE telescope! It is the biggest telescope in the educational field! The student even mentioned that their telescope is similar to the ones in Langakawi. That to me, was very fascinating. An independent school that works very hard to complete their facilities. Nothing is stopping them !

The students in this school are very lucky. As a visitor, I was very excited about the facilities in the schoo, so the students must utilize them to the maximum. I am proud to see their strength to do good. We need more of these motivating environment. I am excited to go on other school visitations to be exposed to more school environments.


-Wily