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COLLEGE GUIDING STATEMENTS MOTTO: Sapiens Qui Prospicit - Wise is the Person Who Looks Ahead

1. THE COLLEGE CULTIVATES THE WHOLE PUPIL Pupils at the College enjoy a balanced education, which aims through an excellent academic, pastoral and co-curricular programme to develop their individual intellectual, physical, social and emotional well-being.

2. THE COLLEGE VALUES COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND PROVIDES A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Pupils, parents and staff are provided with a secure, safe and supportive environment to promote personal, social and emotional well-being and growth.

3. THE COLLEGE SHAPES PUPILS TO BECOME GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF, AND ABILITY TO ADAPT TO, THE COMPLEXITIES OF AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD Through developing an appreciation of the needs of local and global communities, an awareness of the world around us and celebrating cultural similarities and diversity, pupils truly become global citizens with an internationally minded outlook and a desire to provide service for others.

4. THE COLLEGE ENCOURAGES A PASSION FOR LEARNING THROUGH ENQUIRY, CURIOSITY AND COLLABORATIVE PARTICIPATION Pupils at the College are encouraged to become self-motivated inquirers and thinkers who have a passion for learning. Pupils develop the confidence to become independent learners who know how and when to collaborate to develop their own learning and that of those around them.

5. THE COLLEGE RESPECTS THE NATURAL WORLD AND ITS RESOURCES BOTH GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY The College develops individuals who have a desire to learn about the world in which they live. Pupils should aspire to be caring individuals who are able to understand their own responsibility to, and impact on, the environment both locally and globally.

6. THE COLLEGE PREPARES PUPILS TO LIVE THEIR LIVES HONESTLY WITH A SPIRIT OF RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS Pupils are supported in developing deep-rooted values that give rise to principled individuals who act with honesty, integrity, respectful manners, as well as being flexible, pragmatic and open to new ideas. The College guides its pupils to be open-minded and respectful of the diversity of our community.

7. THE COLLEGE PREPARES PUPILS TO TAKE RISKS AND SHOW ENDURANCE AND RESILIENCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS Pupils are encouraged to persevere as they encounter unfamiliar situations and explore new ideas or opportunities and to be resilient in the face of adversity, inspiring the self-belief to become confident, well-informed risk takers.

8. THE COLLEGE CHALLENGES EACH PUPIL TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE AND DISCOVER WHO THEY MIGHT BECOME The College learning environment encourages and celebrates exploration, experimentation, questioning and discovery whilst developing a sense of personal responsibility to learning. Pupils will be reflective in analysing opportunities, in facing challenges and in learning from their inevitable mistakes.

9. THE COLLEGE PREPARES EACH PUPIL TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AND DYNAMIC COMMUNICATORS WITHIN THE MODERN WORLD The College promotes opportunities for all pupils to develop their English language skills and explore their abilities in other languages. Pupils are encouraged and supported to utilise technologies to expand their capability to communicate effectively.

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College Guiding Statements Welcome from the Headmaster Back to School Clothes Donation Excelligent IBDP Information Session Remembrance Day Into the Dragon’s Den Investiture of The College Safety Precautions Teachers’ Day United Nations Day Celebrating National Days World Food Day Banque Du Caire Winter Concerts Merry Christmas Wishes New Giza-Portsmouth Webinar World Maths Day Virtual Choir Music Technology Primary Virtual Talent Show Storytelling Sports Day PE Activity “Play Ground“ IBDP Art Exhibition TOK Exhibition Graduation Ceremony Malvern Qualities

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WELCOME FROM ACTING HEADMASTER As we reach the end of another year it is an opportunity for us to reflect as a college community on the year which has passed, the achievements of individuals and the successes we have had as a college. You will see in the Malvern View despite the unprecedented times we have been in, there has been so much to celebrate.

Personally, I am so thankful for the hard work, determination and resilience that the students, parents and staff have shown this year despite all the unprecedented challenges, there have been many.

I would like to take this opportunity to mention those students who are coming to the end of their time at Malvern College Egypt. The strange end to their time at school is very difficult to take in. The lack of exams and the opportunity to properly celebrate their time as members of our community has been difficult. You will see that we managed to say goodbye in style to our graduates. This event showed there is life after COVID and the heart of Malvern is still beating.

On behalf of the whole staff team at Malvern College Egypt, I wish you all a relaxing, peaceful and healthy summer break and we very much look forward to next Academic Year.

Richard Moore Acting Headmaster

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Malvern College pupils were eager to start the new academic year.

The school is taking strict safety measures. The pupils along with the staff showed up wearing masks, abiding by frequent hand sanitization and temperature checking. The school divided each year into two groups, silver and gold, to avoid crowding the school and to maintain a 2-meter safe distance. The pupils settled in harmoniously while adapting to the new safety precautions. It was quite rejoicing to welcome the MCE community to start a new productive academic year.

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CLOTHES DONATIONS

Malvern College Egypt develops the personalities of our students to become active members of the society. As part of this initiative, The College organized a clothes donation campaign in collaboration with the Egyptian Clothing Bank.

The students donated clean, ironed, and sealed packages.

EXCELLIGENT

MALVERN COLLEGE EGYPT IS NOW ONE OF THE 10 LEADING SCHOOLS IN AFRICA! Excelligent has recognized MCE for its remarkable efforts to strengthen the educational process in the school. MCE prepares the pupils to fully integrate in the society. This takes place in a safe encouraging environment under the supervision of trained professionals.

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Early in the academic year, Malvern College Egypt held a free virtual IBDP session.

All questions about the curriculum, what makes IB Diploma Programme best for child were answered by the Headmaster, Mr. Phillip Burgess and the IBDP Coordinator, Mrs Jennifer Burnett.

Rememeberance day UK EMBASSY

On Sunday, 8th of November, Malvern College Egypt participated in the British Embassy’s Remembrance Sunday Ceremony.

The Headmaster, Mr. Burgess along with the Head boy and Head girl participated in the event laying wreaths at the Commonwealth War Cemetery.

On Wednesday the 11th of November 2020, The College Leadership Team along with the students commemorated Remembrance Day.

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INTO THE

This activity took place on 27th September 2020. The students got to speak to a former Dragons’ Den candidate (from September 2015) who developed a product with his partner. The product is called Magloc. https://www.magloc.co.uk/pages/faqs As an entrepreneur who received £100,000 (GBP) in venture capital from one of the ‘Dragons’ in the show, Steve Shickell (from the UK) was able to answer questions relating to business, business startups, being an entrepreneur and the characteristics needed to be an entrepreneur, the challenges he has faced in business as well as questions about his other work including future R&D into other products which, like Magloc, use magnets.

The students all took turns to ask him questions and found the session of interest and applicable to their AS Level Business studies work.

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INVESTITURE of the college On Tuesday 13th October 2020. At the beginning of the academic year, the Primary School (gold group) held the Investiture ceremony. The Head of Primary, Sally Dibb-Holland presented the ceremony that was held to officially acknowledge the Head Boy, Head Girl, Prefects and House Captains. The pleasant ceremony took place at the College Theatre. The CEO Azza ElSherbiny, the Headmaster Phillip Burgess along with the Head of Secondary School Richard Moore were the guests of honour of the ceremony.

The Guests of honour presented the leadership team with certificates and ties as a sign of their ranks and duties. The Headmaster Phillip Burgess gave an encouraging speech to the leadership team and the pupils. The pupils were amused by dazzling singing and wonderful poetry performances.

Given the current circumstances the ceremony was held whilst maintaining all the precautions measures. Unlike recent years, the parents were not allowed to attend. The pupils kept a safe distance in the theatre. Moreover, the microphones were sterilized after each pupil utilized it, all the attendees were wearing masks.

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Malvern College Egypt had a smooth start of the academic year 2020/21. MCE is strictly following all the preventative measures for all the pupils and staff.

The college is applying three solid safety protocols: wearing a mask, frequent hand sanitization, and practicing social distancing in all common areas. The pupils and staff all get frequent temperature measuring. The Headmaster, Mr. Phillip Burgess, along with Mrs. Sally-Dibb Holland, head of Primary, and Mr. Richard Moore, Head of Secondary, all welcome the pupils in the morning every day. Each pupil sanitizes his/her hand before entering the school premises. Moreover, the college is equipped with sanitizing gel dispensers in every corner to have a constant reminder.

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TEACHERS’ DAY Teachers are the fundamental members in our MCE community during the COVID-19 pandemic, our teachers have demonstrated extraordinary skills and efforts.

That’s why Malvern College took the chance of Teachers’ Day to express our appreciation to all the dedicated teachers.

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UNITED NATIONS DAY

Malvern College Egypt is a multinational society that encompasses different backgrounds and nationalities. MCE takes pride in its diversity and celebrates its unity.

MCE prepares our students to fully integrate in the society as global citizens.

CELEBRATING NATIONAL DAYS

Malvern College Egypt is fortunate to welcome more than 30 different nationalities. This makes MCE a rich and diverse multinational community. Therefore, the College is keen on celebrating the national days of multiple countries. This practice helps to deepen the relationships of the students with each other.

It also teaches the students to understand and respect the history, culture, and traditions of other countries.

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WORLD FOOD DAY

On October 16th 2020, Malvern College Egypt celebrated World Food Day. The College aimed to shed the light on the problems in food supply and distribution across the globe. It also raises the awareness of pupils regarding the countries suffering from famine.

Originating from the Malvern Qualities of kindness, Humility and Self-awareness. MCE community aims to come together and unite to help bring an end to world hunger. It is the responsibility of the society to bring a balance between those who are suffering from famine and those who are treated the best cuisines.

BANQUE DU CAIRE

Malvern College Egypt expresses our thanks to Banque du Caire for placing multiple recycling bins around the campus. These bins are a constant reminder for our students and staff to become more eco-friendly and make better decisions regarding our planet Earth.

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concerts

Malvern College Egypt spread the Christmas spirit among the children. The College was decorated with marvellous decorations everywhere. The students participated with their teachers to embellish their classrooms with ornaments.

To keep the Christmas spirit alive, Pre-nursery and Primary students had the chance to perform Christmas Carols.

This year it was a little different as each class performed by themselves to maintain a safe social distance.

MERRY CHRISTMAS WISHES Malvern College Egypt spread joy and bliss around the College’s campus. The Campus was decorated with Christmas trees and ornaments.

The children decorated their classrooms and hallways.

The College surprised all the Early Years students with a box loaded with chocolates and toys to get in the holidays spirit.

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NEW GIZA-PORTSMOUTH WEBINAR

Our IBDP coordinator and Head of Sixth Form Ms. Burnett dedicates her efforts to the best interest of our graduating students. Deciding on the future university is one of the most important decisions students make.

Ms. Burnett arranged for our students to attend more than one webinar with different universities such as Portsmouth University and New Giza University. These informative webinars are great opportunities for the sixth form students to learn about the different faculties and ask any questions regarding the requirements of acceptance.

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WORLD MATHS DAY On 5th and 6th May, students from Pre-Nursery to Year 6 took part in World Maths Days.

Our students have been mastering their mathematical skills with the support of ‘Mathletics’ for the past academic year, and this was an opportunity for students to demonstrate their full potential against other students, not only in the College, but against students from schools across the globe!

A total of 13 students in Year 1-6, ranked in the top 20 students of their age group in Egypt in the global competition.

Name Yehia Omran Muhammed Radwan Yassin Abdulla Khadijah Radwan Adam Ghattas Hossam Hegazy Saeed Kasim Farida Ahmed Yaseen Hashim Malak Mahmoud Hana Elgedawy Lennon Mukasa Nada Abdeen

National Ranking 1st 4th 5th 8th 8th 11th 13th 13th 14th 15th 15th 16th 17th

Year Group Year 2 Year 3 Year 5 Year 1 Year 5 Year 4 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 4 Year 5 Year 5 Year 4

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VIRTUAL CHOIR

Pupils were given the task of recording themselves singing to a backing track, using either Zoom or on their phones or tablets, then sending in the MP4 by either uploading it to Firefly or using a file transfer website. Mr Russell then edited and compiled a video collage of the pupils performing together as a choir, and, with solos, duets, trios and groups, this will be shown in the Primary prizegiving online assembly at the end of term as a special treat. Pupils had a lot of fun practising and recording themselves at home.

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

At MCE we have the privilege of having a classroom dedicated to Music Technology which is put to very good use each day.

Year 6 are currently writing a soundtrack for a regenerative tourist video on China using virtual Chinese instruments, pentatonic melodies and drum loops.

Year 5 have been learning melodies from Vivaldi’s ‘The 4 Seasons’ and are learning how to input MIDI mixed with loops to create an original remix. Year 8 have been studying hooks and riffs in pop music and are practising and recording the bassline riff and melody for ‘Sweet Dreams’ by The Eurythmics (an 80s British classic!). They are using Garageband software to compose a riff with an improvised melody.

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PRIMARY VIRTUAL TALENT SHOW

A big congratulations goes to the following list of winners of the Primary Virtual Talent show:

Overall Winner: Ray and Chan 5L&3L Vocal: 1st place: Jojo 4V, 2nd place: Fayrouz 4V, 3rd place: Lara 6M Instrumental: 1st place Ray & Chan, 2nd place: Galila 6M, 3rd place: Youssef & Adam Ghattas 6L&5L Piano: 1st place: Ahmed 5M, 2nd place: Yassin 3L, 3rd place: Farida 4V Dance: 1st place Amelia 5A, 2nd place: Emily 4V, 3rd place: Malak & Miriam 4M&3A Poetry: 1st place Matheus 6M, 2nd place: Isaac 4A, 3rd place: Farida 5A Other category: 1st place: Youssef 6L, 2nd place: Hania 4A, 3rd place: Nada 4V

Well done to all involved – there were over 60 submissions!

STORYTELLING

The children in Nursery have loved the ‘Traditional Tales’ and ‘Nursery Rhyme’ topics. They have explored a variety of stories, including; “The Three Little Pigs”; “The Gingerbread Man”; “Hansel & Gretel” and “Ugly Duckling”. The children made houses for the pigs from various materials and decorated gingerbread men.

The children have made links between these stories and our Malvern Qualities. For example, they enjoyed the “Ugly Duckling” story with the moral to always use kind words with our friends to make sure they are happy and feel part of the team every day. Children in Nursery have been busy with many crafts linked to the stories, nursery rhymes, phonic sounds and focused numbers and shapes. They have also impressed us with beginning to count forwards and backwards to and from 10. We look forward to seeing the children again in Term 3, where we will begin our ‘Animals and Lifecycles’ topic.

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SPORTS DAY

Our pre-nursery champs enjoyed their sports day. The day was packed with many activities and competitions to promote sportsmanship among the students from a young age. The giggles of our students echoed throughout our MCE campus.

PE ACTIVITY

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Our Early Years students flexed their muscles on the field following the instructions of our highly qualified PE teachers. With physical education being an essential part of our curriculum, the students enjoyed the sun and the fresh air while exercising.

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EXHIBITION

On the 25th of March MCE conducted the IBDP pupils Art Exhibition. The IB Diploma encourages pupils to explore ideas and concepts that resonate with them personally. The exhibition was enjoyed by pupils and staff. The exhibition displayed work that was both visually appealing and thought provoking.

TOK EXHIBITION

The ‘’IBDP 1’’ students held their Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Exhibition. The main objective of the exhibition was for the students to showcase the connections they have made with TOK in the real world and for the objects to ‘do the talking’. The students were able to enthusiastically explain the real life and personal connections they have made between the objects and their chosen prompt to several MCE teachers and students. This is the very first TOK Exhibition for the new course and the students displayed a tremendous amount of resilience, independence, and curiosity throughout the process.

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Malvern College Egypt proudly celebrated the graduation of class 2021.

The past couple of years have been challenging for the students as well as the teachers.

Our graduates have demonstrated commitment to the Malvern College Ethos and qualities.

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The College encouraged the students to achieve this monumental milestone in their lives. The College says goodbye to our graduates certain that they are armed with every skill needed for their future adventures.

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THE MALVERN QUALITIES Malvern College Egypt holds a firm commitment to absolute and fundamental values that have stood the test of time. While we refer to them as “Malvern Qualities” they are as relevant in the town of Malvern UK as they are in our city of Cairo. It is through our common emphasis on these values that pupils across the Malvern family of schools will leave well-prepared as global citizens who are ready to both understand and solve issues facing our world in the 21st Century.

RESILIENCE Showing persistence and perseverance in the face of difficulty. Having the ability to face challenges with confidence and with good humour. Being able to respond positively to setbacks and to see them as an opportunity to learn.

SELF AWARENESS Being reflective about the process of learning and what we do. Showing an awareness of both strengths and weaknesses and taking responsibility for personal development.

OPEN MINDEDNESS Being open-minded to the wide range of beliefs, opinions and cultures that make up the modern world and yet having the strength of character to stand by one’s own. Showing respect and acceptance to those who hold contrary views and the intellectual flexibility to see others’ points of view. Having a global outlook and actively contributing to a multi-cultural society.

COLLABORATION Demonstrating an awareness that collaboration is a vital skill in society. Working with others to bring about the greater good and to offer service. Showing generosity towards other opinions and ideas and an ability to recognise that other ideas may be better than one’s own. Working together to learn.

KINDNESS Recognising that kindness and consideration are an essential part of a civilised society and a happy community. Acting with compassion and showing empathy towards those in difficulty.

RISK TAKING Demonstrating a confident, imaginative and innovative approach to what is possible. Pushing oneself both mentally and physically in unfamiliar situations. Showing curiosity and creativity to explore new ideas and opportunities.

CURIOSITY Having an inquisitive and investigative attitude.

AMBITION Being forward-thinking with a vision of the future, and showing the determination and courage to follow this path.

INDEPENDENCE Showing self-reliance and resourcefulness in all actions.

INTEGRITY Showing the strength of character to be an honest and trustworthy member of society and to stand by one’s beliefs. Being willing to accept personal responsibility where things go wrong and to learn from mistakes when they occur. Demonstrating intellectual honesty by acknowledging sources of information and ideas.

HUMILITY Having awareness of one’s strengths and abilities but with a sense of modesty. Recognising the distinction and benefits of a Malvern College education, making the most of the opportunities it provides and understanding with sensitivity and humility that others do not enjoy the same advantages.

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