Boarding

Boarding life at Concord College International School (CCIS) in Malaysia offers students from Year 7 onwards an enriching and exciting opportunity.

Boarding

Boarding life at Concord College International School (CCIS) in Malaysia offers students from Year 7 onwards an enriching and exciting opportunity. Boarding is often seen as the ‘complete’ educational experience.

When students become boarders they are joining a special community based on the campus. Students and staff live alongside each other in an atmosphere of mutual respect and learn from each other in a safe and beautiful environment. The community is a warm and welcoming place.

Boarding often leads students to forge friendships that can last a lifetime. They share so much with their peers and get to know them better than anyone outside their own family: it is this sharing of the experience of boarding life and of growing through the teenage years together that makes friendship and bonds that can last a lifetime.

The purpose-built residence on the campus offers comfortable accommodation all within easy walking distance of other campus facilities. Boys and girls are accommodated in separate floors of the residences and students of a similar age are located together. Students each have their own individual study bedroom with ensuite shower. All floors have a pantry and area for the students to socialise as well as a staff office.

The Concord College International School boarding model is based on a concept of ‘Coming Home to Care.’ This means that there is always a member of staff in the residence when boarding students are there. This ensures that young people have a ‘parent figure’ easily available at all times. Age-appropriate routines with more structure and support for the youngest boarders will encourage increasing independence over time to prepare the older students for the challenges of life beyond school. This care is delivered by Boarding Parents, Assistant Boarding Parents and Pastoral Assistants.

The aims of our boarding community are:

To create a community that ensures the safety and welfare of its boarders in an environment where they can be both healthy and happy.

To provide an environment in which students can develop their intellectual talents through well-structured study time, access to staff and other boarders in an atmosphere which values effort and achievement.

To provide a range of activities related to age and maturity that will assist in the personal, social and cultural development of each boarder.

To provide accommodation that is comfortable and suitable to the needs of boarders according to their age and which provides appropriate levels of privacy.

To provide an atmosphere that allows boarders to develop a tolerance of others and to live free of harassment and bullying.

To develop each boarder’s responsibility for self, for others and for their environment.

To develop boarders’ qualities of leadership and their ability to work as a team.

To develop relationships with parents in support of boarders’ development within school.

To provide opportunity for boarders to talk to staff about their day-to-day concerns.

To promote respect for others and their cultures as well as for the routines and ethos of CCIS.

Meet The Team

I am excited to welcome you to the unique experience of boarding at Concord College International School. Here, your child will thrive in our beautiful and spacious student accommodation, custom built to the highest standards. Our highly trained boarding staff will foster a structured, healthy, balanced routine whilst giving support, advice, and being available to listen. Together we will put the care of the boarders at the very centre of all we do to give them a very homely and memorable experience here.

Mrs. Nikki Outram
Head of Boarding