The Alice Smith School welcomed a Royal visit when the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, members of the British Royal family, visited the Primary School at Jalan Bellamy.


Bill Addington, one of the School Governors, Steve Caulfield the Primary Principal and Christine Boden the Vice Principal welcomed the Royal Party who were accompanied by Mr. Bruce Cleghorn, the British High Commissioner to Malaysia.The party toured the school, which is one of the largest British Curriculum Schools in Asia with over 700 pupils between ages 3 to 11 years old.

The Principal, Steve Caulfield explained that the school has recently seen the completion of a new building to accommodate Years 5 and 6. Previously to this, these year groups had attended the secondary campus at Equine Park.

"With the development", explained Mr. Caulfield, "we have been able to re-unite the Primary School and provide city based provision for the local and expatriate community". The Primary School operates as a true community school and benefits enormously from a strong and dedicated team of teachers and class assistants together with wonderful parental support and participation. A Royal visit could not have come at a better time, in the sense that we are at the beginning of a new academic year. "This will get us all off to a great start", commented Mr. Caulfield.