Event: Malaysia Conference meeting

There will be a meeting for year 11 students and their parents at Clarendon on February 8th, at 7pm, to launch the 2010 International Leadership Conference to Malaysia, which is due to occur in November.

This conference has proved enormously successful since its inception five years ago, and places are always oversubscribed. However, we are pleased to report that Matravers has always been represented and we're hopeful that this will be the case for 2010 also. The conference takes place at a private sixth form college about 70km north of Kuala Lumpur and involves researching and making presentations on world issues, as well as day trips to allow pupils to experience the rich culture and surroundings in Malaysia.

I will be passing letters out to eligible pupils in year 11 this week; however, if you would like more information please contact me - agt@matravers.wilts.sch.uk

If you would like to read about what we got up to in Malaysia in 2009, we kept a blog during the trip which can be accessed here - http://westwiltsagt.blogspot.com

West Wilts Federation Sixth Form Leadership Conference

This event takes place every year for lucky year 12 students who are selected to go. This year's conference will be taking place at KYUEM, a private sixth form boarding school in Malaysia, which aims to prepare its students for university in Britain and America.

The trip is aimed at broadening the horizons of our young people, by giving them a taste of education in a far-flung location. They will be working with students from the college to research and make presentations on a global issue. This will encourage them to improve their research and presentation skills, as well as heightening their awareness of world problems.

I am delighted to be accompanying the trip this year, along with two students from Matravers and 14 others from four more West Wiltshire schools. We leave tomorrow, for a week of hard work and plenty of gun. Follow our antics here.