OUR CENTRE
OUR KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA CENTRE
Here at Julia Gabriel Education, we know how important it is for children to learn in a conducive environment. We take care and pride to create favourable physical environments in our centre that encourages creativity and fun with the coming together of parents, mentors and students.
Julia Gabriel in Malaysia was first established in 2006 in a centrally located corner-lot bungalow along Jalan Bukit Pantai in Bangsar, an affluent residential district on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The centre, which houses Julia Gabriel Centre and Julia Gabriel Preschool (formerly Chiltern House) under one roof, is set in a serene suburb with a beautifully landscaped outdoor area complete with a spacious outdoor playground area and a children's garden for play, exuding a delightfully homely environment. The Chengzhu Mandarin Centre brand is also operated under the Julia Gabriel Preschool umbrella as part of its preschool programmes.
Each room in our centre is carefully fitted with lots of light and ventilation, filled with children-friendly furniture and inspirational toys, and of course, maintained to the strictest levels of hygiene standards to ensure safe environments for our children, parents and mentors alike.
THE READING GARDEN
Inspired by our BookRoom which has been a pride and joy with children, teachers and adults alike is our new Reading Garden. The BookRoom first came into being in 1993 from a desire to instill a love of literature into the hearts of our little ones. Named after poet Eleanor Farjeon’s special book, “The Little BookRoom”, the thousands of lovingly handpicked story books by our team of educators whose dream is to make every visit to the children's library an imaginative and magical experience has just recently been given a fresh look in 2024 - expanding from a single space to two beautiful, cosy reading spaces complete with all our favourite children's book titles, new and classics, on the ground floor and the first floor.
SINGAPORE CENTRES
The flagship centre for Julia Gabriel Education in Singapore is located centrally in Forum The Shopping Mall, a popular family-friendly shopping mall along Orchard Road. Their facilities take an entire floor of the Forum Mall. Their second centre is located in Tampines Mall, with new centres established in 2023 in Greenwich V and Woodleigh Mall to serve the community in the areas. There are also, at present, three Julia Gabriel Preschools in Singapore, located at Mountbatten, Thomson, and Keppel Bay.
OTHER OVERSEAS CENTRES
All overseas partners – in Jakarta, and Shanghai – made the initial approach to Julia Gabriel because they wanted to replicate what Julia Gabriel does, in their home cities. Julia Gabriel Singapore continues to work with overseas partners, including Kuala Lumpur, to maintain quality control through teacher-training, seconding of teachers from Singapore to start programmes in our overseas centres, staff training, overseeing curriculum material and supplying centres with resources.
OTHER BRANDS UNDER JULIA GABRIEL EDUCATION
CHILTERN HOUSE PRESCHOOL
Named after Julia Gabriel’s parents’ home in England, Chiltern House strives to create the nurturing qualities of home – warmth, security and love, offering full childcare services within a comprehensive preschool curriculum.
Preschool marks the start of the independent experience away from home. Chiltern House prepares students for confident, successful entry into primary school. Find out more about how our multilingual preschool programme nurtures growing independence along with positive self-esteem and self-image, and instills a love of learning through a child’s earliest learning experience here.
CHENGZHU
Chengzhu evolved naturally, as a result of running Mandarin programmes at Julia Gabriel Centre for over 12 years. In January 2012, the time became right to take the next step: the creation of the Chengzhu Mandarin Education in Singapore – a wholly Chinese environment where children and their families could be immersed in both language and culture, ensuring holistic, meaningful and long lasting learning experiences. Chengzhu offers a range of Chinese enrichment programmes for all ages, from as young as 6 months to adult-accompanied programmes to school-years programmes. The Chengzhu Foundation Years Programmes, Language Learners and Chinese Cultural Arts, are currently offered as a part of Chiltern House Preschool's programmes. For more information on Chengzhu programmes, click here.
