Tanglin Trust School
Tanglin Trust School (TTS) is an international school in Singapore that runs as a non-profit organisation. Established in 1925, Tanglin Trust School provides British-based learning with an international perspective for students aged 3–18. There are approximately 2,800 students at Tanglin, with 750 in the Infant School, 750 in the Junior School and 1,300 in the Senior School and Sixth Form. Each school has its own building and facilities within the one campus. This School provides a British Currciculum that offers the IGCSE Curriculum in Years 10 and 11 and is the only school to offer both A-Level and IB Diploma Programme, IB Diploma in the Sixth Form Approximately 60–70% of students in the school are British passport holders, however British people only make up about 30%-35%. As of May 2014, 54 nationalities are represented. Since 2020, the school has continuously been recognized by The Schools Index as one of the word's leading 125 schools and one of the top 15 in the Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anne Griffith-Jones
Anne Laugharne Phillips Griffith-Jones Order of the British Empire, OBE (15 April 1891 – 28 November 1973) was a British educationalist who founded Singapore's Tanglin Preparatory School, which is now known as the Tanglin Trust School. Early years Born in London, England, Griffith-Jones was the youngest of 11 children and daughter of a Welsh people, Welsh barrister Griffth Jones and Anne Laugharne Phillips, who were married in 1873. (Her brother, John, was father of Mervyn Griffith-Jones, the prosecuting barrister [later judge] involved in the 1960 R v Penguin Books Ltd, prosecution of Penguin Books for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' and the 1963 trial of Stephen Ward relating to the Profumo affair.) She, along with many women of her time, had no formal qualifications. During World War I, she served as a welfare officer at a munitions factory in Wales, for which she was awarded an Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE. In 1923, G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Key Stage
A key stage is a stage of the state education system in England, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar setting the educational knowledge expected of students at various ages. The term is also used in some other autonomous territories such as Hong Kong, and countries such as Australia (some states), although the ages at which each key stage applies differ between countries. Key Stages in England are often abbreviated as KS (ex. KS1). Each key stage consists of a certain range of school years so there is no key stage for higher education. In Wales, the new curriculum replaces key stages with "progression steps" at ages 5, 8, 11, 14 and 16, "relating to broad expectations of a child’s progress". Stages In England, the stages are as follows: The national curriculum sets out targets to be achieved in various subject areas at each of the Key Stages. The Key Stages were first defined in the Education Reform Act 1988 to accompany the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Education In Singapore
Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Education (MOE). It controls the development and administration of state schools receiving Welfare (financial aid), taxpayers' funding, but also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect of private schools. For both private and state schools, there are variations in the extent of autonomy in their curriculum, scope of taxpayers' aid and funding, Tuition payments, tuition burden on the students, and admission policy. Education spending usually makes up about 20 per cent of the annual Government budget, national budget, which subsidises state education and government-assisted private education for Singaporean citizens and funds the Edusave programme. Non-citizens bear significantly higher costs of educating their children in Singapore government and government-aided schools. In 2000, the Compulsory Education Act Codification (law), codified compulsory education for children of primary sc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Wong (ethnobotanist)
James Alexander L. S. Wong (born 26 May 1981) is a British ethnobotanist, television presenter and garden designer. He is best known for presenting the award-winning series '' Grow Your Own Drugs'' and the BBC and PBS series ''Secrets of Your Food'', as well as being a panelist on the Radio 4 series '' Gardeners' Question Time''. Early life Born at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London to a Bornean father and a Welsh mother from Newport, Wong was brought up in Singapore and Malaysia. Upon being awarded an academic scholarship, he returned to the UK in 1999 to study at the University of Bath, where he took a BSc in Business Administration. He then trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the University of Kent, gaining a Master of Science degree in ethnobotany, graduating with distinction. Career At the age of 27, Wong became the presenter of his own television series ''Grow Your Own Drugs''. The award-winning BBC Two series demonstrates a number of natural re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metro (British Newspaper)
''Metro'' is a British freesheet tabloid newspaper published by DMG Media. The newspaper is distributed from Monday to Friday mornings on public places in areas of England, Wales and Scotland (excluding public holidays and the period between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day inclusive). Copies are also handed out to pedestrians. In 2018, Metro overtook ''The Sun'' to become the most circulated newspaper in the United Kingdom. ''Metro'' is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), part of the same media group as the ''Daily Mail'' and ''The Mail on Sunday'', but in some areas ''Metro'' operates as a franchise with a local newspaper publisher, rather than as a wholly owned concern. While being a sister paper to the conservative ''Daily Mail'', the newspaper has never endorsed any political party or candidate, and says it takes a neutral political stance in its reporting. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mimi Slinger
Mimi Slinger (born 6 February 2003) is an English actress and model, known for portraying the role of Leanna Cavanagh on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. In 2021, she was signed to Storm Management. Early and personal life Slinger was born on 6 February 2003 in England. At a few months old, her family moved to Singapore where she grew up. She attended the Tanglin Trust School, where she began performing. Then at the age of eleven, Slinger and her family moved back to England. Slinger then began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, as well as attending weekend classes at ArtsEd. Since 2021, Slinger has dated singer and television presenter, HRVY. In April 2023, they made a red carpet appearance at the Malfy Gin VIP launch party. Career Slinger began singing at the age of six and later discovered musical theatre. She made her stage debut in 2014, where she appeared in a production of ''The Sound of Music'', where she portrayed the role of Brigitta von Trapp. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jacob Fonseca
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother Esau, Jacob's paternal grandparents are Abraham and Sarah and his maternal grandfather is Bethuel, whose wife is not mentioned. He is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Then, following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants migrated to neighbouring Egypt through the efforts of his son Joseph, who had become a confidant of the pharaoh. After dying in Egypt at the age of 147, he is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. Per the Hebrew Bible, Jacob's progeny were beget by four women: his wives (and maternal cousins) Leah and Rachel; and his concubines Bilhah and Zilpah. His sons were, in order of their b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Robson
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou International Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blair McDonough
Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981), is an Australian actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera ''Neighbours''. He first shot to fame the age of 19 in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the inaugural season of the reality TV series '' Big Brother''. He has since appeared on a number of other reality TV shows. Early life McDonough is the youngest son of four boys, born to Kathy, an Irish mother. McDonough spent much of his childhood living in Singapore, where his parents were working, where he was educated at Tanglin Trust School and the United World College of South East Asia. In his mid-teens, he left Singapore and moved back to Australia with his family. They settled in the Melbourne suburb of Plenty. McDonough finished his schooling at Eltham College in Research. Blair and his brothers Wade, Gavin and Ryan were members of the band Snubrocket (later renamed Fifth Avenue), which was one of 30 that appeared in the musi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stuart Grimes
Stuart Grimes (born 4 April 1974) is a Scottish former international rugby player and captain. Grimes' previous clubs include Padova, Border Reivers, Newcastle Falcons, Caledonia Reds, Glasgow Warriors, Watsonians and Edinburgh University RFC. He was previously Newcastle Falcons forwards coach. Whilst at Newcastle he started in both the 2001 and 2004 Anglo-Welsh Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ... finals as Newcastle emerged victorious from both. References External linksStuart Grimes inducted into Aberdeen Hall of Fame 2010 (News Article) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romola Garai
Romola Sadie Garai ( ; born 6 August 1982) is a Hong Kong-born British actress and film director. Known for her extensive work on stage and screen, she often acts in period films. Her early film roles include '' Nicholas Nickleby'' (2002), '' I Capture the Castle'' (2003), '' Inside I'm Dancing'' (2004), and '' Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'' (2004). She has gained prominence for her performances in the critically acclaimed costume dramas such as '' Vanity Fair'' (2004), ''As You Like It'' (2006), ''Amazing Grace'' (2007), ''Atonement'' (2007), '' Glorious 39'' (2009), and ''Suffragette'' (2015). She is also known for her portrayal of Emma Woodhouse in the BBC series '' Emma'' (2009) for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She received a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for the BBC Two series ''The Crimson Petal and the White'' (2011). From 2011 to 2012, she played Bel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ming Bridges
Yee Ming Innes Bridges () (born 5 November 1992) is a British-Singaporean singer-songwriter, actress and model. Early life and education Ming was born in Australia to a British father and a Chinese Singaporean mother. They moved to Singapore when she was six months old. Growing up, she lived in Singapore for 16 years and studied at the Tanglin Trust School before moving to England. At 17, she received a performing arts scholarship to study at Wellington College, where she earned her International Baccalaureate diploma in 2011. She briefly attended King's College London, studying business management before deciding to defer her studies in pursuit of a music career. Acting and modelling career In 2006, at age 13, Bridges won ''Teenage'' magazine's Teenage Icon singing competition. In 2008, she played a lead role, Roxy, on the kids detective drama ''R.E.M.: The Next Generation'', which aired in Singapore on the Okto channel's Kids Central,Tan Kee Yun"She has Taiwan in her sights," ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |