Staff Profiles
Year 1 – Year 2
At St Christopher’s, our dedicated and well-qualified team of staff put your children at the heart of everything we do.
Year 1 – Year 2
Jennifer Smith
Year 1 JS
Jennifer is originally from Glasgow in Scotland. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Degree in Business Information Technology from the University of Paisley and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Sunderland University. Prior to obtaining her PGCE, Jennifer worked for 15 years in the Finance and IT sector in Hong Kong, before deciding to relocate to Penang. It was during this time that she decided to pursue her passion of working with children and began volunteering as a Teaching Assistant in a Primary School in Glasgow and then in the Early Years department at SCIPS. Jennifer completed her PGCE training here at the school working in both Early Years and Key Stage 2. She is very excited to continue her professional development in Education and is entering her third year teaching Year 1 at SCIPS.
Jennifer lives in Penang with her daughter Charlotte, who is now in Year 4 at SCIPS.
Cheryl David
Year 1 CD
Cheryl was born and raised in Penang, Malaysia. She spent three years obtaining a Bachelor degree in Management from Universiti Sains Malaysia before realising that her true passion was working with young children and that she wanted to be a teacher.
She joined St. Christopher’s in 2003 and taught Reception for the first 8 years of her career. She then moved up to teach a Year 1 class and continues to work in the Infants section until now.
Cheryl is married to Aaron and they have a little boy named Xander and a baby girl named Kaylee.
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Beth Harris
Year 1 BH
English Coordinator
English Coordinator
Beth is originally from Leamington Spa, England. She first realised her passion for teaching when she took a gap year working for a dance company, teaching dance to a range of ages. Inspired by this, she went on to get a Bachelor or arts degree in Dance at the University of Leeds. Whilst studying, her desire to travel was ignited when she applied to volunteer for an overseas charity, building a school and teaching in Africa. Beth then went onto obtain her PGCE from the University of Northampton and worked in Rugby, England for 4 years teaching in Years 1 and 2.
After visiting Penang on holiday, Beth fell in love with the island and decided to combine her love of teaching and travel. Beth enjoys exploring, adventures and cooking and is very much looking forward to being part of the SCIPS family.
Alicja Lopatto
Year 2 AL
Alicia is originally from Poland where she spent 5 years studying at Humanities and Economics University in Lodz, English major, before spending 3 years teaching English in Primary Schools in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She moved to Malaysia in 2010 where she has been living ever since, having joined the SCIPS family in 2012 as an Infants teacher.
Apart from teaching, Alicia’s biggest passion is music which she loves arranging and performing.
Alicia is married, has 2 dogs and has recently expanded her family by a beautiful daughter- Anelle Joy.
Alice Morgan
Year 2 AM
Alice is originally from London, England. She trained at the University of Chichester studying Performing Arts before traveling through South East Asia and living in Australia for a year. There she helped run a children’s activity camp on Great Keppel Island. On returning to the UK she completed a PGCE at the University of Roehampton and worked in London teaching for 4 years. Alice fell in love with Malaysia when she spent one of her summer holidays visiting a friend on Tioman Island and seeing various parts of the country.
Alice enjoys exploring, socialising and fitness and is very much looking forward to being part of the SCIPS family.
Jasmin Dhillon
Year 2 JD
Jasmin currently lives in Penang with her husband, a senior engineering manager, son Randhir 22, Inesh 17, daughter Tasha 15 and their pet Shih Tzu, Benz. She was raised in Ipoh, Perak and graduated high school from Main Convent Ipoh and later joined the American Degree Program in KDU College Penang. Completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Jasmin has been teaching in St. Christopher’s for 11 years. She has been a Year 1 teacher for 7 years and is currently enjoying her third year as a Year 2 teacher.