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
Sunitha Udani
Year 1 SU
Sunita is originally from Penang, Malaysia. She was a student here at St Christopher’s International Primary School for three years before moving off to a local school.
Sunita gained her teaching experience at St. Christopher’s International Primary School seven years ago as a volunteer and support teacher as well as an English as an Additional Language teacher for the Nursery classes. In September, 2014 she was hired as a full-time Nursery class teacher. She is an experienced teacher with a Degree in Education.
Sunita is married with one son, Dhaaryan
Mei Kin
Year 1 MK
Mei Kin is originally from Penang, Malaysia. She has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and Management, major in Economics, from Lincoln University in Canterbury, New Zealand. After graduation, she worked in the financial sector for a number of years. Mei Kin always have a passion for teaching, having tutored young children for many years, she decided to pursue her dream to be a teacher. She gained her teaching experience in St. Christopher’s International Primary School and obtained her teaching qualification, PGCE, from University of Sunderland, UK.
Mei Kin has been an Early Years teacher in SCIPS for the past 11 years, having taught both in Reception and Nursery. Mei Kin is married and has two children, Ryan and Alicia.
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Beth Byrne
Year 1 BB
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 of 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 keeping fit! In July 2018, Beth married Ashley Byrne, also a teacher at SCIPS.
Lianne David
Year 2 LD
Lianne is from Penang, Malaysia and has a degree in English and Mass Communication from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). This is her third time teaching at SCIPS having taught from 2000 to 2007 as a PE teacher and then in the Early Years department. She then went to teach at Brambletye School in the UK until 2011 where she worked as a Reception and Year 2 teacher. On her return to SCIPS in 2011 she taught Year 2 before taking time off to have her two children, Jake and Matilda, who are now students at SCIPS.
She enjoys sports, musicals, art and travel as well as spending time with her family!
Following a maternity role at SCIPS in 2017/18, Lianne is very excited to be returning to SCIPS as a Year 2 teacher.
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 enjoying working at SCIPS and discovering the beauty Penang has to offer.
Chloe Walker
Year 2 CW
Chloe comes from Kent in the south east of England. After A levels, Chloe went to Bath Spa University to study Business management and media communications but soon realised this was not her dream. She decided to change and completed a Teaching English as a Foreign Language course (TEFL). This led to Chloe spending 6 months in Barcelona, Spain teaching English to Spanish children, being an au pair and volunteering at an International school. This was when she realised her love for teaching and traveling. She returned to the UK and completed a 3 year Primary Education BA hons degree at Canterbury Christchurch University in the historical cathedral city of Canterbury.
She spent her free time being a camp monitor in Spanish summer camps, teaching English in Hong Kong and traveling through Asia. Chloe then taught Year 3 in England before relocating in 2015 to Madrid, Spain to teach Year 2 children in an International School. She loves keeping fit, exploring, trying new things and eating! She cannot wait to move to Penang and discover the beautiful island and its people and become part of the SCIPS family.