EtonHouse Conversations

The Chinese language is increasingly being recognised as a life skill and an essential communication tool. Many parents now want their children to be effectively bilingual in both English and Mandarin. We all know the benefits of being bilingual, but getting started and sustaining the interest level in a second language; particularly Mandarin, can be daunting. How do we raise children who are truly bilingual, and how do we choose a curriculum that works for our children?

We speak to Ms Zhao Beiyan, Director of the Mandarin Department in EtonHouse International School Broadrick. Beiyan has been with EtonHouse for 19 years and is key to the development of an award-winning successful bilingual curriculum. Over the years, Beiyan and her team of Mandarin teachers have nurtured many cohorts of truly bilingual students who can confidently communicate in both Mandarin and English.

In this podcast, we speak to Anastasia Edwards, Principal of EtonHouse Claymore. Anastasia has been teaching at EtonHouse Claymore since the pre-school first opened. Her pedagogy is deeply influenced by the Reggio Emilia approach. She has attended a study trip in Reggio Emilia and has visited the schools there. She believes the key values behind this approach continue to inform our thinking at EtonHouse. Let’s find out more from Anastasia.

In our chat today, we have a special guest from New York. Asheena Baez is a principal and an Internationally renowned Mindful leadership Coach, Curriculum Developer, and Educational Consultant. Asheena is one of two Contentment Foundation Emissaries to the United States, where she is committed to scaling the Four Pillars of Wellbeing across the country.

Speaking to Asheena is Yi Xian Ng, the Executive Director of EtonHouse who is a strong advocate of the mindfulness practice and has led the way in building this practice within the organisation.

With the reopening of schools in the upcoming week, we understand the many concerns and challenges you face having to ease your child back into school after the long break and amidst the COVID19 situation. In this podcast, we speak to our colleagues-Renee Sim, Amanda Cho and Bipasha Minocha to address some of factors that will help make this transition easier.

In this podcast, we address some questions regarding the IB diploma programme as parents decide the next educational path for their child. We speak to Alec Jiggins, Principal at EtonHouse International School, Orchard. Alec is not only an IB Consultant and Council of International Schools (CIS) team member but has also led the Orchard campus to its IB Diploma authorisation.

In this chat with her son Ng Yi Xian, Executive Director of EtonHouse, Mrs Ng shares words of encouragement to the EtonHouse community amidst the COVID 19 pandemic. As she sheds light on dealing with challenges during difficult times, Mrs Ng hopes to spread positivity and comfort as we battle through these times of changes and uncertainties together.

This year in the face of the pandemic, we have seen collective effort across schools and global communities to build their wellbeing and contentment practice. One school, in particular, stands out, having focussed on this practice since its inception in 2018, way before this pandemic impacted our lives. Middleton International School (MIS) has been a trailblazer in this regard and went on to collaborate with the Contentment Foundation in the US to make its practice even more strategic and research-based.

In this podcast, we speak to Atima Joshi, Principal at Middleton, who has been a champion and a leader of this practice in her school and community.

This Mother's Day, as we celebrate the selfless superwomen in our lives, we find inspiration in Mrs. Ng Gim Choo Founder of EtonHouse International Education Group, a mother of three and now a grandmother to a pair twins on her parenting journey and raising successful children while also growing a successful brand.

HBL is one of the most popular and well-used acronyms today! Unheard of a few months ago, today, it is a reality for most of us- children, teachers, and parents alike. We speak our pedagogue Denise Teo on the myths surrounding HBL.

Denise has 16 years of experience in education, including being a teacher and principal at EtonHouse. As a part of our pedagogy team, she now works closely with our schools to support the #EtonHouseHBL programme. She is also a mum to two boys aged 8 and 3!

In this podcast, we discuss how Educators today are working towards a strategic implementation of wellbeing in schools to transform the way teaching and learning take place. Middleton International School (MIS) has collaborated with the Contentment Foundation in the US to ensure that the school community proactively works towards developing mindfulness and well-being. We speak to Ng Yi Xian, the Executive Director of EtonHouse who is a strong advocate of this practice and Matthew Scott, Vice Principal at Middleton who has taken the lead at MIS to weave this practice into the curriculum.