The School Show by WhichSchoolAdvisor.com

In this week's episode of The School Show, we explore the subject of education for girls, with our host Jenny Mollon and guests Lisa Johnson of the American Academy Dubai , Navin Valrani of Arcadia Education and special guest Anoushka Kapur, Head Girl of GEMS Modern Academy.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that a career in the creative industries is no longer on option, post-pandemic. Nothing could be further from the truth!

In this week’s episode of The School Show, we talk to the experts about educating boys. Our host, Jenny Mollon, is joined by three special guests, Clare Turnbull of the RGS Dubai, Bill Delbrugge of Dunecrest American School and Sara Hedger of GEMS Education. Our three educators share their insights in to the fascinating topic of educating boys and raising the next generation of men.

Our guests help us to understand the outlook for education in 2021 in two key areas (examinations and student wellbeing) as well as sharing with us their thoughts on seeing many schools return to distance learning as cases of Covid-19 rise across the UAE.   We ask what students facing their exams should expect this year, what those applying for university in 2021 should consider and how both student and staff morale is holding up in these complicated times.

As we all well know, all UAE school children spent at least some of this school year studying at home. For many parents, this period gave us a little better understanding of how we can gauge the progress our children are making at school. But what else is there to know when it comes to understanding progress and how can we be sure that are children are where they should be in terms of their schooling? Matthew Tompkins, Principal-CEO of GEMS FirstPoint School and highly experienced UK school leader joined our hosts in the studio to answer all your progress related questions.

With the first term of school life during the Covid19 pandemic now well under way, we talk to 3 special guests about how their schools have looked to support the wellbeing of children, staff and parents in this testing and complicated time. Our special guests Esra Uzsayilir, Head of Psychological Services at The Arbor School, Asma Ahmad, School Counsellor and Wellbeing Lead at Horizon English School and Monica Valrani, CEO of Ladybird Nursery and Early Learning Centre talk to Jenny and Carli about all aspects of child wellbeing at school or nursery, with a special focus on how their settings have adapted to the Covid19 mandated restrictions.

WSA School Show Episode 3 by WhichSchoolAdvisor.com

We welcome the start of the new academic year with the second episode of WhichSchoolAdvisor.com’s new podcast, The School Show – and this week it’s all about back to school. Listen to The School Show here, on Apple Podcasts, or on SoundCloud.

The first episode of The School Show, WhichSchoolAdvisor.com’s brand new podcast, saw our Senior Editor, Jenny Mollon, chat to Bede Higgins, Principal of Kings’ School Dubai and Liam Cullinan, Head of Secondary at Nord Anglia International School, Dubai about all the big education news stories of summer 2020.