UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
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5 days ago
5 days ago
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 7 - GCSE Exam Success - First UKVS Cohort!
In this episode you'll hear from Syd, the founder of UK Virtual School, on GCSE Results day... And she is SO proud of her first UKVS Cohort of students for doing so well in their exams, so today she discusses the future of UKVS.
Important points to take from this episode:
➡ The Cohort overperformed Syd's highest expectations and she couldn't be more proud, averaging a grade of 7.
➡ Growth Mindset runs much more rampant in UKVS than a traditional school.
➡ Home education absolutely works brilliantly, and UKVS has proven that their services are fantastic.
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More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 6 - Home Education Vs Traditional Schooling - Mother and Daughter reflections
Iokasti has been at UKVS for 2 years, she attended traditional schooling until year 8, but didn't enjoy the format of secondary school at all... Whereas preferred a traditional schooling setting to online, so Iokasti wanted to discuss the differences.
3 Big takeaways from this mother, daughter discussion:
➡ Schooling means different things for different people.
➡ Traditional schooling is more strict, while UKVS offers flexibility.
➡ Revision techniques for online & traditional schools largely depend on the person.
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More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 5 - From the Big Bang to Physics in the classroom; The real truth about Physics
On this episode, Syd is joined by Andrea, a Physics Teacher at UK Virtual School. They discuss various topics in the realm of physics like aliens, the big bang and a whole bunch of other really cool stuff! They also discuss how Andrea found her love of physics in the first place.
3 Key things that Andrea outlines:
➡ In physics you have to have a logical mind, you have to dig deeper than many people would!
➡ Physics doesn't always have to be serious, some of the most "serious" physics topics are still SO much fun to learn about.
➡ Curiosity is the drive to want to learn physics.
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More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 4 - The 53 Days Challenge - Meeting families from around the Globe
On this episode, Syd discusses her challenge to meet 53 families in 53 days... It didn't go quite as according to plan but she did meet and record some of her meetings.
3 Key points to take away from this episode:
➡ Being online and talking to people in real life isn't THAT much different.
➡ It's surprising to see what people look like outside of just their face from time to time because of our perception of people.
➡ Syd looks to try and spend time with every single family that comes across UK Virtual School, even if they're not sure if they'll attend yet.
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More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 3 - Exploring Well-being & Happiness In Times of change and transition
On this episode you'll hear from Ruth, a Positive Psychology Teacher at UK Virtual School.
Ruth's passionate about making a real difference in the lives of the children she works with.
Here are 3 key points Ruth discusses about well-being and happiness in times of change and transition:
➡ Children need to have an outlet to be able to talk about the changes they're going through.
➡ Kids shouldn't have to just deal with change around them, there needs to be support and understanding.
➡ It should be normal for people to come from different places, and the kids who come from different locations should be given extra support, if they need it.
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More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 2 - World Learning vs Home Learning Daily Routines with Dillon and Bradley
On this episode you'll hear from Dillon and Bradley, 2 students at UK Virtual School with very different lifestyles.
With one travelling abroad all the time and the other staying put in England, their routines are really different, but they always find the time to make it to their classes!
Here are some key takeaways from this episode:
➡ Online Schooling is accessible no matter where you are in the world!
➡ UK Virtual School offer some really interesting subjects that other normal schools don't have available.
➡ Hearing what other children find interesting about the subjects that they're learning about in UKVS.
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More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 3, Episode 1 - Why would you choose UK Virtual School - What makes us different?
It's nearly the start of another academic year, and you might be looking for a new school, so what makes UK Virtual School stand above the rest?
➡ The communication between parent and school is like no other and gives you flexibility.
➡ We offer a wide variety of options so that every child can learn in the way that they WANT to learn.
➡ We REALLY care about your children, Syd herself will meet every single set of parents and will truly understand your pain points.
Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.
More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Here's a brief trailer to give you some insight into some of the upcoming shows. If you're new here, and haven't yet listened to Season One or Two, there's plenty of content already on this podcast feed. Season 3 launches on Monday August 7th, 2023. Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode.
More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 12 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 2, Episode 14 - How to Homeschool - The 101 Guide to Kickstarting Learning at Home
On this episode you'll be hearing from the founder of UK Virtual School, Syd.
Syd has 5 top tips for you today to optimise your homeschooling:
➡ Create a structure - Something as simple as a timetable for your child can change both yours and their mindset.
➡ You don't HAVE to follow the curriculum - branch out and have fun with your learning and teaching.
➡ If you're not good at teaching a subject, outsource to someone who is, or learn at the same pace as your child.
➡ Slowly build up a network of people who you can trust to help you home educate - find families who have the same goals as you.
➡ Make sure you have a vision of where you're going - This will help you follow the path to that destination.
Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode.
More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
Season 2, Episode 13 - Modern Life of a Musician - Touring Europe and Teaching
On this episode, you'll hear from Denis, a musician AND music teacher at UK Virtual School.
Denis talks to Syd about his time in Europe and how he spent 20 days touring the continent and how he got into that position in the first place. Denis had previously worked at an online school but was drawn to UK Virtual School after talking to one of our teachers.
Here are 3 Key points Denis discusses during the episode:
➡ Denis believes a teacher's job is to find and nurture the music in every child. - He does this at UKVS!
➡ Denis' ambitions are very different to normal ambitions set at state schools.
➡ UKVS is a getaway, not only for the kids but also for the teacher!
Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode.
More about Syd (Our Founder)
Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.
Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:
💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com
📩 Reach out to us: info@ukvirtualschool.com
🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool
🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202