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.
Episodes
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 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 7 - From Inner City London to Online Teaching in Greece - The Beauty of Online Schooling
On this episode, you'll meet Andromachi, who's a Maths teacher at UK Virtual School. Andromachi lives all the way in Greece, talks to kids all over the UK on a daily basis and works for a UK based school, this is the beauty of online schooling and why UK Virtual School is great for both children and teachers alike.
During this chat you'll hear some reasons why Andromachi believes that online schooling is the future of teaching.
Here are some key takeaways from this episode:
➡ You can learn from all over the country when your child enrolls at UK Virtual School.
➡ The Kids at UK Virtual School are well-behaved - Anyone can fit in!
➡ Learning at UK Virtual School gives you far more time flexibility and gives you more time to relax with your children.
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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
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Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 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 6- The UKVS Youth Council on Video Games
At UK Virtual school, it's important for everybody to be seen, heard and respected, during the episode, Syd passes podcast hosting duties over to the UKVS Youth Council, headed by Zak. They chose to speak about a subject they're all passionate about: Video games!
During this show, you'll hearing about the following:
➡ Finding glitches/cheats on a variety of Mario games.
➡ A tutorial on the holy grail to playing Minecraft: Drag clicking!
➡ A discussion about the best PC gaming equipment to buy, and their thoughts on current consoles.
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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
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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 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 5 - Cross Cultural Fusion - The Power of Online
On this episode, you'll meet Hassan, who's the Arabic teacher at UK Virtual School. One of the advantages of learning languages at an online school is we can employ native speakers who share their culture and insight as well as their language.
During this chat you'll hear about many of his experiences in dealing with people of different cultures.
Here are some key points from Hassan's chat with Syd:
➡ Different Cultures do things very differently, so it's important to understand and respect the differences, since we all live alongside people who are culturally different.
➡ We should never judge the values of other cultures. We should only learn to understand why they exist, and show respect for them.
➡ One of the advantages of learning languages at an online school is they can employ native speakers who share their culture and insight with the students, as well as their language.
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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 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 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 4 - A Day in the Life of a UKVS Student - Raif's Journey into Secondary School
During this episode, you'll meet Raif, who's a student at UK Virtual School.
During this chat with Syd, you'll hear about his time in state schools and some of his issues with the traditional model of schooling.
Here are just some of the reasons Raif loves online schooling:
➡ UKVS really DOES listen to their students, whereas he felt largely ignored at his old traditional school
➡ UKVS has helped Raif to become more focused on his work, and comfortable enough to participate and ask some brilliant questions.
➡ The UKVS day is planned carefully - with breaks to keep the students learning effectively.
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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 Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 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 3 - I'm a New Home Ed Parent - First Experiences at UKVS.
On this episode, you'll meet Ebi, who's a parent of a child currently attending UK Virtual School.
During the chat with Syd, you'll hear all about the trials that Ebi and her child have gone through in previous school experiences and why UKVS is working so well for them now.
Here are a few reasons why Ebi absolutely loves UKVS:
➡ You get more time with your child when they're at UK Virtual School - Instead of them getting home from school and spending very little time with you, you can spend as much time as they'd like with them!
➡ UKVS send recordings of lessons back to the children - This means they can look back through lessons as many times as they need, which reinforces learning.
➡ UKVS is totally inclusive has many different approaches to learning - Which means that almost ANY child will fit in and benefit.
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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 Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 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 2 - The Globe Trotting Teacher: From the Welsh Valley to the Jungle!
During this episode, you'll meet Jemma, who's an English teacher at UKVS. She LOVES being part of the team because it gives her the ability to travel the world. During her chat with Syd, you'll hear one story about a snake in a playground that you'll never forget!
As well as giving Jemma the ability to travel, she's a big convert to online schooling for these reasons:
➡ Students are more focused, as there aren't any classroom distractions
➡ At UKVS, teachers are subject specialists, even for primary age students
➡ The students and their families have time flexibility
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 Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 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 1 - Online Schooling in a Post Covid World
During this episode, Syd runs though just a handful of the advantages of online schooling, even when Covid lockdowns are a thing of the past!
➡ It's brilliantly flexible and accommodates families who want to travel, and provides consistency for students.
➡ The worlds BEST and most inspirational teachers are available to you - This is seldom the case with personal tutoring.
➡ If your kids suffer with anxiety or have had traumatic experiences in education before, or have SEN needs, they will feel safe and secure within an online school, as they can be based at home.
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 Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 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.
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, there's plenty of content already on this podcast feed. Season 2 launches on Monday July 18th, 2022. 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 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
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.
#14 The Struggles of Handwriting
Strategies to improve your Child's Handwriting
This is a practically helpful episode of the podcast. If you're concerned about your child's handwriting, Syd will give you strategies and tactics to help them improve. Here are some of the key points:
- Don't tackle it head on - If your child sits and continually writes, they won't improve and they'll find it boring!
- There's a good chance that their poor handwriting is connected to a lack of fine motor skills development - Syd explains during this show how you can check to see if this is the issue.
- Great ways to help your child's fine motor skills improve includes; sewing, paper weaving, tying knots and playing with lego.
Download the “Ideas to Improve Handwriting” pdf from: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/podcast/se01-14-the-struggles-of-handwriting-strategies-to-improve-your-childs-handwriting/
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 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
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.
#13 Teacher by Day, Astronomer by Night
Summer Hobby of a Physics Teacher
Aaron is a Maths and Physics teacher at UKVS and has a passion for all things Astronomy. During this chat, you'll hear about his Astrogazing evenings, the importance of being an authentic person as a teacher, and how the teachers of UK Virtual School learn from one another's teaching styles.
During his chat with Syd, you'll hear that:
- Previously when Aaron worked in a traditional environment, he'd teach Physics to kids who didn't want to do the subject, but HAD TO in order to pass the exams and move on to the next level. The private model proves more fulfilling for the student and teacher, because they're both because of their shared interest in the subject.
- Aaron finds that interaction with kids is actually better when teaching online, over than face to face. He was initially pleasantly surprised by this. Because the kids are at home, and happy with their surroundings they tend to be more communicative.
- Aaron continues to be excited about teaching because his material is constantly evolving and growing, whether it's to kids at UKVS, or to a crowd of people at his Astrogazing evenings. He also loves working with UK Virtual School because his style of teaching is celebrated and he's not told to teach in a particular way.
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