The Garden Pod

SEL: Amy Marsh talks with Noriza Idrus, SEL coordinator in the secondary school, about the important role parents and other adults play in developing healthy social and emotional competencies in children.

Amy Marsh and Damian Graizevsky will be discussing the research around the importance of sleep and how to get more of it. This podcast is aimed at parents although it will be relevant to anybody and everybody.

Amy Marsh, Director of Professional Learning, and Roger Fortune, Whole School Librarian, discuss supporting children in developing their reading. What is a genre, and how can you use genre to help support children in their reading? How can you help your child choose a suitable book they will enjoy? And how do you know if their reading is improving? This podcast is aimed at parents and focuses on p...

Nicola Nelson, Head of Primary and Neil Bowker, Deputy Head of Primary in conversation about the new curriculum that is launching in the Primary School in August 2021.

In this podcast, Nicola speaks with Maybelline Wong. Maybelline is a professional dancer and Head of Babel Dance studio here in KL. She has had an amazing career to date, working as a professional dancer and teacher. She is a strong advocate of dancing for empowerment and enjoyment and wants to encourage positive messages about body image and confidence in women.

Women in Leadership #3 Navigating Life as Mumpreneur with Malisse Tan 'Welcome to our Women in Leadership podcasts*, a monthly networking series for women to connect, listen, learn, and be inspired by a wide range of amazing female role models. In our latest podcast, we talk with Malisse Tan, GIS alumni, as she shares about herself, her career, and the life lessons she has learned along the way. S...

'Welcome to our Intercultural Learning Podcast Series through the GardenPod*, a series for all members of our community - educators, parents and students alike - to connect, listen and explore issues relating to global citizenship, belonging and learning. In our first podcast of the series, we talk with David Whitney and Nicola Nelson, and discuss what we mean by global citizenship, consider if te...

Cheryl Joannides talks to Nicola Nelson about her exciting journey working for Estee Lauder for the past 25 years which has included working in South Africa, Singapore, the UK and now here in Malaysia. The conversation covers 'faking it until you make it'; the importance of work life harmonization and how to be a servant leader. We also talk about how we have all had to be more agile in our profes...

Welcome to our Woman in Leadership Podcast Series, a monthly networking series for women to connect, listen, learn and be inspired by a wide range of amazing female role models. In our first podcast of the series, we talk with Shikeen Halibulah about her childhood and educational journey through an intercultural backdrop, how she became the CEO of a refugee school in her spare time, and strategies...

Continuous Learning : Overcoming challenges - motivation and engagement

Our GIS panel of speakers spanning our GIS community participated in a Eurocham BizTalk Webinar, which examined how we have responded, as a community, to the Covid 19 Pandemic. This session focused on the changing landscape over the last 7 months, and looked at our lessons learned, challenges faced and successes achieved!

Robert Stitch joins Bel and JD on the 'Growning Pains' segment of #TheLITEBreakfast radio looking at how can we prepare our student to be future-ready in this changing world

Chris Koelma shares a Podcast showcasing our orchestra.

Intended Audience: Parents In this podcast we will be discussing continuous learning, the continuous learning website that Garden International has produced and the help you can get to support your child at home. Link: https://sites.google.com/gardenschool.edu.my/gis-continuous-learning/

Audience: Parents, students and teachers interesting in higher education. Description: Our Higher Education team discuss how you can choose a university and the support we provide in school UK: The UniGuide: www.theuniguide.co.uk USA: College Board Big Future College Search: bigfuture.collegeboard.org/ Netherlands: StudyFinder - www.studyfinder.nl Canada: EduCanada: www.educanada.ca/programs-progr...

Guest(s): Damian Graizevsky Presenter: James Abela Producer: David James Intended audience: Parents & teachers interested in research Description: In the book, The Science of Learning, Bradley Busch and Edward Watson have identified the most influential and important findings around education and cognitive psychology. The book suggests what the practical steps are to help your child learn more eff...

Guest(s): Carlota Viguer Serina Presenter: James Abela Producer: David James Intended Audience: parents & teachers supporting home reading Themes Explored: In this podcast, we will explore the importance of reading to and with children and the advantages of doing so. Links The Big Read: https://soundcloud.com/thegardenpod/25-sara-sheldon-the-big-read Save The Children Reading Aloud video: https://...

Guest(s): Michael Riding & Claudia Campbell-Pegg Presenter: James Abela Producer: David James Intended Audience: parents & teachers interested in home-learning, inclusion and English as an additional language Themes explored/blurb: The most commonly asked question by parents of students we work with is “how can we help our child at home?” Therefore, the premise of the podcast is to provide parents...

Guest(s): David James Presenter: James Abela Intended Audience: teachers interested in reflective practice and strategic development of teachers Themes explored/blurb: In this short interview with David James we look at how professional learning works in Garden International and the vision behind this. GIS Teaching and Learning - https://www.gardenschool.edu.my/teaching-learning

Guest(s): Hector Cook Presenters: James Abela and Mark Solomons Intended Audience: Geography Teachers, teachers interested in community events, GIS parents, project based learning and teachers interested in coding games. Themes explored/blurb: In this podcast we discuss 1 use plastics and the school’s year long campaign to reduce its use. This has culminated in a green event that will be a showcas...

Guest(s): EconplusDal Intended Audience: Teachers and anyone interested in flipping Themes explored/blurb: Flipping learning, using videos and economic education Presenter: Mark Solomons and James Abela Useful notes and links: EconplusDal’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/EconplusDal/playlists EconplusDal’s twitter account: https://twitter.com/econplusdal

Interviewee: Dr. Hayley Wood Interviewer: James A Audience: Higher Education advisors, 6th form students Description: Learn about the process of applying to US Universities and how taking A-levels actually gives you a substantial advantage. Useful Link: https://www.collegeboard.org/

Guest(s): Jack Campbell, Isabel Richards Intended Audience: Sixth form students, parents and teachers interested in higher education. Themes explored/blurb: Learn about what it takes to get into the top 2 universities in the UK and what life is like in these universities. Presenter: James Abela Useful notes and links: Filling in your UCAS application: https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-to...

Interviewees: Zoe Griffiths, Amy Marsh & Urvi Interviewer: Tine Audience: school leaders, teachers, students Description: A little chat with Zoe Griffiths from ThinMaths and Head of Maths Amy Marsh dicussing women in stem. You might also enjoy: https://soundcloud.com/thegardenpod/22-code-week-female-coders

Guest(s): Rachel Gibbons and Vanessa Lee (Yr13 students) Intended Audience: Everyone - especially students and parents Themes explored/blurb: Sleep - the most underrated recipe for success Presenter: Mark Solomons and Tine Pendred Useful notes and links: “Why We Sleep” - Matthew Walker Youtube Talk - Matthew Walker https://www.calm.com/ & https://www.headspace.com/ - recommended by Rachel https://...