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CPD UPDATE

Issue 13

November 2017

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CPD Executive Committee Social Media Update from the Chair CPD Leaders’ Conference

Community Learning Conference

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CPD Executive Committee

Region A Jackie Houghton Bangkok Patana School, Thailand jaho@patana.ac.th

Region C Eleanor Loran Discovery Bay International School, Hong Kong eloran@dbis.edu.hk

David Lousley Shrewsbury International School, Thailand david.l@shrewsbury.ac.th

Neil Tamlyn North London Collegiate School, Jeju, South Korea ntamlyn@nlcsjeju.kr

Region B Nicholas Sheehan Jerudong International School, Brunei nicholas.sheehan@jis.edu.bn

FOBISIA HQ Daphne Wong, CPD Coordinator & Editor CPD Update daphne.wong@fobisia.org

Benyna Richards Tanglin Trust School, Singapore Benyna.Richards@tts.edu.sg

Tania Donoghue, Executive Officer tania.donoghue@fobisia.org

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Update from the Chair Welcome to the new school year. It looks to be an exciting one in terms of the range of professional learning opportunities that have already taken place across the Federation and those yet to come.

The CPD Executive met in late August to review the strategic areas for development and the calendar of CPD opportunities for the year ahead. Benyna Richards from Tanglin Trust School joined the executive for the first time as the new representative for Region B. The Executive meeting was very productive and the face-to-face Regional meetings that followed in September equally successful. The induction programme for new CPD Leaders developed by Executive members Eleanor Loran (Region C) and David Lousley (Region A) was a great addition to the Regional meetings, and the ‘buddy system’ to support CPD Leaders taking on the role for the first time well received.

The following strategic areas will continue to be a focus for this academic year: • The delivery of the National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) for school leaders through the Institute of Education (IoE), University College London (UCL) • Development of the FOBISIA Portal so it becomes a vibrant online professional community for FOBISIA teachers, middle and senior leaders and head teachers.

Last year saw the introduction of the NPQ for Senior Leaders and Facilitator training for the NPQML and NPQSL programmes at Bangkok Patana School and the delivery of the second cohort of the NPQ for Head teachers at Harrow International School, Bangkok. Based on the positive feedback from the participants we want to continue to provide these quality leadership courses for the FOBISIA community. However, there have been some challenges, which we have been working to overcome. The NPQ programmes have undergone some significant changes and while the IoE are able to deliver the programmes in UK, we are waiting to hear whether the option of facilitating the qualifications overseas is still possible. The CPD Executive are keen to pursue this option and have been working with colleagues from International Schools in Europe and the IoE to lobby the Department for Education (DfE).

Daphne Wong (CPD Coordinator) and Nicholas Sheehan (Vice Chair of the CPD Executive & Representative for Region B) have spent a considerable amount of time and energy working on the development of the Portal. Many barriers to progress arose throughout the year but their determination and hard work has meant that we now have a clear way forward. The focus will be to develop online forums for members to ask questions, collaborate and share best practice.

We will provide a full update on the strategic plan at the CPD Leaders’ Conference, which will take place at Prince of Wales Island International School (POWIIS) in March 2018. This will be a great professional learning opportunity for CPD Leaders and we encourage all schools to send at least one representative. This year we will focus on ways to develop outstanding classroom practitioners and excellence in learning and teaching.

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Jackie Houghton Chair FOBISIA CPD Executive & Bangkok Patana School CPD Update

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CPD Leaders’ Conference

By Deirdre Grimshaw, Deputy Headteacher , Primary, British International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The CPD Leaders’ Conference hosted by The British International School HCMC, took place on the 3rd and 4th March 2018. With over 40 delegates representing 34 schools, the CPD Leaders Conference, was a super event. The theme, “Professional Learning for Leadership” was chosen to allow delegates to create their own pathways of learning over the two days to best suit their own CPD needs and the needs of the schools they represented.

Using the model of workshops and rondevals, delegates were able to choose from a variety of sessions. From “Creating an Online Social Media Presence” to “Developing Middle Leaders”, the two days was more of a bespoke learning journey for all.

The FOBISIA Portal, NPQSL and ML courses and training for new CPD Leaders was facilitated by the CPD executive committee as well as time for regional meetings to plan the 2017 – 2018 JAWS calendar.

Thanks were given to Simi Shah, who is stepping down this year from the executive committee,

by Jackie Houghton on behalf of all, for her contributions to FOBISIA over many years. Coming to Vietnam for the first time for many was a wonderful experience and the Vespa Tour allowed a little downtime for delegates to relax and get to know one another better while enjoying the culinary delights of Saigon!

“First CPD Leaders conference for me and I gained some invaluable PD personally and had some really insightful dialogues with other colleagues”

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Community Learning Conference

By Gillie Robson, Primary EAL Teacher, Community Coordinator & Gavin Brown, Primary Subject Leader, Secondary Community Coordinator, British Vietnamese International School Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Friday May 12 2017, marked the date for this year’s FOBISIA Community Learning COnference hosted by The British Vietnamese International School of Ho Chi Minh City (BVIS). This two day event welcomed over ten delegates from our member schools across Asia and another 15 participants and special guests from Ho Chi Minh City and Viet Nam. The first day was dedicated to sharing good practice and gaining a bit of insight as to how the BVIS Community Learning Programme has grown since the school opened in 2011. Delegates came with

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questions ready to discuss and the amount of insight shared was remarkable. Delegates enjoyed the evening tour of Ho Chi Minh City in true retro style, on the back of 1960’s Vespas. A fun, food-filled evening was had by all!

of questions and measurable benchmarks programme developers need to consider in order to ensure that the programme is meaningful, sustainable and impactful for all involved.

Saturday marked the arrival of some very special guests. The team from Blue Dragon gave an inspiring and eye-opening look at the realities of Human Trafficking and the important role that educators can play in helping to make such injustices end.

Needless to say, the weekend was one enjoyed by all who came and everyone went away with plenty to consider or trial at their respective schools.

BVIS would like to thank all those involved for helping us to make this year’s Community Learning Conference an impactful and memorable one.

Dana Doan also joined us, with a workshop session on the types

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Safeguarding JAWS

By David Gromley, Head of Additional Educational Needs, Dulwich Seoul, Korea

It was wonderful to welcome colleagues from Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand to work with us here in Seoul. The Safeguarding JAWS took place on the 10th and 11th March 2017. All participants contributed fully to the event and all of us came away with useful materials, clear information and invaluable perspectives to share with colleagues at our own schools. It was a relatively small group but in many ways this was an advantage, as it allowed for more detailed and meaningful discussions.

Everybody contributed from within their individual experiences and unique backgrounds and this made it a rich and rewarding experience.

As indicated below, the final workshop was devoted to the theme of a ‘happy school’ and it must be said that the participants in the Safeguarding JAWS were a ‘happy group’ despite the seriousness of the issues covered. I have rarely attended training that had such a supportive and inclusive atmosphere.

We have already shared resources and intend to do more but all of us also feel that we can freely contact each other at any point in the future for advice or guidance.

We had eight workshops. Extra thanks must go to colleagues who prepared presentations and led these workshops. All brought a wealth of experience, a deep concern for safeguarding and a unique perspective based on their backgrounds.

All of the workshops and presentations were stimulating and complemented other sessions offered. The following areas were covered:

1) Examining real-life child protection case studies and responses to these as a way of reflecting on and improving practice.

2) Developing effective crisis management, support mechanisms and robust procedures when confronted with allegations made against staff.

3) Considering the usefulness of both internal and external consultant auditing to check that policy, procedures and training are in place and are effective.

4) Planning, delivering and monitoring training of staff, volunteers and parents as a way of ensuring that all adults are prepared for safeguarding responses and responsibilities.

5) Increasing Safeguarding awareness within the whole school community including children, staff, parents and visitors to keep students safe and to facilitate reporting when members of the school community register a concern.

6) Considering what constitutes neglect in international education. Examining internal policies and procedures, the framework for support outside of school and the consequences of neglect.

7) Promoting student safety in boarding and on trips/educational visits and home stays.

Maintaining safe levels of supervision while also fostering increasing self-reliance and independence as students mature.

8) Measuring, promoting and monitoring student well-being. Considering international standards as a basis for creating a ‘happy school’ to complement and balance academic achievement and high expectations.

Thank you to all participants and contributors.

“ It was a relatively small group but in many ways this was an advantage, as it allowed for more detailed and meaningful discussions.”

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Library JAWS

By Jonathan Guy, Head of Libraries, North London Collegiate School, Jeju, South Korea

North London Collegiate School, Jeju were delighted to host a very rewarding and successful FOBISIA Library JAWS on the 28th - 29th April 2017, attended by librarians from Dulwich College - Seoul, Dulwich College - Shanghai, Kellett School - Hong Kong and YKPS Secondary School, Shanghai.

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The school library profession is, by its very nature, a quiet and often solitary profession so it proved to be an extremely positive experience to gather together to share good practice, meet fellow professionals, discuss similar and familiar problems together, and produce some effective outcomes and goals. Stephanie Beck and Kendra Perkins provided an excellent presentation on developing effective research skills for both junior and senior students, embedding them into the curriculum, and understanding the cultural challenges of working within an Asian setting; Kathryn Spencer provided a comprehensive framework for instilling academic honesty into the curriculum,

providing a foundation for good referencing and understanding the intricacies of plagiarism; Jonathan Guy, along with teachers Kate Fowler and Neil Tamlyn, discussed the CPD opportunities afforded them by undertaking the NPQML course run by the Institute of Education, University of London and highlighted the benefits it has brought to exploring closer working relationships between the library and the curriculum at NLCS Jeju; and Jonathan Guy also provided a presentation on the use of Shadowing the Carnegie Medal and Greenaway Medal in promoting reading for pleasure. All these presentations provoked useful discussions that lit positive ways forward in tackling any issues they raised.

These discussions were one of the real and tangible benefits of the JAWS - the idea of supporting each other and finding workable, practical and manageable solutions to problems, be they individual or shared.

In between these presentations there were also talks by NLCS year 13 pupils who reflected on how their library experiences in their time at NLCS had helped their academic and personal development; and by chairs of

a variety of Academic Societies at the school - they explained how the societies operate and how they use the library environment to promote and provoke discussion about their subjects. We were also rewarded with a talk from Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman who discussed her life as an author and the process of creative writing. All these discussions continued during the more informal activities of a visit to Geumneung beach, a paddle in the sea, a walk up Jeoji oreum and a traditional Jeju black pig barbeque.

My thanks to Kathryn, Stephanie, Kendra, Leah Lee and Natalie Fitton for attending the JAWS and for promoting rewarding discussions and to Daphne Wong at FOBISIA for her support in organising the event.

Science JAWS

By Rebecca Taylor, Head of Science, Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

On 24th and 25th February 2017, Science teachers from as far afield as Kathmandu and Guangzhou descended on Garden International School (GIS) to participate in sessions based upon teaching and learning in Science. Both Primary and Secondary Science teachers from FOBISIA schools across the region shared their ideas, resources and experiences in several workshops.

Workshop facilitators often used their session to facilitate discussions in groups; starting with a short presentation which was followed by smaller group discussions or time to practice the idea. The following workshop titles were delivered: • Using games for learning • Using STAD activities to promote a student-led classroom • Using Pear Deck to assess student understanding • Teaching knowledge through practical tasks • Science week ideas • Questioning skills and promoting higher level thinking • Urban environmental education • Physics in the age of scarcity • Creative teaching ideas for KS5: moving away from ‘chalk and talk’ • Science enrichment • Learning activities to help retain knowledge • Creative use of extended writing in Science • Utilizing learning spaces.

On the Friday afternoon, delegates also participated in a ‘Tech Challenge’ in teams where they had to use a tech tool to create a resource.

This was a really interactive workshop where teachers gained insight into the plethora of tech tools available for use in the classroom at the moment.

Feedback showed the JAWS was a great success where people felt the relaxed and open atmosphere allowed for much sharing between Science colleagues. It was great to meet fellow teachers from all over the region and share our experiences of our everyday lives. GIS teachers look forward to attending many similar events in the future.

Drama JAWS

By Robin Lawrence, Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

One of the many advantages of being part of the FOBISIA network of schools is that we are able to participate and, often host, Job Alike Workshops for our teachers. On the weekend of the 15th and 16th September 2017, 27 Drama teachers met at Garden International School In Kuala Lumpur where they shared their Drama teaching skills and experiences together.

The teachers taught each other workshops that included how best to use the power of group work, how to develop Drama in years 1 to 6 and how to use Drama lessons as a way to develop the teaching of English language. The teachers also spent time moderating IGCSE, A Level and IB

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performances and planned the upcoming Drama Festival for years 7 to 9.

This year the festival, “Heroes and Villains,� will be held at Garden from 28th February to 3rd March 2018.

Assessment JAWS

By Aidan Stallwood, Assistant Head of Primary, The British School of Guangzhou, China

Over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd September 2017, eight schools, represented by a range of senior leaders and assessment staff, were welcomed to the FOBISIA Assessment Job Alike Workshop (JAWS), the first to be held in Guangzhou. The professional training and networking event was hosted by the British School of Guangzhou (BSG)and delegates represented schools from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Taipei and Vietnam.

Building on the successes of the same event in Taipei last year, each school was given the opportunity to share their good practise in assessment and then receive feedback on a wide

range of areas. The two days were a resounding success, and facilitated important discussions, especially the future of electronic portfolios and current use of summative assessment.

Delegates participated in presentations on moderation, use of exemplars as a tool for assessing against age related expectations; striking the balance with formative assessment and data driven pupil progress meetings. Alongside the presentations, there was an important opportunity to take a learning walk to see how the British School of Guangzhou has implemented its use of Sesame as an assessment tool for recording

learning – an area which the school is committed to being at the very forefront of best practise.

By the end of the weekend, it was apparent that within the group of FOBISIAN schools there is a great amount of expertise and experience.

This was complimented by the willingness to share, which helped to foster a positive atmosphere. Moving forward, it will allow for these schools to continue developing the new connections made.

Thanks to all the BSG staff who participated at this event. We were very grateful to them and the excellent feedback received from attendees.

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Music JAWS

By Richie Baxter, Assistant Head of Faculty (Arts), Tanglin Trust School, Singapore

In April 2017, Tanglin Trust hosted the first FOBISIA Music JAWS. The 2-days workshop comprised of Music teachers from all across ASIA who taught EYFS up to KS4. The teachers split in to two groups: Infant / Early Primary and Seniors. Infant / Early Primary focused on topics such as Kodaly singing, whole class performing, composition, Technology in the classroom and World percussion.

The Seniors focused on KS3 topics such as Musical futures, DJ-ing, Song-writing, Music technology, World percussion, and GCSE set-works and World Focus topics. There was also a Music tech Q+A session where the Tanglin Music Technician answered queries on recording techniques, editing, and recommended equipment for the classroom.

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in, and presenting practical activities. Many Tanglin students were involved as the teachers interacted with groups such as Infant Drumming, Taiko Drumming CCA, Nursery Music (Spiders), Junior Recorders and Senior Music Tech Club.

Participants also enjoyed a tour of the Whole School, highlighting the three music departments, Javanese Gamelan, Moot Theatre and Berrick Performance Hall.

The workshop inspired participants, supported professional learning and gave

everyone the opportunity to share resources, discuss ideas, plan effective schemes of work, and to make good contacts for the future. Attendees described it as an ‘excellent and rare event’, and commented on the ‘invaluable opportunity to just have a chat with like-minded teachers’.

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Sports for All, Striving for Excellence JAWS

By Michael Preston, Director of Sports, Harrow International School, Bangkok, Thailand

On Friday 5th and Saturday 6th May, Harrow Bangkok hosted a PE and Sport JAWS titled ‘Sport for All, Striving for Excellence’. It was a great opportunity to bring a number of like-minded Physical Educators together to look at ways that we can improve our delivery of the curriculum to encourage students to enjoy PE and Sport, so that they are involved in sport for life.

On the first morning, the delegates were given the opportunity to observe a range of lessons across the Primary and Secondary sections of the school, and then meet with the teachers to discuss how they have implemented various strategies to improve the inclusion of all students in all aspects of the curriculum. In the afternoon, this was followed by workshops on Success Criteria, Mindfulness in PE and Sport and how to build a Golf programme from beginners to Elite level. Delegates finished the day by observing a range of the after school activities on offer with a focus on the Academies (Football, Gymnastics, Golf, Swimming and Tennis) at Harrow with very much focus on ‘sport for all, striving for excellence’.

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The second day started with a practical session which looked at using Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU) for 5 – 18 year olds. This was followed by workshops on devising an activities programme to find the balance between proving opportunities to be exposed to a range of activities, whilst also catering for the more gifted and talented. The delegates worked with Harrow’s Head of Aquatics to see how this works in practical format and then applied this to sports within their own schools.

This JAWS brought staff together from different phases of their respective schools, which enabled the sessions to focus on how pathways can be created to ensure students fulfil their potential, but also have the opportunity to be exposed to a large range of sporting activities and have fun along the way. It was an absolute pleasure to host, and a huge thank you to all delegates that made for a very enjoyable and productive two days.

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Active Learning in the Social Sciences & Humanities JAWS

By Richard Driscoll, Shenzhen College of International Education, Shenzhen, China

From the 12th to the 13th of May 2017, Shenzhen College of International Education, Shenzhen, China welcomed delegates from British School Jakarta to accompany the humanities department in a JAWS conference on active learning in the social sciences and the humanities.

David Gow and James Cox from the British School Jakarta had their first opportunity to experience active learning when they joined many of our staff at the local quiz night at the Evil Duck. We finished a commendable second place and it provided a nice opportunity to break the ice and share our different experiences.

Friday morning started with Session one ‘An Introduction to What is Active Learning’. Materials of the session have been uploaded on the FOBISIA portal website and are available to download. The delegates were split into groups and given a list of twenty active learning activities which could be used in a classroom. The groups were required to prioritise the best 9 in a diamond nine activity.

The groups collaborated very efficiently and were expertly justified their choices to the other

groups in the second stage of the activity. I then demonstrated an adaptation I have made to the diamond nine activity which I call ‘Olympic rings’.

It is particular useful in history where students can demonstrate inter relationships of five factors and then provide evidence for what are most important factors. The plenary of the session was a discussion of some of the barriers to active learning.

Session two was presented by Psychology teacher Stuart Robinson. It focused on linking active learning with Blooms Taxonomy. Stuart demonstrated the higher skills of relatedness,

“I picked up new activities which can be easily applied to my lessons and also gained insight into Oxbridge application process.”

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Continued from previous page ... evaluation, comparison, application, analysis and creativity and activities which could be used with students. Again in accordance of the theme of the JAWS, the activities were interactive rather than the power-point lectures often associated with CPD conferences.

schools. We were privileged to learn form David and James about the National History Day competition which they had successfully hosted and sent students previously to Washington to compete. We were inspired to be entering our own students to the competition next year.

When I was planning the JAWS I was very keen for the conference to have an opportunity to observe active learning in practice. In the afternoon we observed an excellent Biology lesson taught by Backstroke. He had implemented many interesting activities which could be applied across all subjects.

We then had a plenary discussion on the lesson observation and James and David commented on how engaged the students were and how much they were enjoying their learning. At the end of a busy day it was nice to be able to enjoy a nice Northern Chinese meal and to reflect on an enjoyable day.

Finally, we finished the conference with active learning and effective group work. I am was very glad for FOBISIA to give me the opportunity to plan and run this JAWS weekend and an enjoyable and interesting time was had by all. Lots of ideas will be taken forward to the year ahead.

On day two, I led a session on technology of education and active learning with a focus on flipped learning, peer instruction and the SAMR model which has been applied to Moodle (VLE) in our department with the focus on using activities which would have not otherwise been possible.

“I learned much and gained extra ideas to incorporate into my teaching next academic year. Worth the effort!�

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Business & Economics JAWS

By Daniel Roberts, Head of Business, Jerudong International School, Brunei

In March 2017 the Business Faculty at Jerudong International school hosted a Business and Economics JAWS. Delegates from Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia attended the workshop. A variety of topics were covered in seminars led by the delegates including an explanation of the cross curricular activity week programme which is led by Anne Brown and the Business Faculty each year at Jerudong International School. Other topics covered included examination preparation for the international A level and promoting active engagement using Harkness debates. A number of sessions involved using technology to improve student engagement.

One such session focussed on the use of the pear deck platform to provide teachers with the opportunity to quickly and easily assess the understanding of their students. Another workshop explored using programmes such as screencastify as ways of using technology to enhance the feedback give to students.

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The two days of workshops also provided plenty of opportunities for delegates to get to network with each other and to share successful teaching

strategies. This was particularly valuable as many teachers in both Business and Economics are teaching the new A Level specifications for the first time. Scott Conway, a Business teacher at Jerudong International School kindly hosted a dinner for delegates on the Friday evening which was very enjoyable. All of the delegates attending produced useful workshops and contributed to the positive collegiate atmosphere throughout the two days. I am very grateful to all delegates for their efforts, especially those that travelled quite some distance to attend.

Creating Excellence in Early Years JAWS

By The Early Years Team, Tanglin Trust School, Sinagpore

The Jobs Alike Workshops (JAWS) embody the spirit of good practice, collaboration and developing new ideas for staff in FOBISIA schools. In March 2017, Tanglin Infant School hosted a 2-day workshop - ‘The Irresistible Classroom: Creating Excellence in Early Years’ for peers in schools across Asia. Those who participated actively contributed to the discussions and hosted workshops, including topics on children’s ownership of learning; implementing Forest, or more aptly named, Jungle Schools; managing a free flow learning environment; and mindfulness in the classroom.

There were opportunities to network with other teachers, to share effective practice within the Early Years and how this is developed within different schools, and to deliberate how to overcome challenges in the classroom. Participants also enjoyed a tour of the Infant School, speaking with teachers and interacting with children as they visited the classrooms.

One of the main themes of the workshop was improving the classroom environment, in particular bringing the outside in and using natural resources in children’s activities. There was also a lot of buzz around facilitating a personalised curriculum and encouraging children to think creatively when problem solving - to ‘think outside the box’. For example comparing the use of natural resources to a commercial, educational resource, when building a tower with five pieces of Lego compared to building with five pebbles. Instant collaboration and problem solving was necessary to successfully build with the pebbles.

The workshop inspired participants, supported professional learning and gave everyone the opportunity to “just talk” about the things they’re working, with many commenting that the workshop had an instant impact with plenty of ideas to take away.

“It was lovely to have a tour of Tanglin and to see how the school runs. It is great to come away from a course with lots of new ideas. Thank you!”

“The presentations were relevant and informative, I have many ideas and thoughts to take back to my setting.”

“I loved seeing the beautiful school, the workshops were relevant and engaging and I especially enjoyed the mindfulness demonstration.”

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Visual Arts JAWS

By David Whittaker, Bangkok Patana School, Bangkok, Thailand On the 24th-25th of February 2017, Bangkok Patana School hosted a Visual Arts JAWS for Primary and Secondary teachers with 15 teachers attending from across Asia. In recent years, Primary visual arts specialist posts have been proliferating making Primary-Secondary transition a key theme of the event. Workshops achieved a good balance between pedagogy, approaches to assessment and recording. It gave art teachers the ideal opportunity to share practical activities and processes which had been developed and refined in isolation or with other teachers. The considerable expertise on offer really brought the event to life.

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students on the theme of architecture. Primary teachers were immediately struck by the limitless possibilities of stamp creation with neoprene and using textured, layer and bubble wrap.

How to turn 2D imagery to 3D concepts

We kicked things off with a really exciting session on silicone as a sculptural material. This was particularly interesting as the material – the same you would use to seal a bath – is readily and cheaply available across Asia. Sue Castle of St Andrews International School demonstrated how several of her senior students had combined moulded silicone with mixed 3D materials to create some stunning projects.

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A follow-up practical session on printmaking was led by Anouska Doyle of Garden International School. Anouska demonstrated a process of creating bespoke stamps on the theme of architecture which she has trialled with her

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Our own Alan Davis led a further standout practical session on cyanotype – Alan provided a recipe for mixing light-sensitive reactive fluid for developing images only in sunlight. The possibilities discussed for applying this process were endless, and I am sure were a highlight of the whole programme.

For ceramics, our resident ceramicist Khun Jod shared a fantastic process for creating ornate organic-form bowls – the process was both adaptable across KS2-4 and provided a great opportunity for developing bespoke organic forms, which could be developed from sketchbook explorations of flowers.

Patana, developing the kind of rich dialogue between teacher and student advocated by Dylan William during his CPD day at the school in 2016.

I think we would all agree that the two days of workshops were immensely useful on a practical level for acquiring new skills, processes and approaches to developing sketchbook practice, and a great opportunity to compare notes on assessment and identify good practice within visual arts. As a Primary practitioner, I found the experience of conversing and working with Secondary colleagues invaluable and an experience I hope to repeat as often as possible.

This session was built upon (pun intended!) by Helen McCormick (Shrewsbury International School) session on developing 3D IGCSE projects, which allowed people to develop their practical clay coiling skills whilst introducing brilliant methods for translating 2D images into 3D projects.

Chris Ferne, Mikaela Koelma and David Whittaker delivered and chaired sessions on questioning, assessment and the use of sketchbooks, which led to rich discussions on how to engage children more deeply with the content of their learning, vertical articulation between Primary and Secondary and summative and formative assessment strategies across the Primary and Secondary age ranges.

Chris’s strategy for framing feedback as a question has also been incorporated at Primary level at

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Maths Mastery JAWS

By Simon Clarke, Deputy Head of Learning & Thomas Kimber, Head of Primary Maths, British International School Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia On 5th - 6th May 2017, British School Kuala Lumpur (BSKL) were proud to host the Primary Mastery Maths JAWS. The theme of the workshop was on Maths Mastery. Twenty teachers from across the FOBISIA network met to share ideas, teaching strategies and new initiatives for developing maths mastery within a primary school.

With recent new developments and changes to the English National Curriculum with particular emphasis on the new buzz word ‘Mastery’, BSKL thought it would be a good idea to bring together schools to see how schools had tackled this new approach and how far along on the journey of mastery they were.

The main focus of the workshop was on ‘What is Maths Mastery?’ and ‘What does this mean for your school?’ As well as this we also covered the following topics: • Relational vs Instrumental (HOTS not MOTS) • Representations- Bar Model • Meeting the practical challenges of Mastery?

• Enrichment vs Acceleration in maths • Starting the lesson with a bang!

• NZ Maths • Our school’s journey to mastery…

The workshop kicked off with an array (no maths pun intended) of fruit, pastries and tea and coffee.

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The first session of the morning was led by Tom Kimber and

John Bradshaw, who have been responsible for driving maths mastery at BSKL. In these initial sessions teachers were asked to identify their vision for why we teach maths and why it is an important subject. Wrapped up inside these two questions is the tricky issue of what it means to understand a maths topic- we believe this is at the heart of maths mastery.

Many people associate the idea of Maths Mastery with Singapore and Shanghai and the leading work that they have done in developing the use of models and images as a support for developing understanding of number and calculation.

Lawrence Cabanne of Garden International School Rayong gave an illuminating insight into how bar models can be used to support problem solving.

The afternoon was drawn to a close with perhaps the most controversial issue in Mastery: enriching vs acceleration. Should we be challenging students through depth within their curriculum level or should we be accelerating our most able pupils into topics from the year above?

It was a lively debate with a range of views being represented. I think everyone came from that session having considered a different point of view.

After a well deserved night out in KLCC, with a delicious meal by the Petronas Towers, it was back to it with our first sessions of the morning led by Fiona Wood of International School @ Parkcity and Murray Thompson of Jerudong International School leading sessions on how to use starters effectively within a mastery context and how the New Zealand Maths website can be used to support maths mastery in an international context.

Drawing the two day workshop to an end fell in the hands of Tom Kimber of BSKL. As well as summarising the progress that BSKL have made over the last few years in developing a

After lunch delegates had the opportunity to tour around BSKL. The afternoon session kicked off with a discussion on how different schools are meeting the practical challenges of a Mastery approach (going into more depth, same-day interventions etc). It was great to share the ideas and resources used by the various schools.

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Early Years JAWS

By Joanne Smith, Assistant Head of Primary, Regents International School of Pattaya

Regents International School, Pattaya hosted the Early Years JAWS on the weekend of 20th 21st January.

Early Years Primary teachers too the opportunity for professional discussion and the sharing of ideas in each of these workshops: • Objective led planning • The role of singing in the EYFS classroom • The importance of play • Mindfulness • Parental engagement • Using interactive learning diaries • Open ended tasks and the reception environment

Early Years practitioners from as far as Hong Kong and Jakarta were hosted by the Early Primary team, and made the most of their visit by having a tour of the school as part of the organised events.

“The atmosphere today was just like a great Early Years’ classroom - fun and stimulating!”

Hosting events such as this is a statement of Regents’ passion for learning, its confidence in its experienced and talented staff and its commitment to becoming a learning ‘hub’ for schools in the surrounding area and beyond. If you are interested in the learning that took place during this weekend, please contact Joanne.

Smith@regents-pattaya.co.th.

“It was wonderful to meet other international early years practitioners and we have all come away with lots of exciting new ideas”

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Mastery Approach, the floor was open to questions which gave rise to a range of discussions such as how does assessment reflect the updated attitudes to mastery and how can CPD be structured to ensure meaningful change within every classroom within the school.

The JAWS was a fantastic experience for everyone involved.

Throughout the two days there was a productive atmosphere with a focus on collaboration; many participants established links that they will use to enable future learning. As well as this, the workshop offered delegates the opportunity to reflect on

current curriculum initiatives and identify areas for school development.

Overall, attendees found the JAWS to be a really positive experience. The quality of presentations and discussions was excellent. Many thanks to all who participated.

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Meeting the Needs of All Learners JAWS Jeffs, Whole School AHT Professional Learning & Helen Harrison, Whole School EAL & IN Coordinator, The British School Jakarta, Indonesia On 24th February 2017, The British School Jakarta (BSJ) were privileged to welcome 12 colleagues from 8 different FOBISIA schools to our ‘Meeting the Needs of All Learners JAWS.’ The JAWS had a broad title and attracted participants with varying roles within schools; teachers from early years through to IB and A Level and some non-teaching participants as well. The programme offered both a primary and secondary pathway and participants were able to attend sessions that focused on EAL learners, SEN students and the more able student. There was also a strong focus on partnership in the classroom with sessions addressing teacher and TA collaboration, co-planning and a discussion about how teachers could work more closely with School Counsellors.

Everyone felt that one of the highlights of the JAWS was our visit to Sekolah Bisa! Sekolah Bisa! is a lifeenhancing, micro-school with an enrolment of 21 Indonesian, shanty-dwelling, primary-age children.

Conceived and managed by IB CAS students from BSJ, Sekolah Bisa! is supported by parents, teachers and friends across the world; without Sekolah Bisa! many of the children would still be scavenging through refuse for recyclable materials or begging.

The visit was inspiring on many levels and stimulated an engaging discussion about the role that CAS projects can have in meeting the varying needs of our IB students in our schools.

Despite having the option of a primary or secondary pathway one of the notable outcomes from the JAWS was how much we had to learn from colleagues working in key stages different to

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our own. Two schools shared their use of NASSEA as a tool to create a framework of support for EAL learners and when the two models were compared the workshop gave us plenty to think about. The final session of the second day focused on classroom strategies to meet the needs of more able students. Secondary teachers left the session, delivered by a primary specialist with ideas and strategies that could be tailored to the older student and immediately applied in the classroom.

The needs of EAL learners was a strong theme throughout the JAWS and a in one well-received workshop we were challenged to consider how mother tongue development in international schools could support EAL learners.

Throughout the JAWS, common issues were addressed, connections were made and online resources were shared. It was a wonderfully positive, supportive and engaging JAWS and we were delighted to be able to host the meeting. Many thanks to all of the delegates for making it such a successful event.

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Sixth Form Life - What Makes an Effective Sixth Form JAWS?

By Karen Prout, Head of Sixth Form, Harrow International School Bangkok, Thailand

The two-day conference was attended by professionals from 15 schools specialising in Sixth Form education across the region and hosted in our new Rayleigh Sixth Form Centre. We had a superb opportunity to share our experiences and resources on a range of topics, such as monitoring academic performance to student leadership, and supporting students through the process of applying to the most competitive universities worldwide.

The Harrow Sixth Form Team led a range of workshops on topics including supporting university applications, Student Leadership opportunities and the EQP. We would particularly like to thank Adam Robinson (Garden International

School), Steve Martin (Kellett School), Laura Keeling ( Alice Smith School), Wendy Jones (Kolej Tuanku Jafaar) and Terri Overton (Shrewsbury International School) as visiting delegates, for expertly leading workshops and sharing their extensive knowledge on topic including: tracking student performance; insights into the US admissions process; applying for medicine, applying to Oxbridge; and creating a supportive and caring pastoral support network through the tutorial programme.

Teachers working in this specialist field of education had ample opportunity to share experiences of teaching in different countries and contexts and share resources to help Sixth Form students in their schools excel academically and personally. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed over the two days.

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Teaching Assistant JAWS

By Jaime Thistleton, Vice Principal - Our Staff, Primary Campus, The Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

It was a pleasure to host the Teaching Assistant JAWS on the 20th and 21st January 2017 at Alice Smith. As a teacher, I have been lucky enough to have attended many conferences and workshops over the year and am always impressed with the expertise that we have in our region. However, the enthusiasm and thirst for learning that radiated from the teaching assistants during the two days of workshops was palpable.

A large number of the workshops were run by teaching assistants that have never presented in front of an audience before. The supportive atmosphere that the collective group had was a boost of confidence for them all. Fun and hands on workshops certainly helped to keep all engaged.

We had workshops led by teaching assistants from The Alice Smith School, Shrewsbury International School, Kinabalu International School and Garden International School with topics ranging from: dough gym, playground games, numicon, effective communication skills, IT skills, ESL in the classroom, motor skills, displays and supporting students with SEN needs. Well done to all of the presenters for the amazing preparation and delivery of every workshop.

One of the aims that we had from this workshop was to be able to share practical skills and ideas with each other that the attendees could take back and use in the classrooms straight away. Collectively, at the end of the JAWS we put together a take-away list. These being, skills or ideas that they have learnt

that they would love to try in the classroom. There were so many I couldn’t name them all, however some are: • Listen to understand, not to reply • How to use dough gym in the classroom • Using voice recording and comments on google sheet to feedback to students • Importance of Music and Art in the curriculum • Extending games used in PE lessons into the playground • Practical ESL games that can be used in the classroom • Using Kahoot as a type of assessment Well done to all of the teaching assistants! Your enthusiasm for learning was an inspiration and we are lucky to have you all working with our children in our schools.

Computer Science JAWS

By James Abela, Lead Teacher Computing, Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Computer Science JAWS which took place on opened up with a session by James Abela on using the programming language Python in Key Stage 3 and using MOOC technology to enable a wider range of differentiation. It was interesting to see that 55% of the computer Science teachers present were Python programmers with 25% using VB and 20% using JAVA.

lunch there was a session on IB and A-level syllabuses with a longer session for IB standardisation and moderation. This was a unique opportunity to moderate with a larger group of teachers, because even in relatively large FOBISIA schools there simply isn’t the number of Computer Science specialists that you would see in Mathematics or English.

The second session was a panel session on Women in Computer Science with Rahayu from Google, Raeesa Sya one of Marie Claire’s 10 awe-inspiring women of Malaysia 2017, Abi Kam from Garden International School and year 11 Computer Scientist Min Namgung.

It was interesting to see what encouraged women to get involved in technology such as natural curiosity, a love of problem solving and in Raeesa’s case it was essential for her business to go further.

Critical barriers include the need for persistence or GRIT and ensuring that women feel supported and valued.

On the second day, we had the opportunity to enjoy some unplugged activities with Simon Carter (Jerudong International School) and Abi Kam led a session on teaching TWINE for html, which was run together with the English department. Vip Sharma (Garden International School, Tech Coach & EAL teacher) noted the wide range of opportunities for this tool, particularly with EAL students and even the opportunity to differentiate effectively in history and other humanities.

James Abela led a session on GUIs (Graphical applications) in Python and demonstrated that you can program with Windows, Raspberry Pi, Mac, iPad and Android to make a truly enjoyable user experience.

During lunch the teachers had a chance to experience some robotic tools brought in by the Garden international tech coaches. After

Richard Drake (Jerudong International School) then gave a session on Logo, which can either be done as a standalone language or integrated into Python via the use of Turtle. It was fascinating to see how the language could be used from key stage 2 through to the complexities of key stage 5.

During lunch, teachers learnt about the new features in Google forms to enable automatic marking of short answer questions and how it can be combined with entry validation to mark a much wider range of assessments.

Simon Carter rounded out the event with a discussion on portfolio and assessment and introduced this year’s Creative Coding Challenge, which will be held in late November and feature a 1 day challenge with schools from cities across South East Asia coming together for a truly enjoyable Hackathon.

In addition to the people in the room, many teachers were following along on Twitter and the #FOBISIA1 hashtag reached number 4 in Malaysia during the conference, just below the Grand Prix.

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EAL JAWS

By Debbie Murray Smith, Secondary Assistant Head, British Vietnamese International School, Hanoi, Vietnam The FOBISIA EAL JAWS was hosted at the British Vietnamese International School in Hanoi 29th-30th September 2017. The JAWS was well attended with 32 delegates representing 14 different schools in the FOBISIA network. How can all teachers become language teachers? was the central theme of the EAL JAWS. All students at BVIS Hanoi have English as an additional language and so this provided an excellent opportunity to host a live learning walk in the Secondary campus with the aim to observe language teaching in action in the mainstream classroom. Delegates were then able to discuss and reflect on their observations and consider what ideas they could take back to their schools.

With learning technologies playing a more prominent role in teaching and learning, Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok delivered a great presentation focussing on teaching apps suitable for EAL teaching. Garden International School shared an insightful research project about their journey to move away from separate withdrawal of EAL students to full integration in the mainstream classroom. The British International School HCMC shared an interesting project in which they are trying to value students’ first language in the Primary School; the impact this is having on their EAL students is profound.

After a packed programme on the first day, it was wonderful to have the opportunity to socialise with delegates over a traditional Vietnamese banquet in the heart of the Old Quarter in Hanoi! This was kindly provided for by the host school BVIS.

The second day was shaped by presentations delivered

by Bangkok Patana on subject-specific vocabulary, a collaborative workshop looking at assessment of EAL across FOBISIA schools (BVIS Hanoi) and, lastly, looking at effective models of co-teaching which was co-planned and co-taught by both BVIS schools in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A unique aspect of the second day was the rondeval sessions where delegates got the opportunity to attend two informal, collaborative sessions ranging from “how to deal with anxiety in EAL learners” to “every teacher as an EAL teacher”.

After the JAWS sadly came to a close, delegates were very keen to maintain contact with one another in order to continue the fantastic collaboration that had culminated over the two days. BVIS Hanoi would like to thank all delegates for their attendance at the JAWS and we hope that we might be able to host again in the future!

“My brain is buzzing with everything I have learned and revisited” “I really enjoyed collaborating with the other teachers and sharing ideas. It’s great to hear what other teachers are doing. It’s been a great experience!”

CPD Calendar 2017-18 Name of JAWS/Conference

Name of School

CPD Leader Contact Details

Literacy Across The Curriculum

Bangkok Prep

Tia Court Smith tcourtsmith@bkkprep.ac.th

03/11/2017

The Science of Teaching Economics and Business-and doing it blindfolded-no really blind folded Early Years JAWS Whole School Science JAWS

Regents International School Pattaya

Tamara McKenna tamara.mckenna@regentspattaya.co.th

10/11/2017

St Christopher's International Tanglin Trust School

Tim Lamb tim.lamb@scips.org.my Benyna Richards benyna.richards@tts.edu.sg

10/11/2017 17/11/2017

Admissions, Marketing and HR JAWS Secondary PE JAWS

Bangkok Patana School

Jackie Houghton jaho@patana.ac.th Nick Sheehan nicholas.sheehan@jis.edu.bn

01/12/2017

Beach and Forest School JAWS Music - Using 21st Century technology in the Music Department Primary PE JAWS

Discovery Bay International Eleanor Loran eloran@dbis.edu.hk North London Collegiate School, Neil Tamlyn ntamlyn@nlcsjeju.kr Jeju Alice Smith School (Primary) Jaime Thistleton jthistleton.jb@alice-smith.edu.my

19/01/2018 19/01/2018

Secondary Design Technology beyond the curriculum

Harrow Bangkok

Tim Jefferis tim.jefferis@harrowschool.ac.th

26/01/2018

Teaching Assistant JAWS

Kellett School

26/01/2018

Developing excellence in boarding

Jerudong International School

Jo Lauffer jlaufer@kellettschool.com Nick Sheehan nicholas.sheehan@jis.edu.bn

Creativity in the Classroom

St. Stephen's International, Bangkok Alice Smith School

Alexandra Long alexandra.l@sis.edu Jaime Thistleton jthistleton.jb@alice-smith.edu.my

02/02/2018

Primary AFL JAWS

Jerudong International School

Date

12/01/2018

19/01/2018

02/02/2018

09/02/2018

Practical Primary Maths JAWS

St Andrews International School Diane Field Bangkok diane.fi@standrews.ac.th

09/02/2018

FOBISIA Technology Conference (FOBIT)

Harrow Bangkok

Tim Jefferis tim.jefferis@harrowschool.ac.th

01/03/2018

CPD Leaders Conference

Prince of Wales Island International School Harrow Beijing

Elizabeth Streat ejs@powiis.edu.my Barbara Justham bjustham@harrowbeijing.cn

02/03/2018

Early Years Foundation Stage JAWS

Taipei European School, British Primary School

Duncan Millward duncan.millward@tes.tp.edu.tw

02/03/2018

Inclusion JAWS (including Psychology)

Garden International School co host Tanglin Trust

David James james.d@gardenschool.edu.my

09/03/2018

Humanities in Primary School

The British School Kuala Lumpur Simon Clarke simon.clarke@britishschool.edu.my Alice Smith School (Secondary) Maria Osowiecki mosowiecki.ep@alice-smith.edu.my International School Brunei Andrea Taylor ataylor@ac.isb.edu.bn

09/03/2018

Subject Specialism in Junior School Settings

North London Collegiate School, hcunningham@nlcsjeju.kr Jeju hcunningham@nlcsjeju.kr

27/04/2018

Teaching Assistant JAWS

Bangkok Patana School

01/05/2018

Excellence for EAL learners - a whole school approach

Promoting STEM subjects (British National Space Agency) Active learning in Mathematics

Jackie Houghton jaho@patana.ac.th Delivering Practical Art for the Shrewsbury International School David Lousley Whole School david.l@shrewsbury.ac.th Community Service Leaders JAWS Garden International School Jenn Blais Rayong Thailand jenniferb@gardenrayong.com Issue 13, November 2017

02/03/2018

16/03/2018 20/04/2018

11/05/2018 01/06/2018

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P L AT I N U M

S P O N S O R

ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

3-5 November 2017, Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur

Bringing together senior leaders from FOBISIA schools for professional development, providing networking opportunities, and promoting excellence and best practice in British international schools across Asia

DICK MOORE

Keynote Speakers

Educated at Durham and Newcastle Universities, Dick has been an English teacher, rugby coach, housemaster and, for almost 23 years, a Headmaster.

He has spoken at over 250 schools, businesses and universities about his passion for the emotional and mental health of young people and has been invited to speak overseas and at various national and international conferences.

ROBERT HOLROYD

Robert Holroyd is a senior educational leader with over twenty-five years’ management experience in UK and international schools. He developed a particular interest in the mental health of both the young and adult school populations, an interest he has furthered in his life post-headship as an educational consultant.

JOHN LITTLEFORD

John Littleford has served as Head of School for 18 years, a teacher for 25 years, and a board member and Chair of schools and non-profit agencies. He has written and spoken extensively worldwide and conducts all workshops, onsite visits and evaluations of contracts for Heads and non-profit CEOs.

CLIVE LEACH

Clive Leach (M.Org Coaching) is an international organisational coach focusing on leadership development, career transition and positive education. Clive applies positive psychology and coaching psychology to support individuals, teams and organisations to enhance well-being, mental toughness and performance in study, work and life.

Conference Details

Friday 3 November - Welcome Cocktail Reception Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 November - Full Conference with Refreshments, Lunch & Dinner S u ppo rte d by :

O rganise d by: