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Cognita communities around the world pay
tribute on World Teachers' Day 2018
On 5th October, World Teachers’ Day 2018, Cognita communities around the world
shared videos on social media paying tribute to the teacher who has had the biggest
on them.
Thank you to everyone who shared a teacher tribute. Your collaborative efforts made
the day truly special and social media was buzzing with hashtag #TeacherTribute as
teachers, parents and alumni all shared their videos.
You can enjoy two fantastic videos featuring some of our students and
teachers making their teacher tributes here:
Cognita students WTD video
Cognita teachers WTD video
Dear Team – Last week all our school leaders came together in Barcelona for our third annual Cognita Global Education Leadership Conference. With the theme of ‘Preparing Our Students for the Future’, it was an inspiring week of insights from experts in societal trends, brain development, clinical psychology and – most importantly – from our school leaders themselves. Mental wellbeing was a major focus and a number of our leaders shared practice from their schools. We also did collective work to develop key actions and principles that we, as a global group, can take forward to address mental wellbeing. Arguably the most pressing issue facing education today, mental wellbeing is fundamental to our vision for a Cognita education based around academic excellence, character development and global perspective. In short, it is the necessary foundation for success in all these areas. I look forward to sharing with you how our work in this area develops ~ another example of the collaboration we’re building across Cognita. Our unique strength is the diversity of experience across our global family. Sharing this makes us all stronger and helps us improve the education we provide. Just this week we moved forward with MyCognita, our new global platform for sharing news, ideas and learning, as more colleagues from Europe and Asia can now access it. The platform is rolling out to all 7,000 of our people globally over the coming months and will make it easier for us all to connect and share. Be sure to let me know your thoughts and ideas at any stage via chrisj@cognita.com. All the best, Chris
A focus on mental health & wellbeing at our
Global Education Leadership Conference
Our Global Education Leadership Conference 2018 was entitled ‘Preparing Our
Students for the Future’. The conference centred on the key themes of student
mental health & wellbeing and student leadership.
As well as playing host to some truly inspiring external speakers, school leaders led
sessions on the theme of mental health & wellbeing, sharing expertise on topics as
wide-ranging as the impact of food, positive education and solidarity projects.
To conclude the conference, we recognised the schools and their leaders who
have demonstrated exemplary performance, leadership and educational
excellence in the last 12 months with our O-wards. You can view the full list of
winners here.
Smart Working
Launch of MyCognita and CognitaPeople
We’re excited to confirm that the rollout of our new global intranet, MyCognita, and
HR platform, CognitaPeople, is now underway! This follows a successful pilot with a
group of early adopters from all three regions, plus a handful of schools in Europe, to
gather feedback on what works and what needs to be improved.
So far, we have given access to schools in the UK, Spain and AIS Singapore as well
as regional offices in Europe and Asia. The roll out will continue to Latin America and
Stamford - Hong Kong in the next few weeks, followed by our other schools in Asia.
MyCognita and CognitaPeople will enable us to connect with colleagues around the
world, sharing ideas and experiences and facilitating global collaboration projects.
They will also provide valuable learning content to help with professional
development and keep us all up to date with what is happening around our network.
Katie Miller-Chalk, Key Stage 2 Coordinator at Quinton House School in the UK,
says: “This is a really exciting time for Cognita and the Cognita community. Soon, we
will be able to communicate with all 70 schools through MyCognita and take forward
ideas and teaching strategies that are being used around the globe. This is a new
way to bring us together and for us to appreciate that we have colleagues who we
can work with not only in our own schools, but in other areas.”
Cognita Collaboration
MissionInspire fuels World Space
Week celebrations across Cognita schools
Schools from across the Cognita family embraced World Space Week (4-10 October)
by collaborating together on project ‘MissionInspire’.
Led by the STEMinn team at Stamford - Hong Kong, some 15 schools got involved
by running activities and outreach events to excite and educate their students about
space and space exploration.
You can find out more about the many activities that took place across the
world on Cognita.com.
Sharing a common language
Teachers from International School Saigon Pearl in Vietnam headed to Bangkok,
Thailand to learn from the Languages team at St. Andrews International School,
Dusit earlier this month.
The collaboration began following a conversation between Heads of School Lester
Stephens and Caroline Ratcliffe. Having recently introduced positive changes to their
Languages programme at St. Andrews, Caroline felt they could support their
colleagues to do the same.
The successful trip saw lots of ideas and strategies exchanged on planning,
assessment and pedagogy. Both schools are excited for future collaborations.
What is it like to experience a typhoon?
Grade 3 students from International School Saigon Pearl in Vietnam were concerned
for the welfare of their friends in Stamford - Hong Kong in the wake of Typhoon
Mangkhut so they reached out to them to find out what had happened.
To show their appreciation, the Grade 3 students from Stamford - Hong Kong created
a video of thanks and shared some of their experiences.
You can watch their video here.
Cognita Calling: Join our second global
Skype day
Following the success of our multi-school Skype day back in March, a second event
has been planned for Wednesday 21st November. Tim Evans, Educational
Technology Integrationist at Stamford - Hong Kong, will be coordinating this event
once more.
All schools in our global family are invited to take part and connect their classroom
with another via a live Skype video call or pre-recorded message to create new
global links for their students.
If you'd be interested in finding a Cognita school to connect with, send a tweet
to @edTechEvans and include the hashtag #CognitaWay, or email Tim
Evans, detailing the age of your class and your timezone.
Take part in 'Christmas Around the World'
Quinton House School in the UK invites all Cognita schools to join them in
celebrating 'Christmas Around the World' on Monday 3rd December. The following
activities will be taking place:
Design and send a Christmas card to a student in a participating school with a
recipe inside for the student to follow
Make a Christmas decoration to display on the school Christmas tree. Chris
Jansen will be judging the best-designed tree
Learn a 'Cognita Carol' to perform to participating schools. More details to
follow!
Katie Miller-Clarke, Key Stage 2 Coordinator at Quinton House School, says: "This is
an exciting opportunity to get as many schools as possible working together and to
help children in Cognita schools worldwide to appreciate the wider community they
are part of."
If you are interested in getting involved, email Katie with the name of your
school and the age group of the students who will be participating.
School Spotlight
Entrepreneurial spirit of GayLussac
Team 'Escreverde' from Instituto GayLussac in Brazil competed in the Miniempresa
Program for budding entrepreneurs and won an unprecedented number of prizes.
The programme, run in partnership with Junior Achievement, provides
entrepreneurial experience to second grade high school students and, for the first
time since being involved with the project, GayLussac students secured podium
positions in all categories, including six first place positions and three second place
positions, in categories from marketing and HR to production and sustainability.
With 450 students involved from schools throughout Rio de Janerio this was an
impressive feat. Following their success, the team has been asked to represent
Brazil in the Best Mini-Companies of the Americas, to be held in Peru.
Around the world in 24 dishes
Hydesville Tower School in the UK has launched an inspiring food initiative to help
broaden children’s minds and encourage them to try new tastes.
Issued with a passport-style booklet in which they collect stamps for every ‘country’
they visit, the Prep School students have already tasted foods from the UK, Canada,
Brazil, Mexico and the USA, with local cuisines from Argentina, India, New Zealand
and Ireland still to come.
Gareth Long, Chef Manager at Hydesville Tower School, says: “Our aim with this
initiative is to encourage the students to try foods they’ve not had the chance to eat
before and we hope they are taking delight in sharing their experiences with their
families at home.”
Cumnor Boys Jeans for Genes
Cumnor House School for Boys in the UK continued their long-standing support of
charity Genetics Disorder UK by holding a Jeans for Genes Day last month.
The £500 they raised will go towards helping to improve the lives of individuals and
families affected by genetic disorders. The students were even pictured on the
homepage of Jeans for Genes official site!
Have you held similar fundraising events? We'd love to hear about your
activities. Just email rebecca.hills@cognita.com and we could feature them in a
future issue of The Cog.
Cognita FacesLatest from #CognitaInsider
Last month we welcomed Jon Wayth (@monsieurwayth) from El Limonar
International School Murcia in Spain as our #CognitaInsider.
Jon shone a light on the wide range of people who contribute to the school, both in
teaching and non-teaching roles, and gave us a glimpse into teaching and learning
across a wide range of subjects. We also had our first #CognitaInsider fire drill!
You can catch up on Jon’s takeover activities by searching for the hashtag
#CognitaInsider on Twitter.
If you'd like to be a future 'Cognita Insider', please
email rebecca.hills@cognita.com or tweet us @CognitaSchools. Join us on
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Colleague in the running to be crowned ‘Best Teacher in Spain’
Davinia Asuar Tormo, Primary Teacher at El Limonar International School Villamartín,
has been nominated for Abanca Foundation’s ‘Best Teacher in Spain’ award.
The national contest recognises the work of talented teachers across the country,
with nominations considering parameters such as teaching quality, student
satisfaction, research and training and knowledge recycling.
Congratulations Davinia!Cognita UK student wins science and technology scholarship to Asia
Bertram Lyhne-Gold, a Year 12 student from North Bridge House Senior School and
Sixth Form Canonbury in the UK, has won a scholarship to study at Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology.
You can learn more about Bertram's scholarship and read his winning essay
on Cognita.com.
Success for HGS students in prominent art competition
Talented students from Huddersfield Grammar School in the UK achieved a record
four 1st place prizes at the prestigious Independent Schools Association's North Art
Competition. You can view their winning entries in the picture collage above.
Well done to both students and staff.ISHCMC-AA’s inspiring trip to the protected Hang En Caves
Grade 12 students from International School Ho Chi Minh City – American Academy
were fortunate to visit Vietnam’s incredible Hang En Caves, the largest cave system
in the world, on a recent education excursion.
You can watch their highlights video here.
Quality of British schools recognised with ISA Awards nominations
Congratulations to our schools who have been shortlisted for Independent Schools
Association Awards 2018. These awards recognise the breadth of quality and
provision in independent education across the UK.
North Bridge House Senior School Hampstead is among the finalists in the
Outstanding Sport (Large School) category, whilst Quinton House School has been
nominated within the Outstanding Engagement with Parents category.
We wish you all the best for the final!International success for former Colchester High School student
Jonah Varela, a former student of Colchester High School in the UK, recently
competed in the U19 South American Rugby Championship with the Peruvian team.
Not only did his team win the Championship, Jonah was named the competition’s top
try scorer. A future professional rugby player in the making, we think – you heard it
here first!Stamford American - Hong Kong staff scavenger hunt
Staff from Stamford American - Hong Kong took to the streets for a scavenger hunt
last month. Colleagues came together to compete in a variety of challenges which
involved solving clues and snapping a photo as proof.
It was a great way to kick off the year and bring returning and new staff together, as
well as mixing staff from different departments.
The Cog is edited by Rebecca Hills, Communications Manager and Sophie Hickey,
Communications Executive. Please contact rebecca.hills@cognita.com with any
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