Simon Jones From The Bonjour Agency Podcasts

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode we hear from Lindsey Hughes, Headmistress at Channing School. Lindse…

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m at the Annual Conference at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park in C…

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode we’re talking all about digital advertising in school. I’m about to …

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to Miranda Norris, she’s the Head at Felsted Prep School…

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to a number of people, with the first half having been r…

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to Alex Hutchinson, Head at James Allen's Girls' School …

Welcome back to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency, with a new season of episodes where we speak to people in the independent school sector. AMCIS is the association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools. I’m Simon Jones and in this episode I’m talking to Jenny Dinning, Head of External Relations a…

S3:E10 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Now this episode today is great fun. We speak to Sara Goyea, Head of Juniors, but we also have a Mum, Soraya, with and daughter Taliya. And they’re all going to be giving us their experienc…

S3:E9 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Now this podcast is also available to watch as a video so if you’d like to see our guests as well as hear them then head over to YouTube and search My Online Schooling. So let’s get right in…

S3:E8 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we talking to two of the Success Coordinators at My Online Schooling, Tegan and Emma. They’re about to talk to us all about their roles at My Online Schooling. We’re going to hear what…

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re hearing from Oli Adams, Director of Communications, Admissions & Development at Brentwood School. Oli is also Chair of AMCIS but it’s not…

S3:E7 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we have an episode dedicated to the language teachers at My Online Schooling and we’re joined by Marianne Kavanagh and Noelia Freire, both of whom are in the languages department at th…

S3:E6 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Now today we’re talking all about languages with Lingua Connect, the latest offering from MOS for pupils whose first language is not English, and who are looking for some additional support …

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re hearing from Lizzi Gardner from Perrott Hill School. Lizzi is the schools Director of Marketing and Communications and joined AMCIS five …

S3:E5 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we’re speaking to Jet and Ginger, mother, and pupil from My Online Schooling. Jet will tell us all about her experience finding and choosing My Online Schooling, why it suits her and h…

S3:E4 -Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we’re speaking to Father and Daughter team Riyadh and Maryam. They’ll tell us all about My Online Schooling from the perspective of a parent and a pupil. This is a great episode for pro…

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re hearing from David Milner at Sedbergh School. David is the school’s Director of Marketing and International Relations but he’s also Vice-…

S3:E3 -Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. And today I’m very excited because we’re speaking to five people who have recently returned from rowing across the Atlantic, and you might remember we spoke to them last year when they were i…

S3:E2 -Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode we’re talking to mum Andrea Oneto Ibarra whose boy Martin has been attending My Online Schooling since 2020. We’re going to find out all about Andrea’s experience with My Onli…

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. And in this episode we’re diving into Kingston Grammar School as we speak to Registrar Jodi Shalgosky. Now Jodi is the school’s Registrar, she’s been associated wi…

S3:E1 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. Today we’re speaking to Catherine Whitaker, CEO and Head of Learning at EtonX. Catherine’s going to chat to us about Future Skills at EtonX, the courses on offer, what lessons look like for …

Welcome to The AMCIS Podcast, brought to you by The Bonjour Agency. This is the podcast to find out more about the people behind AMCIS as we hear from member schools and the AMCIS board. But for this, the very first episode we get to hear from AMCIS CEO, Tory Gillingham. In this episode Tory shares with us what AMCIS is all about, what we can expec…

S2:E10 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode we’re speaking to Business Development Lead at Mind Of My Own, Emma Thompson. Emma is going to give us an overview of the Mind Of My Own apps, how the apps work, how pupils …

Welcome to our new podcast. This is an exciting new venture for AMCIS and we’re really looking forward to bringing you insights into the association as we get closer to the annual conference in May 2022. The first episode will be out shortly so make sure you Follow or Subscribe to this podcast channel right now so you’ll know the very day it’s rele…

S2:E9 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode we speak to the parent of a pupil at My Online Schooling. Jo Richardson is mother to Alex, aged 14, who ended up at My Online Schooling for (she tells us) several reasons. So…

S2:E8 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode we’re getting into Computer Science with Mariet Cheetham, hearing all about her experiences of being a teacher for the school. This means we get to hear some of the changes s…

S2:E7 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. On today’s episode we’re talking laughtercise with Aaron Betesta. We’re going to discover what exactly Laughtercise is, how you encourage children of all ages to exercise and what families c…

S2:E6 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re talking to teacher and school counsellor Findlay Headden. We’re going to find out what it was about counselling children that brought him into this role, how his own b…

S2:E5 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re back talking with a teacher, Carly Brosnan. Together we discuss various things such as staying connected with pupils and fellow teachers in an online education world (…

S2:E4 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re back talking with a teacher, Nicola Walker. Nicola and I discuss various things such as the challenges of mainstream education for MOS pupils and, as such, why MOS bec…

S2:E3 - - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re rowing across the Atlantic, more specifically from the Canary Islands to Antigua, and we’re doing it in support of a charity called Reverse Rett. Rett Syndrome is a …

S2:E2 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re talking to a mother of two My Online Schooling students aged who are aged 11 and 14. Rachel Martin talks to us today about what led the family to enrol in an online sc…

S2:E1 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re talking to Vanessa Baker about wellbeing at My Online Schooling. This is such an important topic for all people, none more so than children at school. Vanessa’s about …

S1:E10 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re talking science! Lauren Galligan shows us how science works at an online school, what a typical science lesson looks like, how practicals are still possible (despite …

S1:E9 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we’re speaking to another of the teaching staff at My Online Schooling. Bethany Jamieson is going to open up for us what life is like as a teacher at the online school. So w…

S1:E8- Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we go into the Art department at school and talk to Rachel Adams about how that works in an online environment. So we’re going to find out her first thoughts about online lea…

S1:E7 - Welcome back to the My Online Schooling Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the online school. In this episode, we go travelling with Brett and Amelia Irwin and their family. Because Brett and Amelia were both living in the UK before acquiring an RV and packing up to travel around the…