Greg Mason, University and Career Counselor SWIS, was the guest on SWIS ROC Radio today to update us on the outstanding successes achieved by the 2019 SWIS students in their college applications. For more information on this you can also read an earlier article by the School Director, Ally Wu; https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TR8IiusSSylJzP-o7y7frQ This week on June 12th, marked a historical day at SWIS with the inaugural graduation ceremony of the first cohort of Diploma Program students (32)....

#SWISROCRADIO finally went on their long awaited and highly anticipated tour of the far flung fields of Shekou. The venue for their road trip was the salubrious environs of Le 5 Chefs where they were warmly greeted by Claudio! On this first sports podcast of their local tour, Leonard (ICT Integration) and Youngman (Athletics Director of SWIS) were joined by two local celebrities (in their own minds) from Shekou International School Carlos Galvez and Nathan Lil. The podcast mainly focuses on...

'So you've decided to move to China....what now??' This is the first in a series of podcasts aimed at helping new members of staff and the extended community before/during and after their move to Shenzhen. We will try to answer some of the key questions new members of the community will have about; Housing - Campus/Off Campus Medical - What to bring Social Life - Bars/Restaurants/Sports Shipping Shopping Transport Banking We will hear from singles, couples, couples with children,...

***Note*** This Podcast is recorded in Chinese; it was also recorded in English and can be accessed at; https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/episodes/SWIS-Webwise-Parent-Ambassador-Group-Presentation---English-e3q7s7/a-adjcge The SWIS Webwise Parent Ambassador Group had their first Parent Presentation last Friday 19.04.2019 in the Theatre at SWIS. (https://innovation.swis.cn/swis-webwise-parent-ambassador-group.html) SWIS家长特使们于上周五（4月19日）在SWIS小剧场举行了第一次家长讲座。 This was their very first...

This morning at SWIS, Matt Manfredi from Long Island in New York was the guest on SWIS ROC Radio. We hear a little bit of information about his family; his mother and father, Lois and Dante and his wonderful daughter, Kayley in Hanoi (who eats snails....). Matt has been an educator for 18 years and it does not show in his youthful appearance! On the 11&12th May at Level 5, Shekou, Matt will lead a workshop designed to explore the use of student-centered, discussion-based education...

We were joined on the show today by our SWIS MYP Maths Teacher Spyros Kitsionas (the very first Greek on SWIS ROC Radio!) and David a student from the MYP. They spoke about the Middle School Basketball and High School Football teams. We also heard a little bit of background information about Spyros including his basketball exploits, his University days in Wales, and his memories of his beloved country Greece winning the 2004 European Cup in Football. We hope you enjoy the show. SWIS...

This afternoon we had four students from G4 Blue on SWIS ROC Radio. They spoke excellently about topics such as Academic Honesty and Plagiarism. They ended the show with a short piece about the upcoming Sports Day on Friday. An excellent debut for our young G4 Students! Well Done! SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn

We are joined in the studio by SWIS Teacher Jaikala Prasad (DP Physics and MYP Science) who tells us some background information about herself in the first part of the show. We also hear about her home city Mumbai, what she values and is passionate about in life. In the second part of the show we hear about the upcoming TEDx event at SWIS on the 23rd March at 11am. This is the very first TEDx event at SWIS after Jaikala secured a license for our school. It promises to be an amazing...

JD and Arthur are joined by our Rookie Host Mr Youngman to discuss the SWIS Sports Teams, their sporting heroes and favorite managers! We discover that baldness is the key to managerial success - all the greats are bald....Zidane, Guardiola, Topovic, Hatt, Lill...... An awesome podcast with the boys. Well done JD and Arthur. Great Ambassadors for SWIS. SWIS ROC Radio Listen, Like, Learn

This afternoon we recorded an extra special Sports Podcast on SWIS ROC Radio. What started out as an ordinary sports podcast, quickly descended in to an all out St.Patrick's Day show! Pat Mustard (a famous Irish Character in the hit show Fr.Ted who actually died yesterday...RIP Pat) was played by our AD Josh Youngman. We had Winnie from the MYP playing the role of Mrs Doyle (another character in this show ). They both were on the show to speak about the sports department at SWIS and...

We hear from The GENIUS ROCS Robotics Team who tell us all about their recent trip to Shanghai to compete in the National Finals of the ACAMIS Robotics Competition where they performed excellently. For more information about our Robotics Team follow our blog https://blog.seesaw.me/roboticsteamswis For more information about STEM at SWIS including ICT, Robotics, Makerspace, Digital Citizenship and much more you can visit our website https://innovation.swis.cn As with all student podcasts,...

This afternoon we recorded an excellent podcast with the students and their supervisors from the MUN Team. Mrs Maria Chaytor and Ms.April D Our students Bhumija, Khushi, Jessie, Jessica from Grades 9-11 spoke excellently about the Model United Nations Conference that they attended last weekend in UISZ Guangzhou. Bhumija - who is President of MUN at SWIS spoke passionately about topics such as Indigenous Rights that were debated during the conference. We concluded the podcast with a...

We are joined in the studio by SWIS Teacher Jaikala Prasad (DP Physics and MYP Science) who tells us some background information about herself in the first part of the show. We also hear about her home city Mumbai, what she values and is passionate about in life. In the second part of the show we hear about the upcoming TEDx event at SWIS on the 23rd March at 11am. This is the very first TEDx event at SWIS after Jaikala secured a license for our school. It promises to be an amazing event....

Dr. Greg Mason and J Wang are the first guests of 2019 on SWIS ROC Radio. They explain their respective roles at SWIS as well as providing some background information about themselves. We hear how a a College Counselor (Greg Mason) differs from a School Counselor (Ron Moore). Senior Students at SWIS are currently busy with the college applications process. Greg provides us with some excellent admission statistics such as the top five places where students applied: University of...

Another wonderful podcast on SWIS ROC Radio with the sports coaches talking Swimming, Basketball and a little bit about themselves (Daryl). Enjoy the show! SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like Learn

Today we had the last in our series of Movember Podcasts at SWIS. We were joined in the studio by Quinton from Artisans Pizzeria in Houhai (Exit E1) who sponsored lunch for the Movember Crew at SWIS today. Thank you Quinton; The pizza was delectable. Gary from Shekou Daily also joined us in the studio to share in our end of Movember efforts. Thank you for all your support Gary during this campaign at SWIS. We heard all about the activities that took place at SWIS this morning including...

There's only one topic on the student's lips this week and it is Basketball. Charlie and Vivien join Mr.Youngman in the studio! With yet another victory by the outstanding, athletic and student basketball team over the ageing, crippled and sometimes blind basketball teachers of SWIS, the students can rightly declare themselves as the KINGS/QUEENS of the basketball courts of SWIS!!! Well done students! A special shout out to the referees Mr.Chaytor who got a 10/10 rating and Mr.Youngman...

In the second of our series of Movember Podcasts we were joined by Patrick Mc Donagh, from the SWIS PE Department. Alongside him was Phenix, a very happy parent of two SWIS children and Gary Isse from Shekou Daily. Phenix, provided a delicious Hamburger lunch today for the 17 Movember Men at SWIS courtesy of Xpats Village Pub HuangGang Village. We are very greatful of his generous donation to the SWIS Teachers in aid of Movember. Matthew Franklin, another one of our SWIS Teachers joined...

Betty and Winnie are the guests on this weeks show. Betty told us that they are looking for recruits for Touch Rugby at SWIS so that they can have an all girls team. Their coaches are Brian Kasper, Shane Gower and Daniel Di Gregorio. Winnie provides us with information about the Badminton and Basketball teams in the Middle School. SWIS ROC RADIO LISTEN, LIKE, LEARN

We had a very special Movember Podcast at SWIS today promoting the wonderful cause that 17 teachers at SWIS are participating in and accepting donations from the extended SWIS community. Look out for posters and banners around the school for more information on donating to this worthwhile charity. https://www.swis.cn/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=353 We were very lucky to have Gary from Shekou Daily on the show who is promoting our charitable efforts at SWIS (including Movember and Captivating...

Mr.Youngman, our Athletics Director at SWIS, joined SWIS ROC Radio, this morning to make a passionate plea to SWIS Parents to come along and support our students during sporting events throughout the year. We hear about the benefits of attending and supporting our SWIS ROC Teams in building community atmosphere, as well as the benefits of children being part of sports teams in general. Mr.Youngman is a passionate advocate of sports and has shown wonderful dedication, commitment and hard...

Elena Li, returns as host with two students from her class to deliver a beautiful weekly podcast in Chinese. Her student Elina read a poem about her grandmother telling her stories​ of people from history and what she learned from it. Melody also read a poem about how much she loved her homeland of China.

In this podcast, we hear from Majella Dowling, who talks to us about her recent Professional Development entitled 'Play Based Learning' at Yokohama International School, Japan. We also hear about 'Movember' as Championed by Kris Campbell. Teachers at SWIS have been supporting this effort for the past three years, and this year the tradition continues. So don't be alarmed when you see a number of male teachers (known as Mo Bros) beginning to grow a fashionable moustache! As well, our...

Mr Youngman flush with success after his podcasting debut (in fact his debut was the lowest rated show in terms of plays and downloads this year!!!!) returns to SWIS ROC RADIO to talk about recent events in the sports department. He is Joined by Irene, Hotin and Daniel. We hear about Badminton, Rugby and a number of other activities. Great Job AD Youngman! Let's hope for better ratings this time around! All our PE Podcasts are available on Anchor as well; an amazing tool for Podcasting!...