Podcasts
Welcome to the UK Virtual School Podcast launching on Monday 26th July 2021. The podcast for parents, home educating families and those looking for an alternative to the education system!
UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.
S03E14 Science Experiments at Home – Kitchen Chemistry with William
Season 3, Episode 14 - Science Experiments at Home - Kitchen Chemistry with William In this episode, Syd is joined by William, he has been a chemistry teacher with UK Virtual School for just over a year now and works with kitchen science with secondary school kids,...
S03E13 Why Parent’s love of UKVS – An Online School That Thinks Differently
Season 3, Episode 13 - Why Parent’s love UKVS - An Online School That Thinks Differently In this episode, Syd is joined by Samira, a parent of a student at UK Virtual School and a Lawyer who's been with us for a few years now and has enjoyed it much more than...
S03E12 Our 3 Year GCSE Experience at UKVS – A student success story
Season 3, Episode 12 - Our 3 Year GCSE Experience at UKVS - A student success story In this episode, Syd is joined by Anna, a parent of a student at UK Virtual School who's been with us for 3 years, her daughter is a real success story! Please use your podcast app to...
S03E11 Exploring Worldviews – A unique UKVS curriculum
Season 3, Episode 11 - Exploring Worldviews - A unique UKVS curriculum In this episode, Syd is joined by Eloise, a teacher at UK Virtual School who is currently teaching "Worldviews", which is a subject all about the culture of different countries around the world....
S03E10 The Power of an Educator – A Parent’s Journey
Season 3, Episode 10 - The Power of an Educator - A Parent's Journey In this episode, Syd is joined by Tomas, an engineer and parent of a student at UK Virtual School who believes that the right educator can drastically change the trajectory of a child's life. Please...
S03E09 A Student Led School – with a short interview with Asher
Season 3, Episode 9 - A Student Led School - with a short interview with Asher UK Virtual School is a completely student led school, today we welcome Asher onto the podcast, a long time member of UKVS! Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never...
S03E08 Teaching English the UKVS Way – Spotlight on Teacher Elizabeth!
Season 3, Episode 8 - Teaching English the UKVS Way - Spotlight on Teacher Elizabeth! Elizabeth is an English teacher at UK Virtual School, and she is one of the first teachers who was welcomed to the school. As a master of languages, Elizabeth teaches children both...
S03E07 GCSE Exam Success – First UKVS Cohort!
Season 3, Episode 7 - GCSE Exam Success - First UKVS Cohort! In this episode you'll hear from Syd, the founder of UK Virtual School, on GCSE Results day... And she is SO proud of her first UKVS Cohort of students for doing so well in their exams, so today she...
S03E06 Home Education Vs Traditional Schooling – Mother and Daughter reflections
Season 3, Episode 6 - Home Education Vs Traditional Schooling - Mother and Daughter reflections Iokasti has been at UKVS for 2 years, she attended traditional schooling until year 8, but didn't enjoy the format of secondary school at all... Whereas preferred a...
S03E05 From the Big Bang to Physics in the classroom; The real truth about Physics
Season 3, Episode 5 - From the Big Bang to Physics in the classroom; The real truth about Physics On this episode, Syd is joined by Andrea, a Physics Teacher at UK Virtual School. They discuss various topics in the realm of physics like aliens, the big bang and a...
S03E04 The 53 Days Challenge – Meeting families from around the Globe
Season 3, Episode 4 - The 53 Days Challenge - Meeting families from around the Globe On this episode, Syd discusses her challenge to meet 53 families in 53 days... It didn't go quite as according to plan but she did meet and record some of her meetings. Please use...
S03E03 Exploring Well-being & Happiness In Times of change and transition
Season 3, Episode 3 - Exploring Well-being & Happiness In Times of change and transition On this episode you'll hear from Ruth, a Positive Psychology Teacher at UK Virtual School. Ruth's passionate about making a real difference in the lives of the children she...
