After two successful Festival of Education events in Shanghai we now offer pupils, parents, teachers and the wider community to be involved in the first Festival of Education in Wellington College International Tianjin. The festival will take place on Monday 23rd October and it promises to become one of Tianjin's leading annual opportunities to understand, learn and question issues facing education today.
The four main strands of the Festival – learning for Early Years, Wellbeing, Chinese and British attitudes to education, and general educational inquiry – will form the basis of the event and provide broad organizational guidelines. This year, in addition to a range of exciting talks and discussions, there will be a number of Wellingten talks with education at their heart.
The festival will not only be available in Tianjin but also across the Wellington group of Colleges starting in Shanghai on the 20th -21st October, Hangzhou on the 22nd, finishing in Tianjin on the 23rd.
So, whether you are a parent, an educator or someone who is interested in teaching and learning, there is plenty on offer during the festival.
Save the date and join us!
>> Guest Speakers 2017
- SHONETTE BASON WOOD
Motivational Speaker, Spread the Happiness
"Creating outstanding Early Years"
What Shonette offers is inspiration, motivation and cost-effective ideas for practitioners of early years and primary children. Her ideas span the depth, breadth and width of the curriculum and produce a very personalised learning environment.
- MICHAEL BYWATER
Author, Commentator, Broadcaster
"Chinese and British Thinking"
He spent over ten years as lead columnist for the Independent on Sunday Review, before which he was Deputy Editor of the celebrated Punch magazine and resident futurist at The Observer. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio and is Culture Critic of the New Statesman; he has contributed to all the quality British daily and Sunday newspapers and countless magazines, having been for many years a Contributing Editor to Cosmopolitan.
- RICHARD FARMER
Vice Principal (Academic Advancement)
"Which apps. did Shakespeare use"
Mr. Farmer graduated in English at Leeds University and then completed a PGCE at Exeter University. He taught in Bristol for four years before returning to Leeds University to study for a MA in English Literature. He then taught IB English at United World College of SEA in Singapore.
- IAN WARWICK
Senior Director of London Gifted & Talented
"Challenging and supporting more able learners"
Ian started by teaching in inner city comprehensives for twenty years before becoming the senior director of London Gifted & Talented (www.londongt.org), which is part of the groundbreaking London Challenge, who have tackled issues of disadvantage across the city since 2004. LG&T have directly worked with well over 3,500 schools and 11,000 teachers nationally. More than 150,000 educators worldwide have used the free e-resources.