International School Parent Magazine - Spring 2024
Welcome to the first edition of the International School Parent Magazine for 2024. We hope that you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Spring is a wonderful time – the weather is warmer, and the longer days help to boost our motivation. It is also the perfect time to start thinking about summer camps. We have curated a list of inspiring and interesting programmes and have presented them to you in a special feature beginning on page 40. In this edition we had the pleasure of interviewing both Nicola Sparrow, School Director of Aiglon College, and Andrea Spielmann, the Principal of the new SIS Basel-Allschwil school. In these articles, both these accomplished women share their passion for education and provide insight into the culture and ethos of their respective schools. We also continue our discussion of children’s mental health, drug use, communication, travel, and present many more interesting and topical articles and commentary. Check out the articles about the family activities in Lichtenstein, as well as unusual and exciting things to do in Switzerland, and an introduction to Basel the Swiss capital of culture and architecture. Once again, we are thrilled to present to you a magazine filled with interesting and informative articles, exciting experiences, and practical tips for parents. Have a wonderful spring and we look forward to bringing you more content again in summer.
Welcome to the first edition of the International School Parent Magazine for 2024. We hope that you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Spring is a wonderful time – the weather is warmer, and the longer days help to boost our motivation. It is also the perfect time to start thinking about summer camps. We have curated a list of inspiring and interesting programmes and have presented them to you in a special feature beginning on page 40.
In this edition we had the pleasure of interviewing both Nicola Sparrow, School Director of Aiglon College, and Andrea Spielmann, the Principal of the new SIS Basel-Allschwil school. In these articles, both these accomplished women share their passion for education and provide insight into the culture and ethos of their respective schools.
We also continue our discussion of children’s mental health, drug use, communication, travel, and present many more interesting and topical articles and commentary.
Check out the articles about the family activities in Lichtenstein, as well as unusual and exciting things to do in Switzerland, and an introduction to Basel the Swiss capital of culture and architecture.
Once again, we are thrilled to present to you a magazine filled with interesting and informative articles, exciting experiences, and practical tips for parents. Have a wonderful spring and we look forward to bringing you more content again in summer.
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ADVERTORIAL<br />
What makes<br />
a great<br />
boarding<br />
experience?<br />
WRITTEN BY MATT KIELY, DIRECTOR OF BOARDING, TASIS ENGLAND<br />
Every now and again I have the pleasure of meeting with<br />
boarding alumni, some of whom were boarding at the<br />
school before I was born. I very much enjoy listening to<br />
the stories of their time at the school and how things used to be<br />
in the good old days. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they never seem to<br />
mention the quality education that they received here for several<br />
hours per day over a number of years, nor the soggy porridge, but<br />
they do take great delight in reminiscing about the homely chaos of<br />
twenty students sharing a dorm, battling cold showers in the depths<br />
of winter and recounting various tales of clandestine midnight<br />
mischief.<br />
Times have changed. Legislative standards are constantly<br />
being raised under the umbrella of safeguarding and schools are<br />
evermore on the lookout for an edge within a crowded market. This<br />
has led to increasingly fanciful facilities and blankets of smothering<br />
support whenever a child displays a hint of emotion. I feel sorry<br />
for students opting into new build boarding facilities with their<br />
single bedrooms, kitchenettes, underfloor heating, and all of the<br />
ambience of a Travelodge. They are missing out on the essence of<br />
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PARENT SPRING <strong>2024</strong> | 22
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