Ruth & Eimear interview

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Let's record it and see what the questions are.

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The school has a different feel to the ambassador schools.

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It seems to be targeted to the top tier IAB community and leadership.

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in the shape of Ruth.

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Right,

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okay.

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What real,

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is it fair to say,

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are the dynamics different in this new school

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to the other Ambassador schools?

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Well, I think our core purpose is exactly the same and our core

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values will remain the same.

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What we're seeing in this school is the very best of what Ambassador have done in the past.

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We're continuing to grow and develop a brilliant curriculum that's available in all

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our other schools.

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with increased investment.

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So I think in terms of that premium field,

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that curriculum,

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NYPP,

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YPDP,

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very similar,

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but building on the best of our location,

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our,

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I suppose,

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our access to space.

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And then the level of expertise that we've got in the leadership team and through

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the recruitment will,

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of course,

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elevate the school within the city and the brand within the city.

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But all our schools will continue to grow in this way.

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Thank you.

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And there's nothing near you in this area.

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Well, exactly.

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It's literally a gift to have this plot of land in Almacool,

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so close to the metro,

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such good parking,

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beside the park,

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so there's going to be no,

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like, building,

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unexpected building any time soon.

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So, yeah,

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I think as a mum who has grappled with,

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you know,

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many, many schools over the years,

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both in leadership.

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as well as where my children were going to school.

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It's a headache,

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isn't it?

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The drop -off and the pick -up.

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There's none of that here.

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It's very,

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very easy.

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And where were the closest?

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I was saying, DePaul,

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where's the closest apartment blocks to?

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Probably Golden Sands.

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They're very close.

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We're very close to City Walk.

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I mean, I'm in Oomsikim,

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too. It took me 12 minutes this morning,

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and the traffic was great.

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And I was out there at,

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you know,

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rush hour, allegedly.

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And now we know that traffic is a bit quieter in the city at the moment.

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But it's actually an easy place to get to from so...

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many spots around the city.

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It's minutes away from most places.

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It's very central.

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Okay, Ruth.

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John loves writing stories.

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And he's already written a bit about you.

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But I think we're going to do something different on Schools Compared about

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you. So we'll probably send you over some questions and whatever else.

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Or it depends on,

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you know,

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we'll get that sorted.

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Okay.

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I do think,

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you know, my...

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You know, over the years,

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you look at schools in different ways,

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don't you?

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When all three of my kids were in the school system,

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I've only got one left.

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Now my granddaughter will start next year in school in the UK.

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And as you kind of grow and develop,

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you see what schools actually really need.

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And you hear from my daughter,

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what does she want in a school?

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100%.

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Confidence,

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fun,

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happiness,

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somewhere where she belongs,

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somewhere that the family belongs and feels like.

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So, yeah,

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I think...

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To that story with John,

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I think it would be quite nice to explore some of that.

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Well, I was going to ask you,

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well, we touched on it initially,

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you know, when we were walking around the school.

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Is this your last school?

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I asked you that question.

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Do you know what?

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When I'm working with Mr Kamal,

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I think I'm going to be here for a long time because it's so easy.

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The investment has been so generous.

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The interest,

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and, you know,

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he's doing it for the right reasons.

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I agree.

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You know, and I really feel that.

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Why would I leave?

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But I mean, anyone can say that.

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Many jobs, I do find their vibe,

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the level of ambition and the level of support something quite extraordinary.

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That's Ruth speaking very honestly.

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Yes, yes.

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And you're leaving Swiss with how many kids now?

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2 ,950.

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2 ,950.

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And how many in Bordensville at the time?

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130.

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It's not amazing.

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And we picked that one up.

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When I started there,

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I think we were 1 ,200 children.

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So that's been a great success story.

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And I have loved every second of it.

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So proud of what we've built there.

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Such a great school.

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Bilingualism,

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sustainability,

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great community.

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But time for someone else to take it on and continue to develop it.

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And I'm going to touch on something else,

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like Ian.

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Ah,

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yes.

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Ian recruited me,

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of course.

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I know he did.

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Well, listen,

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there's a story between Jonathan,

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myself,

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Ian.

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And now you.

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So it is like it is.

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We're all connected,

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are we not?

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Always connected.

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But Ian and Jonathan have met each other in England,

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where they lived in England.

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So they've got a good rapport.

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I'm still in contact with,

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obviously, Ian.

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And, yeah,

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this is just,

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you know, I think what he's done now is I get where he's coming from because he did reach

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out to me previously.

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And we're definitely delighted for him.

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Of course, as am I.

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And I continue to keep in touch with him.

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And he's a good mentor.

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He is.

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He knows plenty of information,

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you know.

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He is indeed.

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Now,

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OK, where are we on the status of the IB and able to talk about it?

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So we have submitted all our paperwork.

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We're just waiting for approval.

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So I think we'll ask Dan because he was in charge of that.

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We haven't got approval yet to say we're an IB school.

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They're very strict about this at the moment.

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In fact,

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we had used it and one of the schools had reported us,

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so we have to be really careful because we're now on the radar for having used it.

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No, but again,

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again,

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it's all schools.

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All of them are getting it,

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you know, and you're not the only one.

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It's the IB.

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IB are watching,

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you know,

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and that's why we're asking.

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There's a lot happening in the city.

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They have to...

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I know,

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but the thing about it is...

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You know, use our IB,

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you know, I wouldn't mind if it was a one -off IB school.

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I know, we have done it,

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we know what we're doing.

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Absolutely, absolutely.

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Okay,

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do you have any secrets that you can tell us about your

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school?

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Exclusive to schools,

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comparatively.

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Oh,

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gosh.

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Can I get back to you on that one?

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I'll find you a secret.

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Right, okay.

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I mean,

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the secret is,

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look at us,

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look at us in the heart of the city.

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What we're going to offer,

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the fact that these kiddos are going to be doing PE on the daily,

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that activity is built into the school and kids' DNA,

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is that not the perfect match?

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What we know as mums is,

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get the kids moving,

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they're much happier,

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they're much more engaged.

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And we will do that in every lesson throughout the day.

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Are you thinking of a commercial secret secret?

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No, I'm just thinking of anything.

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Are you giving jelly babies out at the beginning of every class or at

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the end of the day?

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I think the scholarship thing will be interesting too because

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we're teaming up with a tennis guy who's going to also offer scholarships for the tennis academy.

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I think the synergy coming between us and the ASA provider.

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possibly elite,

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will also add to the feel of community and wraparound

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care of the people.

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And what was it?

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I was busy taking photographs,

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but I'm sure Vicky has got the information on the swimming pool.

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Maybe Sheena's got on the Fridays.

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What's up?

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You're bringing them.

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The community.

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Oh, yes,

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yeah. As part of the signature experience for the early childhood centre,

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parents will have the opportunity to swim with their children.

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Now, it won't be mandatory,

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of course, because for lots of us,

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that wouldn't work at all.

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But for those who want that,

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and then we'll also do it as a weekend activity where mums and dads can

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come and swim with their kiddos in the pool.

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So just to kind of elevate the...

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get the kids moving earlier.

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Yes.

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Get them on those bikes,

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get those muscles moving,

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not just little,

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you know,

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finicky little...

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spaces but expansive spaces. Ruth what's your sport?

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Well, I'm a massive football mum.

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Yes.

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Jake did a football scholarship in the States.

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Noah is football mad.

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And we're Arsenal supporters.

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Oh, so is my boy.

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Oh, my God.

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I've been that delighted the weekend.

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Oh, my gosh.

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It's a great excitement.

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So,

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football is...

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I've been the football mum for years.

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Now,

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I'm a Pilates fan.

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I am a complete convert.

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I'm loving it.

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As in Pilates or that new one on the...

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Reformer Pilates.

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Yeah.

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there's a placed helm on the turmeric road is on the corner of my street i

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can walk to it most evenings i'm there maybe you need to take over

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a class for the parents without there exactly i mean we're going to do the arabic so when

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pilates through arabic maybe yeah well that's a

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secret pilates yeah yes that's what we're looking for and then there's another

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one here now let me see is that still recording it is and can you speak

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okay any other messages you would like to get across

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I feel like we did a good job in showing that it's a community school with

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learning at the heart.

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And when we're talking about learning,

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we're not talking about entertainment.

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We're talking about knowing kids and working with children so they make their maximum

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progress in an environment that they're enjoying.

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And that for me is the key piece.

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If they're not running into those classrooms in the morning and out again in the afternoons,

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we're not doing our jobs properly.

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Kiddos have got to be joyful in their learning.

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Gosh, I really feel so strongly about it.

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And whether that's on bikes and trikes or grappling with tables or designing

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a, you know,

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whatever.

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It's joyful.

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It's well supported in nice surroundings,

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yeah.

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Like Ruth,

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I go into schools,

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right, in many,

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many, many schools.

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And everybody talks about,

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you know,

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their libraries and how important it is.

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And I was impressed by your early years and what you had to talk about.

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And, you know,

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it's a long time since I was in primary school,

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you know.

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But I do hear,

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you know, different reading.

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But the extended reading program,

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I loved it.

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Honest to God,

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it is what it says.

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But what was the one that...

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And we talked about Catherine McKeever earlier on.

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Did you remember she set up some sort of reading program?

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She was hot on reading.

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She was interested in the science of reading.

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And she ran some very good programs.

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And really that accelerated reader approach that we're using is very much based on that.

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What is your child's real reading age?

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What is their zone of proximal development?

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So what books will actually make them progress?

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Because a lot of us are just reading within our own kind of level.

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We're not actually getting better at reading.

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so that's the science of reading but catherine was the pioneer of that absolutely absolutely

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and uh what was it and what

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is it what is the um screen time 45 45 minutes

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max and that's about that's early years or is that that's the school yeah

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That's about children not being just given the iPad because you can do

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it on an iPad.

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If it's something you can do with a pencil and paper,

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why use the iPad?

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Yeah, because you look,

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you know, like our necklace when he left death to go to Methoday.

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Like,

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not every kid in the UK has access to a laptop.

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Exactly.

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You know, and him writing,

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like, it's minuscule.

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Like, you know,

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it was...

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And we kind of thought, oh,

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in a way that was a disadvantage.

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But now we've learned through the research that actually...

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The kiddos who held onto the paper and pencil actually in the long run might have done better.

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So we need to address the imbalance now in our school.

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If it's not transforming the learning.

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put the ipad away because actually it's messing with their heads yeah so

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if it's transforming the learning it has a place and there are some apps and there are some programs that

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are really good for learning yeah but a lot of it like times tables rock stars

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practicing your spelling on the ipad just pick up the pencil yeah no

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i i get you but it was something nicholas he was a bright kid

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i'm not gonna i'm not gonna say

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But one thing that they did pick up that they didn't pick up here,

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and I think it is down to the laptop.

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Yeah.

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They classed him as slow,

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oh God,

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slow processing.

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Yeah.

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Never knew there was such a thing,

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but he got an extra 25 minutes for it.

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I need to get my know of that because he's definitely got that.

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Honestly, if you give him time,

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he'll do it.

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Don't put him under pressure.

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I know. Honestly,

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look into that.

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Did somebody find that out as methody for you?

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Yes.

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Honestly,

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look into it.

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Well, Katrina went to the first term.

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One of her lecturers said,

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have you ever been diagnosed?

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Have you ever been tested for dyslexia?

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She came from D .C.

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She was Dessa originally.

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Slow process.

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Didn't even know there was such a thing.

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We all had to Google it.

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Yeah, it's mad,

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isn't it? Okay,

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that's it.

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No more secrets.

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That's us girly talking now.

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Okay, thanks,

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John. Bye.

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Thanks for that.

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