International Schools Blog

The practice of mindfulness is useful for managing personal stress and anxiety in a difficult situation, at home, at school or in a virtual classroom situation. To protect yourself and to help maintain a good work/life balance, we round up five resources to help you get started with mindfulness.

With the pace of innovation accelerating, creative skills are helping learners participate and succeed as they join the workforce. But how do you encourage your learners to use their imaginations? Creativity is one of the most important 21st century skills – and also one of the most misunderstood.

As thousands of international schools around the world close their doors due to coronavirus, we know many of you are now teaching remotely and we want to support you and your learners as much as we possibly can. To that end, we’ve put together some useful resources and top tips for getting started with distance learning and working with remote learners. Also see these related blog posts:

Every year on March 8th, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world. To mark the occasion, we want to highlight five inspiring women working in the field of education.

1,200 students from over 50 countries worldwide put their own modern twist on a classic tale in our international writing competition. We’re delighted to announce the wining entries!

In advance of World Book Day, Power English: Writing authors Phil Ferguson and Ross Young share their thoughts on how all children can become the best writers they can be.

Collaboration is widely acknowledged as a key 21st century skill and one that is highly valued by universities and employers. We take a look at how you can encourage collaboration in the classroom.

There is a misconception that studying for British qualifications can only lead on to a British university – but nothing could be further from the truth! These qualifications open many doors to school leavers who want to continue into higher education all over the world. 

Communication skills are central to success in school, work and in life. We take a look at some of the ways you can integrate communication skills into your primary and secondary classrooms.

[Photograph by Faye Yang]

Branksome Hall Asia scooped the prestigious International School Award for 2020 for its ‘initiatives to support students as future-thinking innovators’. We caught up with them to find out more.