Swis Roc Radio

JD and Arthur are joined by our Rookie Host Mr Youngman to discuss the SWIS Sports Teams, their sporting heroes and favorite managers! We discover that baldness is the key to managerial success - all the greats are bald....Zidane, Guardiola, Topovic, Hatt, Lill...... An awesome podcast with the boys. Well done JD and Arthur. Great Ambassadors for SWIS. SWIS ROC Radio Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

This afternoon we recorded an extra special Sports Podcast on SWIS ROC Radio. What started out as an ordinary sports podcast, quickly descended in to an all out St.Patrick's Day show! Pat Mustard (a famous Irish Character in the hit show Fr.Ted who actually died yesterday...RIP Pat) was played by our AD Josh Youngman. We had Winnie from the MYP playing the role of Mrs Doyle (another character in this show ). They both were on the show to speak about the sports department at SWIS and their excellent recent achievements. Alongside, Pat and Mrs Doyle, was Emmet O' Halloran from Tulla in East Clare. Emmet is the Product Design Teacher at SWIS and is a highly accomplished accordion player. He played a number of tunes on the accordion during the show. We brought our own unique brand of Irish Humor to todays show. We hope you enjoy it. This morning we raised 2400 for the Cambodia Orphanage at SWIS Shenzhen (www.swis.cn) in only 25 minutes through the sales of Irish Flags & Ribbons as well as fac

We recorded an excellent Podcast today with a number of MS and HS students talking about the sports program at SWIS.   To hear what the students are talking about you will get a better idea from the questions Mr. JoshUA Youngman, our highly respected, Athletics Director provided for the host.  How has the MS Girls Volleyball team progressed throughout the year?  What will the team (MS Girls VB) need to go to get into the top four teams in SISAC?  How do you think the team will fare in the final PRC tournament (for MS G VB)?  HS badminton participated in a friendly PRC competition — how did it go?  With the final PRC Badminton competition upcoming — How will SWIS compare based on previous competition?  What changes do you see from last year to this year (for HS Badminton)? We hope you enjoy the show.  SWIS ROC Radio; Sports Division Happy International Women's Day to everyone!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

We hear from The GENIUS ROCS Robotics Team who tell us all about their recent trip to Shanghai to compete in the National Finals of the ACAMIS Robotics Competition where they performed excellently.  For more information about our Robotics Team follow our blog https://blog.seesaw.me/roboticsteamswis For more information about STEM at SWIS including ICT, Robotics, Makerspace, Digital Citizenship and much more you can visit our website https://innovation.swis.cn As with all student podcasts, they are planned, recorded and published with limited editing for an Authentic Student Led Podcast. Apologies for the sound interference - one of the student's phones was ringing during the show as her driver was waiting! We hope you enjoy the show. SWIS ROC Radio Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

We hear from The GENIUS ROCS Robotics Team who tell us all about their recent trip to Shanghai to compete in the National Finals of the ACAMIS Robotics Competition where they performed excellently. For more information about our Robotics Team follow our blog https://blog.seesaw.me/roboticsteamswis For more information about STEM at SWIS including ICT, Robotics, Makerspace, Digital Citizenship and much more you can visit our website https://innovation.swis.cn As with all student podcasts, they are planned, recorded and published with limited editing for an Authentic Student Led Podcast. Apologies for the sound interference - one of the student's phones was ringing during the show as her driver was waiting! We hope you enjoy the show. SWIS ROC Radio Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

This afternoon we recorded an excellent podcast with the students and their supervisors from the MUN Team. Mrs Maria Chaytor and Ms.April D Our students Bhumija, Khushi, Jessie, Jessica from Grades 9-11 spoke excellently about the Model United Nations Conference that they attended last weekend in UISZ Guangzhou. Bhumija - who is President of MUN at SWIS spoke passionately about topics such as Indigenous Rights that were debated during the conference. We concluded the podcast with a very brief (far too brief) interview/interrogation of Ms.Dalbello and Mrs.Chaytor who gave us some background information about themselves. We hear the heart warming...story of how Mrs.Chaytor met and fell in love with Mr.Robert Chaytor....many, many, many years ago! We hope you enjoy the show! SWIS ROC Radio Listen, Like and Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

We are joined in the studio by SWIS Teacher Jaikala Prasad (DP Physics and MYP Science) who tells us some background information about herself in the first part of the show. We also hear about her home city Mumbai, what she values and is passionate about in life. In the second part of the show we hear about the upcoming TEDx event at SWIS on the 23rd March at 11am. This is the very first TEDx event at SWIS after Jaikala secured a license for our school. It promises to be an amazing event. The event will need school wide support and Jaikala is currently liaising with the Marketing, Logistics, Music, Design and IT Departments as well as the SLT to make this event a huge success. She is looking for volunteers to help out with the event. More information to follow after the Chinese New Year Holiday. We hope you enjoy the show and that you will support Jaikala in making the TEDx event at SWIS an event to remember for years to come! SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://

Dr. Greg Mason and J Wang are the first guests of 2019 on SWIS ROC Radio. They explain their respective roles at SWIS as well as providing some background information about themselves. We hear how a a College Counselor (Greg Mason) differs from a School Counselor (Ron Moore). Senior Students at SWIS are currently busy with the college applications process. Greg provides us with some excellent admission statistics such as the top five places where students applied: University of Washington University of Toronto New York University Boston University Chinese University of Hong Kong We conclude the podcast with a discussion on the merits of going to college/university. Tune in on Friday to hear Jaikala Prasad on SWIS ROC RADIO to promote the upcoming TEDx Event in March. We hope you enjoy the show.  SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

Dr. Greg Mason and J Wang are the first guests of 2019 on SWIS ROC Radio. They explain their respective roles at SWIS as well as providing some background information about themselves. We hear how a a College Counselor (Greg Mason) differs from a School Counselor (Ron Moore). Senior Students at SWIS are currently busy with the college applications process. Greg provides us with some excellent admission statistics such as the top five places where students applied: University of Washington University of Toronto New York University Boston University Chinese University of Hong Kong We conclude the podcast with a discussion on the merits of going to college/university. Tune in on Friday to hear Jaikala Prasad on SWIS ROC RADIO to promote the upcoming TEDx Event in March. We hope you enjoy the show. SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

Another wonderful podcast on SWIS ROC Radio with the sports coaches talking Swimming, Basketball and a little bit about themselves (Daryl). Enjoy the show! SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

Today we had the last in our series of Movember Podcasts at SWIS. We were joined in the studio by Quinton from Artisans Pizzeria in Houhai (Exit E1) who sponsored lunch for the Movember Crew at SWIS today. Thank you Quinton; The pizza was delectable. Gary from Shekou Daily also joined us in the studio to share in our end of Movember efforts. Thank you for all your support Gary during this campaign at SWIS. We heard all about the activities that took place at SWIS this morning including face painting, Fake Mo Sales & calendar sales. We are now close to raising $2500. Thank you to the Art Department for helping us today with the face painting. Our 'Classy' November calendar is now available for sale! Email eugene.leonard@swis.cn to get your own copy (a signed copy costs more!) We would like to thank all our sponsors during Movember at SWIS including; Gary - Shekou Daily The Terrace Xpats Bar - Phenix Kafe Kitchen Artisans Mr.Bill - Furniture Mission Hills Volfonis - Owen Craig Wildman Mccawle

There's only one topic on the student's lips this week and it is Basketball. Charlie and Vivien join Mr.Youngman in the studio! With yet another victory by the outstanding, athletic and student basketball team over the ageing, crippled and sometimes blind basketball teachers of SWIS, the students can rightly declare themselves as the KINGS/QUEENS of the basketball courts of SWIS!!! Well done students! A special shout out to the referees Mr.Chaytor who got a 10/10 rating and Mr.Youngman who got a less than impressive 6/10 rating. We hear about basketball teams at SWIS and their development over the past few years and also their recent games. SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

In the second of our series of Movember Podcasts we were joined by Patrick Mc Donagh, from the SWIS PE Department. Alongside him was Phenix, a very happy parent of two SWIS children and Gary Isse from Shekou Daily. Phenix, provided a delicious Hamburger lunch today for the 17 Movember Men at SWIS courtesy of Xpats Village Pub HuangGang Village. We are very greatful of his generous donation to the SWIS Teachers in aid of Movember. Matthew Franklin, another one of our SWIS Teachers joined the show to stress the importance of regular check ups for men. He told us how during Movember last year he went for a health check up and discovered that he had pre-cancerous cells. His story is very interesting and a timely reminder of the importance of looking after your health. Finally, we hear from Gary, who reminded us of the Movember event at Terrace on 30th November where people can donate to charity and get their mustache shaved. We will also be meeting on 01 December at Evil Duck in Fumin (not Futian MTR Robe

Betty and Winnie are the guests on this weeks show. Betty told us that they are looking for recruits for Touch Rugby at SWIS so that they can have an all girls team. Their coaches are Brian Kasper, Shane Gower and Daniel Di Gregorio. Winnie provides us with information about the Badminton and Basketball teams in the Middle School. SWIS ROC RADIO LISTEN, LIKE, LEARN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

We had a very special Movember Podcast at SWIS today promoting the wonderful cause that 17 teachers at SWIS are participating in and accepting donations from the extended SWIS community. Look out for posters and banners around the school for more information on donating to this worthwhile charity. https://www.swis.cn/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=353 We were very lucky to have Gary from Shekou Daily on the show who is promoting our charitable efforts at SWIS (including Movember and Captivating International) to the wider community through their official Wechat Account (ShekouDaily). Gary has also brought along a number of sponsors who will feed the 17 SWIS Movember participants each week with Pizza! This week we had Sally from The Terrace who joined Gary. They are also supporting Movember and running a number of events throughout the month to raise cash; listen to the show for more details! On the remaining Fridays at SWIS, the Movember 17 will be receiving Pizza from Kafe Kitchen and Xpats Bar and Grill.

Mr.Youngman, our Athletics Director at SWIS, joined SWIS ROC Radio, this morning to make a passionate plea to SWIS Parents to come along and support our students during sporting events throughout the year. We hear about the benefits of attending and supporting our SWIS ROC Teams in building community atmosphere, as well as the benefits of children being part of sports teams in general. Mr.Youngman is a passionate advocate of sports and has shown wonderful dedication, commitment and hard work in promoting SWIS ROC Teams. Well Done Sir (I found that hard to write!) Here are links to previous sports podcasts mentioned on the show. Arthur and Juan Diego Podcast www.podomatic.com/podcasts/eugene-leonard/episodes/2018-09-27T23_16_03-07_00 Oliver, Aayush, Bhumija Podcast www.podomatic.com/podcasts/eugene-leonard/episodes/2018-10-23T19_02_09-07_00 We hope you enjoyed the show; all of the SWIS sports podcasts can also be found on anchor.fm/swisrocs SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voi

Elena Li, returns as host with two students from her class to deliver a beautiful weekly podcast in Chinese. Her student Elina read a poem about her grandmother telling her stories​ of people from history and what she learned from it. Melody also read a poem about how much she loved her homeland of China. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

In this podcast, we hear from Majella Dowling, who talks to us about her recent Professional Development entitled 'Play Based Learning' at Yokohama International School, Japan. We also hear about 'Movember' as Championed by Kris Campbell. Teachers at SWIS have been supporting this effort for the past three years, and this year the tradition continues. So don't be alarmed when you see a number of male teachers (known as Mo Bros) beginning to grow a fashionable moustache! As well, our female staff (Mo Sistas) may also be seen wearing their own costume moustaches around school. All donations welcome. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/JWQZGABsiCmr5G6cDNtwXQ Finally, we would like to wish all members of the Indian Community at SWIS and further afield a very Happy Diwali. SWIS ROC RADIO LISTEN, LIKE, LEARN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

Mr Youngman flush with success after his podcasting debut (in fact his debut was the lowest rated show in terms of plays and downloads this year!!!!) returns to SWIS ROC RADIO to talk about recent events in the sports department. He is Joined by Irene, Hotin and Daniel. We hear about Badminton, Rugby and a number of other activities. Great Job AD Youngman! Let's hope for better ratings this time around! All our PE Podcasts are available on Anchor as well; an amazing tool for Podcasting! https://anchor.fm/swisrocs SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message

On today's show we recorded a podcast with five students from grade 2 blue. The children spoke very confidently and clearly throughout the recording. It was their first ever podcast. They spoke about a poem which described the beautiful scenery that is evident during the season of Autumn. We also heard from one of the children who told us about her happy feeling towards her home country China. We hope you enjoy the Podcast. SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/message