The World at Ipswich High
An International Students’ Podcast at Ipswich High School. An independent day and boarding school in Suffolk, England. Join Sunny and Jona each week as they discuss current events, and share their insights on news and a variety of academic and cultural topics.
Episodes
Ivy & Jona discuss their upcoming mock exams and discuss the differences between exams in Germany and the UK. While exams are always a stressful time of the year, it's also the time for students to show how much they've learned! Listen to Ivy and Jona as they reflect on their thoughts and feelings as they begin to approach the end of their first year at Ipswich High School.
This episode, released later than planned, celebrates Ipswich High School's 147th Birthday! To commemorate this occasion, Ivy and Jona speak to our Head, Mr Browning about the creation of our school song. They also interview Ms Limer who shares fascinating details about the long history of Ipswich High School as well as its main building, Woolverstone Hall!
This week, after a long Easter Holiday, Jona and Ivy return and discuss having homework and studying assigned during the school holidays. Should students have to revise and keep studying while they are on holiday? Our students share their ideas and also talk to our Director of Curriculum & Achievement, Mr Speakman to get his opinion and he has some questions of his own for Jona and Ivy! Enjoy!
This week, Jona and Ivy are joined by several Sixth Form students as they discuss the EPQ (Extended Project Qualification). Many of our local and international students decide to take an EPQ as part of their Sixth Form studies. Jona and Ivy ask our Sixth Form pupils in Years 12 and 13 about their EPQs and how theirs have helped them to enhance their knowledge of their subject and helped to prepare them for university.
In this episode, Ivy, Jona, & Sunny have spent some time in conversations to learn more about the month of Ramadan. Our episode opens with an interview with Ms Chandler-Mears, our Head of Religion, Philosophy, & Ethics, about the history & traditions of Ramadan. Ivy, Jona, and Sunny also sit down with two of their fellow students currently observing Ramadan to get their personal perspectives on this special month in the...
Just before our half term break, Sunny and Jona discuss Valentine's Day. To help them understand more about this holiday, they speak to our Classics teacher, Mrs DeVoy, to learn about the surprising ancient history behind this "Romance" day and they talk with Ivy, their Sixth Form classmate to discuss how the holiday has changed over the years and is celebrated around the world today!
Sunny and Jona's 10th episode is all about our production this year- "High School Musical"! This episode also includes the most guests they've had in one episode! Pupils Adam and Jess, and teachers Mr Stone and Mrs Chillingworth all discuss the production and share their thoughts and feelings about putting on such a production! Enjoy!
In this episode, Jona and Sunny focus on Chinese New Year. Sunny shares lots of interesting facts and reveals some little-known historical details about this ancient festival and how it's celebrated.
In this episode, Jona interviews one of our International students from Brazil, our French Teacher Madam Savary, and our Spanish Teacher Mr Suescun to learn about special holidays and celebrations in countries around the World.
Our students are back in school and have started the Spring Term at Ipswich High School. This week, they discuss their New Year celebrations and their ideas and opinions about making resolutions.
Join Sunny and Jona in a special Christmas episode as the discuss holiday traditions in their countries and talk about their excitement of going home to see their families in a few short days.
Our students reflect on their first term at Ipswich High School. They share their first impressions of the school and their feelings about all they've learned. They also discuss the differences they've found in British curriculum, including our Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) comparing to their home countries.
Our International students share their reflections on Remembrance Day in the UK and share their stories and experiences of days of remembrance in their countries.
Our International students discuss Guy Fawkes Night and they are joined by one of our own History teachers, Mr Tope, to provide more information about who Guy Fawkes was and answer their questions about events surrounding the 5th of November and why we still celebrate it today.
Our students discuss the recent winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and discuss the history of the award and some interesting things they've learned about it.
In our first episode of The World at Ipswich High, we highlight our impressions from our first few weeks at Ipswich High School and discuss our experiences with travelling abroad, and learning languages.
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