Chatting with Channing

#026 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. If you have any questions please do contact the school through the main website. The Forest School program at Channing School began seven years ago and has since expanded to cover reception through year four. The program offers a wide range of outdoor activities and equipment in a mature garden/forest setting. The evolution of the program has been driven by the interest of the pupils and the recognition of its value in their development. The teachers involved in the program are passionate about being outside and have a variety of outdoor skills. The Forest School provides opportunities for the children to engage in activities such as pond dipping, whittling, tree climbing, and rope swinging. The program promotes creativity, imagination, teamwork, problem-solving, and communication skills. It also aligns with the broader curriculum, complementing subjects like history, geography, math, and art. The Forest School enhances the students' well-being, physical activity, and connection with nature. Parents have noticed positive changes in their children's confidence, resilience, and engagement with the outdoors. The program emphasizes sustainability, responsibility for the environment, and care for plants and animals. The Forest School fosters a sense of adventure, curiosity, and a positive outlook on oneself and one's skills. Takeaways Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#025 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. If you have any questions please do contact the school through the main website. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool email: music@channing.co.uk

#022 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. If you have any questions please do contact the school through the main website. Join us as Katie takes us on a nostalgic journey through her school days at Channing, where her passion for storytelling began. From conquering daunting staircases to forming lifelong friendships, Katie paints a vivid picture of her formative years and the lessons she learned. Discover the behind-the-scenes tales of Katie's journey from aspiring journalist to acclaimed royal correspondent. From chance encounters with Prince Harry to covering milestone events like the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Katie's career has been nothing short of extraordinary. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#022 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. If you have any questions please do contact the school through the main website. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#022 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. If you have any questions please do contact the school through the main website. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#021 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. Today, we're delighted to have a conversation with some of the key figures behind the upcoming production of 'Chicago.' Joining us are the talented individuals who have played roles in bringing the production to life. It’s a great episode and I think you’re going to love it. So come with me as we step into a conversation about Chicago at Channing. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#020 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. Now today we’re talking to the Lead Counsellor at the Senior School, Jennifer Barnaby. That means we’re going to find out exactly what that means, what the services are that are available to the pupils and why this is so important. But we also ask Jennifer for her top tips for all of us to improve our mental health, so good to hear these. That’s all coming up in this episode so come with me as Arabella speaks to the Lead Counsellor at the Senior School, Jennifer Barnaby. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#019 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re talking all about sustainability with Mr Hill, Miss Walker, and Lola & Grace from Y13. So we get to find out why Lola and Grace wanted to be involved in this, we hear about some of the key environmental challenges and issues that Channing faces with this, and how all this will be looking on a day-to-day level. That’s all coming up in this episode so come with me as Arabella speaks to Mr Hill, Miss Walker, Lola and Grace in this episode of Chatting with Channing. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#018 - Welcome to chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode you'll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents, and the school's alumni to give you a true reflection of life on High Gate Hill. In this episode, we're talking to Simon Gray. He's the Technical and Creative Manager at Channing. We're about to find out what that actually means, how he got into this, but also some of the fulfilling and challenging parts of his role. It's a great episode and a really interesting conversation with Arabella, so come with me as we speak to the Technical and Creative Manager at Channing. It's Simon Gray. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#017 -Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re talking to Miss Dina Hamalis, Head of the Junior School, about something called character education. We’re going to find out what this is, what the character traits are that are implemented into lessons, how the pupils use them and we find out about different character weeks. This is a great episode and I’m sure you’re going to love it. So come with me as speak to the Head of the Junior School, it’s Miss Dina Hamalis. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#016 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re talking about one of the school’s alumna, Georgia Clarke, she’s now working as a Supervising Officer at Pentonville Prison, so life is very different to her time at Channing. We’re going to find out about her time at school, what it’s actually like inside a prison and what she finds most fulfilling at work. That’s all coming up in this episode so come with me now as we find out about life inside with Georgia Clarke. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#015 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re talking about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with students Aliya and Bea. They’re about to talk to us about why this is such an important topic, what it means to be a DEI Officer, what they’re working on at the moment and what else they’re involved in at Channing. This is such an important subject so it’s great to see it being taken seriously. So come with me now as Arabella speaks to the school’s DEI Officers, it’s Bea and Aliya. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#014 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. Now this episode is great because we’re speaking to three sixth formers at school. Anushka, Inès and Grace are all in Year 12 and heavily involved in the school’s Young Enterprise programme. So naturally, I ask them what Young Enterprise is all about and we find out what they’re all doing, the initiatives they’re all involved in and what the important factors are for them working on these projects. The great thing I discovered on this is that Young Enterprise isn’t just students working in isolation on these projects or even in pairs. But instead they work in bigger organisations, just like in real life. Because, it is real life! So enough from me, instead let’s get into this episode as we speak now to three students involved in Young Enterprise. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Young Enterprise links: https://www.instagram.com/_need4beads/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/secure.the.bag.co/?hl=en

#013 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re finding out about partnerships the school has and why these are so important. Jennifer Kung is the Director of Higher Education Partnerships at school so she liaises with various people both in school and outside school, and she’s joined by Andrew Sanalitro, CEO of Highgate Newtown Community Partners, a charity that works with a number of organisations in the North London area including Channing. So we’re going to find out just what this partnership is, how Channing connects with local schools in the area, we’ll find out about the summer camp and why this is all so important for the students at Channing. That’s all coming up now so come with me as we dive into partnerships with Jennifer Kung and Andrew Sanalitro. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool

#012 -Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re speaking to Catherine Budgett-Meakin, she left the school back in 1964 so life back then will have, in some ways, been very different to life in 2022/23. We find out some of her memories of life in school, what that’s like when they’re mixed with life today in school, and how the school prepared her for life after Channing, something that’s so important today. So for all that, and for much more, come with me now as Arabella speaks to Catherine Budgett-Meakin. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Instagram: www.instagram.com/channing_school Careers Programme

#011 -Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we’re getting into catering as we speak to two people. Judith Hibbert is the school’s catering manager and she’s joined by Chris Stanley, an external consultant who’s been working with the school for a number of years. So we’re going to hear what life looks like behind the scenes in the catering department, how Judith plans the food choices for the pupils, how she ensures there’s the right level of nutrition while also listening to what the hungry mouths would like to eat, but then we also hear from Chris who’s been consulting with the school on various projects, most recently the renovation of the dining hall. That’s all coming up in this episode so let’s jump into a food world as we speak to Judith Hibbert and Chris Stanley. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Instagram: www.instagram.com/channing_school Careers Programme

#010 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we speak to some Sixth Form pupils about their time at Channing. We go through their whole time at Channing School, talking about what they have been involved in and how Sixth Form has prepared the pupils for later life. So come with us now as we hear from Sixth Form pupils. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Instagram: www.instagram.com/channing_school Careers Programme

#009 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we'll be talk to Mrs Jane Simpson, a former pupil who's had a very successful law career. We talk about her school memories and her career as a lawyer and we'll also find out what advice she would have for her teenage self if she could go back in time. So come with us now as we hear from Mrs Jane Simpson. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Instagram: www.instagram.com/channing_school Careers Programme

#008 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we'll be talking to Ms Penglase who teaches the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art syllabus at Channing School. We talk about the summer exams and how students benefit from working towards them. We'll also catch up with some students to find out what's great about studying drama and as a real treat, we are going to hear some extracts from the students' exam pieces. So come with us now as we hear from Vivienne Penglase and some of her students too. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Instagram: www.instagram.com/channing_school Careers Programme

#007 - Welcome to Chatting with Channing, the podcast for Channing School that lets you, the listener, find out more by hearing from people throughout the school community. Each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, from pupils, from parents and the school’s alumnae, to give you a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill. In this episode we'll be talking to Head of Careers Eleni Pavlopoulos and some of the pupils. We'll find out about the careers programme in Channing School and about the children's roles as career leaders. But we also get to find out more about Eleni's career and some of the more interesting careers pupils have chosen in the past... So come with us now as we speak to Head of Careers Eleni Pavlopoulos and some of the pupils. Channing School Online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/channingschool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/channing-school Twitter: twitter.com/ChanningSchool Instagram: www.instagram.com/channing_school Careers Programme