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‘Precious Cargo - Leading British Schools Overseas’ COBIS 32nd Annual Conference 11-13 May 2013

‘Precious Cargo – Leading British Schools Overseas’ – a COBIS thank you to all our friends who joined us at our annual conference in London.

During the weekend 385 educational professionals representing schools and organisations from over 65 countries were engaged, challenged and inspired. With a membership base of 250 schools and commercial organisations worldwide, COBIS was delighted to welcome members and non-member guests alike.

The 3 day programme was packed full of quality key note speakers, lively panel debates, interactive seminars and most importantly, the opportunity to recognise COBIS student achievements. Conference celebrated student suc-cess by hosting the inaugural COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards, and by announcing and presenting certificates and prizes for the 2013 COBIS Student Awards and the 2013 COBIS Poetry Competition. Congratulations to all!

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John Bagust - Prague British SchoolProfessor Mick Waters - University of Wolverhampton

Liam Nolan - The Perry Beeches AcademyTrust Discussion Panel - Chaired by Gerard Kelly, Editor of the TES

Dr Martin Coles - The British School in The Netherlands Trevor Rowell - COBIS Chairman

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Martin Williams - Department for Business, Innovation & Skills Kerry-Anne Hoad - British Council

Nick Brummitt - ISC Research Elaine Blaus - King’s College, British School in Madrid

Mike Cladingbowl - OfstedBrian Christian - British School of Tokyo

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Andy Phillips - Andy Phillips Associates

Andrew Auster - Haileybury Astana Sally Mansell - UCAS

Dr Anna Cox - University of Northampton

Andrew Thraves - GL AssessmentJudith Fenn -IStip

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Mark Thomas - British School of Guangzhou Discussion Panel - Chaired by Anne Howells, British International School of Stavanger

Stuart Westley - AGBIS

Julian Whiteley - United World College of Sout East Asia Ronnie Heath - Create Development

Robin Watts - Kidscape

COBIS welcomed all and congratulated schools

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John Bagust - Prague British School

Ian Stamp & Karen Morey - Hillcrest International Secondary School

Raymond Williams - New Cairo British International School

COBIS welcomed delegates, guests, exhibitors, new schools members, plus congratulated and recognised schools which have successfully completed DfE inspections for British Schools Overseas. The following schools are nowconfirmed as full members of COBIS, certificates were presented by Sir Roger Fry CBE, COBIS Honorary President :

British International School of Ljubljana, SloveniaBritish Junior Academy BrusselsBritish School of BucharestDubai CollegeHillcrest International Secondary School, NairobiNew Cairo British International School

Oporto British School, Portgual Prague British School Riverside School, Prague St. Paul’s School, São Paulo St. Paul’s British Primary School, Brussels Transylvania College, Romania

Jeremy Hibbins - British International School of Ljubljana

Julian Hingley - Transylvania College Brett Neilson - St Paul’s Junior Academy Brussels

The winner was Audrey Dralega, Rainbow International School - prize presented by Monica Fryzicka TES

Olga Pysana - Kudriavskiy, Ukraine selected the winner of the TES Competition

Vanessa Whay - King’s College, The British School of Panama Graeme Pollock - Baku Talents Education Complex

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SciChem International

Developing new and existing links with COBIS Exhibitors - ‘Experts in the Field’

TTS Group Ltd

TES GL Education Group

Oxford University Press

Double First

On behalf of the growing global COBIS network, thank you to the following companies for their generous sponsor-ship of events: Delta Training, Double First, Finalsite, GL Group, John Catt Educational Ltd, Kukri Sports, National Physical Laboratory, Oxford University Press, SciChem International, Shell, Step One Ltd, TES and TTS Group Ltd.

ATD American

Nathan AssociatesOddizzi

Teaching Assistant College GCSE Pod

GEMS Education

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Annual Reception Monday 13 May

Executive Team, left to right: Dr Steffen Sommer, Peter Simpson, Jennifer Bray OBE, Simon O’Grady, Colin Bell, Nigel Fossey, Trevor Rowell, John Bagust, Elaine Blaus, Anne Howells, David Smith and Dawn Akyurek

COBIS Schools - are you looking for professional advice, training and other forms of Consultancy?

COBIS School Leaders - would you like to access a quality Leadership Mentoring and Support Service?

Leadership Mentoring and Supporta COBIS Service

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Consultancy

How do these COBIS services operate? • Submit an online request form to outline background, needs and time frame

• COBIS briefs and introduces a mentor or consultant

• Your chosen mentor or consultant will then deal direct with the school

• Schools, Mentors and Consultants submit feedback questionnaires to COBIS

• Schools and consultants have access to a framework of recommended charges

• Schools are free to negotiate above and below these rates with approved consultants

• Leaders accessing the mentoring service are subject to a £150 fee

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Forthcoming Events

2013 COBIS Student Games – 30 May – 2 June 2013 Hosted by The British School in The Netherlands

COBIS Teachers’ Conference/Head Girls and Boys Conference 1 – 2 November 2013 Hosted by King’s College, Murcia, Spain Theme ‘Making Learning an Adventure’

COBIS Teachers’ Conference, Beijing, China – 21-22 February 2014 Hosted by British School of Beijing, China Theme – to be confirmed

COBIS Teacher’s Conference, Prague, Czech Republic 21-22 February 2014 Hosted by Prague British School, Czech Republic Theme – to be confirmed

33rd COBIS Annual Conference, London, England 10 – 12 May 2014 Park Plaza Hotel, Victoria, London

2014 COBIS Student Games – 14-18 May 2014 (proposed dates) Hosted by British International School Istanbul, Turkey

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