My guest on the podcast this week is Forrest Murray. Forrest is the co-principle of Yew Chung International school – Primary Section in Hong Kong. We are doing this podcast in collaboration with Whizpa.com - Whizpa makes finding activities for children easier, simpler and less stressful.
With Forrest we discuss what attributes make a good role model for children. We go into detail in the podcast of what it means to be a good role model with practical advice and examples to illustrate this. It's also is clear that many of the attributes of being a good role model for children apply equally in a school and in the wider community.
Timings
2:55 I'm actually the co-Principal here and I've been in the school for 16 years...It's an amazing job
4:29 I'm the person who is in charge of the running of the school...meet with parents... I'm a Co-Principal... we have a Chinese Co-Principal and a Western Co-Principal... we run the school.
8:59 It is amazing to see how students can come into the school... how quickly they pick up Putonghua...English...
10:50 We all have an image of how we would like our child to become an adult and move into the world... we want them to have a better life than we had...
11:32 Our children have very big and wide open eyes and wide open ears they focus most on us their parents...
14:04 In the article {Whizpa Article] I listed six things as a good role model you could try and do... The most important one for me was Love...
17:09 When you've got a little person saying "Listen to me"... "Watch Me" ... be an active listener... interact with them [children]...their self esteem goes up...
20:17 The ability to say sorry...
21:17 The pedagogy of the school is we are all life- long learners...
24:00 When we are at home and we reading for pleasure we don't sit upright... we do our best work at work when we are comfortable...
25:19 A quote from Confucious: It's better to be interested in something than just to do it and it's better to enjoy it than be interested in it.
27:16 [Children] That they are so invested in what they are doing that they don't notice people coming in and out of their classroom...
28:24 You've got to be positive...you've got to be encouraging...a smiley face...
32:14 You're children are watching all the time...whatever you do your children are going to copy you...
33:42 I want my children to be better than me ...
34:15 ...you say a harsh word, you will hear that small voice behind you repeat that harsh word... that's not being a good role model... you've really got to model it and it's quite tricky...
36:11 It all comes back down to real life ... We all have bad days... we have to learn to let it go...
it's way to easy to be negative and down...
37:42 Big Challenges... the biggest challenge her in Hong Kong has been Covid ... we got by... persisting...
Books: Harry Potter Books - JK Rowling : I never get tired of reading it....
MTR Quote: Do unto others what you would have them do unto you
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Yew Chung International school – Primary Section
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