The boarding environment – helping international pupils make the most of their time
🏷️ £90-180, with additional tickets from £45 🎧 All teaching and boarding staff, EDI leads, Pastoral staff 📍 Online 🎥 Watch live or on catch up
Content overview: During this one-hour webinar, we will explore the opportunity to help international students make the most of their time in boarding and the challenges that can come with this. The webinar will include real-life examples of successful initiatives and activities that have resulted in high engagement with positive social, cultural and academic benefits for our international boarders. Joining a boarding school in Britain should offer international students so much more than academic progress: we want to encourage and empower our boarders to embrace the opportunities presented to them to create lasting friendships, try new things and explore new cultures, both that of the local area of the school, British culture and the different cultures within their boarding House and boarding community. Training topics will include:
- What is the international boarding experience offering?
- Creating an inclusive and supportive environment that encourages cross-cultural interaction and understanding
- Addressing language barriers
- Activities and initiatives that enhance social and cultural integration and build strong friendships
- Supporting the overall wellbeing and mental health of international boarders.
Learning outcomes:
- Greater understanding of the challenges faced by international boarders and cultural variances and pressures that may limit interest in different activities and ideas
- Examples of opportunity for cross-cultural interaction
- Examples of activities to enhance social and cultural integration and promote strong friendships
- Strategies for addressing language barriers.
Joint with
Speaker: 
Nikki Donson, Burgess Hill Girls Nikki is a highly experienced teacher who joined Burgess Hill Girls in 2016, having previously worked at an all-girls boarding school in Oxfordshire. She has experience across both maintained and independent sectors, holding a range of pastoral roles, with Music as her specialist subject. Nikki is deeply committed to mental health and wellbeing, working to support both staff and students and foster a positive school environment. Alongside teaching Music, she leads the PSHE/RSE programme, delivering staff training to ensure confident, high-quality provision that equips students with essential life skills.
