Haileybury_Astana

Dear Friends, we are introducing inteviews with our school teachers. Get to know our Head of Junior Music Mr. Joe Scott. Joe Scott, Head of Junior Music, BA (hons.), PGCE As a teenager I studied at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester on bass trombone and jazz piano. After that, I studied music for 3 years at the University of Cambridge before moving to Cardiff to continue my studies. I received my teaching qualification (PGCE) at the University of Buckingham. (Source:www.huffingtonpost.co.uk) Before becoming a teacher I worked as a freelance bass trombonist in various musical theatres and orchestras in London and Cambridge. I am proud to have worked at Haileybury Astana since the opening of the school in 2011. The most exciting thing about being a music teacher at Haileybury Astana is…

Enjoy reading the story of our Science teacher Mr Christopher Bentley. Christopher: "I grew up in England in the 1970’s and 80’s. I remember when I was very young having an outside toilet that would freeze every winter. We had a single bar electric heater and a black and white TV. The winters were long and cold and the summers were a fun adventure of rope swings and cuts and bruises. The days seemed to last forever. In many respects, my childhood would have been very similar to that of my father’s. However, things began to change and people no longer had outside toilets, they had washing machines and microwaves. We got a colour TV and I became glued to sci-fi shows such as Doctor Who and Blake’s 7. Television ceased to be solely about the here and now, but started to imagine the possibili…

Dear friends, we are introducing Haileybury Astana Faces, where you will get to know interesting stories of our community memebres: pupils, teachers, staff, and parents. This is aslo part of bigger KZ Faces project. We'll be reposting versions in Russian from KZ faces page.Meet our first face - Botagoz, our active parent, wonderful mom of Alan and beautiful woman. Botagoz: "The story of my family goes back to Alan's Great grandfather who in 1941 was called to Magnitogorsk Factory to build the weapon supply for the war where he spent two more years even after the war was over in 1945.Alan's Great grandmother with four children were happily reunited with Great grandfather after long seven years. The family has a lot of respect and the memories of the days when people heroically lived throug…