Friday, December 17, 2010

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends


With only a few students now left to go home for Christmas, we are all very excited about our holiday. Before that we have the Bright World Christmas party on Monday which is a magical mystery tour so no-one knows quite what is in store apart from James and Lana Foster!


Anyway we wish you all a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends and a healthy, happy and prosperous new year 2011.


The Bright World team


Monday, December 13, 2010

Christmas Puppies for Bright World Guardianships Local Coordinator


A big congratulations is in order for Coco Binfield, the very friendly chocolate Labrador that belongs to our Local Coordinator for Kent, Jenny Binfield and her family.
Coco has been very clever and given birth to six lovely puppies. All of them are chocolate coloured like her apart from one who is a lovely golden colour.
Jenny and her family will have their work cut out for them over Christmas!
Congratulations to you all from all of us at Bright World Guardianships. Jenny is not only our Local Coordinator but one of our best host families for our guardianship students.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Bright World Guardianships Local Coordinators Meeting




We had a great time at our Local Coordinators' Meeting held for the first time in London in November.

What a great team we have looking after our guardianship students in the UK.

Our Local Coordinators are all genuinely interested in the job, really care about the welfare of the students and are so kind and generous with their time.

Bright World Guardianships students are very lucky.


You can click here to see some of the nice things people have been saying about us lately.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Another set of outstanding IB Diploma results for King Edward's 6th Formers

Ulrike Schindlebeck

Another set of outstanding IB Diploma results for King Edward's 6th Formers
King Edwards School, Witley is one of Bright World's close partner schools. The school is proud to announce that, following the issue of its IB results this week, it has maintained an average points score of 34 over the last 5 years. This is equivalent to the average achievement per pupil of 4 grades A at A Level, according to the UCAS tariff. The average points for candidates completing the diploma in 2010 were 35 points, compared with the world average of 29.




Twice as many pupils at King Edward's achieved the top grades than was the case worldwide. Eliska Haskovcova gained 44 points out of a maximum of 45 points and as a result she will be able to study law at Kings College, Cambridge. Ulrike Schindlebeck achieved 43 points and she returns to Munich to study medicine. Mareike Aichholzer achieved 41 points and she hopes to join Ulrike to study medicine in Munich. Head Boy, Andrew Baxter gained 5 grad A* & A’s at A level and he is is off to Oxford University to study Chemistry

In these days of grade inflation, the universities appreciate the transparency of the IB, which enables them to identify the top applicants. It is, of course, not only about results. Little wonder that the IB Diploma is increasing rapidly in popularity in British schools and on an international basis. Free from political interference, it is a course designed by educationalists to ensure that the rigorous academic programmes are matched with the means to encourage young people to become inquiring, caring, open-minded, reflective, balanced, principled lifelong learners. These are skills that universities and employers value highly.

The six subjects required at IB, together with an Extended essay, Theory of Knowledge and Creativity, Action and Service, demand a high level of commitment from pupils, but the rewards are many: increased likelihood of a university place, better preparation for independent learning which enables them to cope with university study and not drop out like so many undergraduates, better competitiveness in the international jobs market and a general readiness for life in the twenty-first century.

In these days of uncertainty surrounding the future of A Levels, it is no wonder that King Edward's is confident in its decision to offer the IB Diploma as its sole 6th form curriculum from September 2010.
Many of Bright World's students have been very happy and succesful at King Edwards School, Witley and we have worked with them for many years. If you want to apply for a place at this wonderful school then please click here and we will help you.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

The meaning of the word Exeat

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Latin word exeat ("he/she may leave") is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning.[ Exeat is used in Britain to describe weekend leave from a boarding school. It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence from school either for entire days, or parts of a day for appointments, interviews, open days and other fixtures.[3] Students Exeat
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Latin word exeat ("he/she may leave") is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning. Exeat is used in Britain to describe weekend leave from a boarding school. It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence from school either for entire days, or parts of a day for appointments, interviews, open days and other fixtures. Students at Oxford University[4] and Cambridge University and other British universities must also obtain permission to leave college.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Happy Half term to all our students and host families




The first wave of our guardian students who have a two week half term broke up last Friday. The second wave will be going during this week and most break up on Friday this week. We wish all our students who are flying home a lovely week at home and a safe journey.


All those staying here, we hope you enjoy the comforts of your host family and home cooking. For those who are going to their Bright World Host Family for the very first time, we hope you enjoy it. Of course, it will be strange the first time but we plan for you to stay with this family every time you have a school break and you don't go home so the idea is that gradually it really does become your home from home and you actually look forward to going there!
Thank you to all our lovely host families who take such good care of our guardianship students.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

First Class Guardianship Service


Sign in here for a first class guardianship experience. No queuing, your application will be processed immediately.

New for 2010 - guardianship now available in Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

Dont forget guardianship still available in:

Sussex
Kent
Surrey
London
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Bedfordshire
Oxfordshire
Wiltshire
Dorset
Devon
Somerset
Norfolk
Suffolk
York


use our online application form http://www.brightworld.co.uk/guardianship/apply.asp

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Volcanic Ash!



The recent Flight ban due to Volcanic Ash from Iceland coincided with the return of 80% of Bright World students returning from their Easter holiday. All arrangements that Fiona, Jane and Carol had made with our drivers were null and void. The skies were clear and all was silent.

All of our students are now back in the country except for just two so the exeat weekend this weekend is going ahead.

What next!??? If it doesnt snow a volcano blows.

The team at Bright World Guardianships were brilliant, as usual, and all went smoothly.

Monday, March 29, 2010

British Boarding Schools Workshop, Windsor


The British Boarding Schools Workshop
Windsor March 2010

Lana Foster, Managing Director presents the Bright World programmes to an unsuspecting agent at this important fair.

Over two days, Lana had about 30 - 40 meetings with new agencies and old friends and partners.

It was very successful but by george she had had enough of the sound of own voice by the end of it!


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

English Guardianship


In order to comply with child guardianship & student guardianship rules, private boarding schools in Great Britain require international students to have an English guardian in this country who can be available at all times to act for parents and respond to the needs of both the child / student and the school.

Bright World Guardianships has been established since 2000. We are convinced that any parent looking for English Guardianship need look no further than Bright World for the best service available. Bright World Guardianships offers a full range of guardianship services to assist your child while in this country and acts as a link between you and your child's school. Our purpose is to provide you with piece of mind & your child with a secure and caring environment during his or her stay in Great Britain.

We fully understand why your child has come to the UK. Your child is here to receive the best possible education the world can offer them and it is our intention to provide all the support we can to ensure they obtain the best academic results.

For the English Guardian then please choose Bright World.



Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Bright World Sponsors Prize for HKOSC Annual Dinner


Cici Chan, Manager of Hong Kong Overseas Studies Centre, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Overseas Studies Centre is one of Bright World's longest serving agencies and for the past 5 years has unfailingly won the place of top agent for Bright World Education and Bright World Guardianships. From day 1 of our existence, the team at HKOSC have always supported us so closely. We have placed hundreds of Hong Kong students successfully into UK boarding schools together over the years and have acted as UK guardian to many of them too, staying in touch and making sure that their entire stay in the UK is a positive one.

We were so delighted, therefore that one of our favourite member of staff, Cici Chan, who has been with the company for as long as we can remember, won our prize. Well done Cici. You deserve this as we love working with you and you are so professional always.

We were also delighted that the other prize was won by Winsome, the Manager of HKOSC's Macau office. Below is a picture of Winsome winning her prize.



We raise a glass to you all and here's to another successful year in 2010.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

James' Sinclair C5 project

Back in 1985, an eccentric British engineer, Clive Sinclair, introduced to the public what he thought would revolutionise transportation. Already a multi-millionaire thanks to his digital calculator in the 70’s and hugely successful ZX Spectrum computer, which had made home computing accessible and affordable for the masses, he ploughed nearly £12 million of his own money into producing the Sinclair C5. After a disastrous launch - the one-seater, open-air trike was introduced to an unimpressed media audience during the depths of a wet winter - sales were predictably slow. There was also a glaring issue in that the C5 was too big for pavements and too small for the road; a passing lorry would often show up the inherent vulnerability of the vehicle and attracted the venom of safety campaigners. Sales soon tailed off and thousands of unsold C5’s were evidence enough for production to be abruptly stopped. After losing his investment, Clive Sinclair went back to computers, eventually selling the Sinclair brand to Alan Sugar’s AMSTRAD company.


Many of these C5’s ended up languishing at the back of garages or sheds as people lost interest in them. This is where Bright World Director, James Foster found one when he attended a friend’s garage sale. Covered in dust and electrically dead, it seemed like an interesting project to bring back to life for James, who is a secret engineering geek. To James’ surprise, a growing number of C5 enthusiasts were out there – one electronics expert and C5 wizard lived less than half an hour away and was able to recondition the C5’s electronic modules and motor very cheaply. Indeed he states, ‘I have always wanted to have a classic car - I suppose you might possibly class it as one - but do not have the garage space. At least I don’t have nightmares about restoration costs!’ James’ C5 is now fully operational and a familiar buzz can be heard around Hurstpierpoint as he commutes into work – weather permitting!


Monday, January 25, 2010

Happy New Year to all our friends


Lana Foster on her way to work! Walking across the fields was the only way to get to work.

What a start to the year! Who would have expected all that snow in the UK and how long it stayed around for. The first day was lovely and we all felt excited that there was snow and everything looked so wonderful. Then the arrival weekend for all our Bright World Guardianhips students loomed. Airports were closed, flights were delayed and cancelled. Often we were not aware if students were on flights or not. We had students arriving at airports and drivers unable to get to them on time. Then we had drivers waiting at airports for hours as students were so delayed.

Despite all the problems, we remained in control throughout. A special note of thanks is due to Fiona Walters, our Senior Programme Manager who held everything together as well as having the emergency phone 24/7. She managed the entire event with Carol and Jane in the office (or not in the office as some days they were snowed in and had to work from home). All students arrived safe and sound and everyone was fully aware of the situation throughout.

This is the key to a successful guardianship company and what makes Bright World Guardianships the leading one in the UK. We have excellent and experienced staff, host families and wonderful drivers who all have a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our students. A sensible and intelligent approach is necessary in these situations as well as a great network of contacts around the UK all pulling together to help out in a crisis.

Another special vote of thanks must go to Bruce Corbin and Jaro of Starfish Cars who did not let us down once and who literally went the extra mile for us in very adverse conditions.