Key Stage 2

Damien Ebdon-Walker

I trained as a Teacher in Brisbane, Australia [my home town] and received a Bachelor of Education from Queensland University of Technology in 2001.  

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Alison Fegyveres

Alison Fegyveres was born in Leicester, UK and completed a degree in Home Economics.  Alison was a teacher of English as a Foreign Language for several years both in the UK and in Slovakia before successfully completing her PGCE with Sunderland University.  

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James Williamson

I come from Yorkshire, England and for the past 15 years I have been working in International schools.  Whilst in Alexandria and Cairo I worked as a Teaching Assistant and Sport Coach.  In 2012 my family and I relocated to Slovakia where I began work as an HTLA at BISB, teaching across all of the Primary School. I have an Honours Degree in Sociology and Geography  and I have recently completed my PGCE with Buckingham University. In my spare time I am a passionate road cyclist.

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Katherine Bayles

I grew up in the North of England and attained my honours degree in Business Studies at Huddersfield University.  I spent time working in London in the banking sector, and then settled near Stratford-upon-Avon with my family where I worked in the corporate sector as a Project Manager.  We moved to Bratislava in the summer of 2016 and we have enjoyed a wonderful year exploring the country and its neighbours.

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Jana Panikova

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Joanne Coxage

I graduated from De Montfort University with a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration, before completing my PGCE with Mathematics specialism at the University of Leicester. I have been working in Bratislava at the Cambridge International School and have enjoyed living in Slovakia. I spent two years living in Romania, teaching Year 2 at a British school in Bucharest. I have always wanted to be a teacher and enjoyed taking opportunities to travel and work abroad, teaching English in schools in China and Bolivia. I always aim to ensure that each lesson is creative and interactive in the belief that it will engage and inspire learning in her students. I enjoy art and crafts in my spare time as well as travelling and walking.

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Barbara Meason

I am very excited to be at BISB. The city that I call home is Birmingham in the United Kingdom and I am married to a wonderful man called Robert. I have been a teacher for eighteen years and I am still passionate about educating our future leaders, doctors, lawyers, artists, teachers.  I am lucky to have worked in International schools all over the world, including Shanghai, Thailand, Egypt and Dubai and now Bratislava. My career has taken me across Early Years and all of Primary, and I have had many roles including, Year Leader, Assistant Head, Deputy Head and now Phase Leader. My love of being in the classroom has never waned and I am always excited about each day with the children.

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Gabrielle Clover

I am originally from New Zealand but moved to Australia where I completed a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts, International Studies (Spanish). 

 

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Barbora Kopcokova

I came to work for BIS Bratislava in 2008 when I joined administrative team in the school. After 2 years working as a technician and financial assistant, I decided to take upon the position of teaching and learning support for students. While I was getting my University degree I was gaining more working experience in KS1 year groups. During this period of time I have also supervised students in music clubs for both primary and secondary children which led to several successful concerts and performances not only within BISB but also in BIS sister school in Hungary.  I have also experienced supporting children that needed ELS course in our school. At present it is my fourth year of working with children as TLA.

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Laura Cliss

I completed my English Literature and History undergraduate degree at university in Sheffield before moving to Cambridge to undertake my PGCE at Cambridge University. I have since then been teaching in Cambridgeshire for 5 years. I have taught KS1 and KS2 and have thoroughly enjoyed both. I have had leadership responsibility as both a year group leader and as an English subject leader, in which roles I have worked supportively and collaboratively with colleagues to develop an engaging, effective curriculum.

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Mark Kelly

I studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. After graduation, I worked in inner city schools in the north of England before leaving to take up a post in Bucharest, Romania. My next place of work was Kenya where I taught Year 4 and 6 as well as coaching cricket, rugby and hockey. I was also dorm tutor for the senior boys. Wanting a fresh challenge, I came to Bratislava.

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Charlotte Trout

After graduating from Durham University in 1996 with a BA (Hons) in Classics, I worked in the retail and publishing industries.

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