PRIMARY SCHOOL

Mr Hutchinson has a B.A  in Geography and completed his Certificate of Education in PE ( subsid. geography) from Oxford University. His teaching background is in UK preparatory schools. He moved to Warsaw in 2001. This is Mr Hutchinson's 6th year at The British School and has been teaching for almost 30 years.

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Mr Chand has a MA in education specialising in culture, language and identity. He has most recently taught in a Catholic school in London, where his family live. Before teaching he had a career in acting. His interests include travelling, mixing music, getting up close to wildlife which he did on safari in the Serengeti. He enjoys his job and has high expectations. This is his second year in TBS.

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Leah Cray completed her Bachelor of Education (Hons) at the University of Ballarat in her home country of Australia. Since graduating, Leah has worked in schools in Australia, Japan, Dubai and most recently TBS's sister Nord Anglia School in Shanghai. This is her second year at TBS and she has recently married fellow teacher Austen.

Ms Langely is a graduate from Łódż University where she studied Linguistics and Teaching Methods. Ms Langely moved to London and studied at Westminster College for a British Teaching certificate. She taught for 8 years in London in two different schools before moving to Warsaw. Ms Langely has been teaching at TBS for 14 years.

David Cowper is from England and completed a Bachelor of Education  Degree (Hons) in Primary Education at Liverpool John Moores University. He worked for 2 years in Manchester teaching Year 4 before moving to Poland in 1998. Mr Cowper spent four years at the British International School in Krakow before joining The British School, Warsaw in September 2002.

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Austen Cray graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education at the University of Queensland, Australia.  He began his career teaching working in remote Aboriginal communities in central Australia, and has since taught in British schools in Dubai, Shanghai and most recently in Warsaw.

Mrs Głembska studied at The University of Warwick and gained a B.A. in Education with a specialisation in Art. She has UK school experience and has been working at The British School for six years. Mrs Głembska teaches Year 3.

Wendy Jaquiery has attended Canterbury University and Christchurch Teacher?s College in New Zealand where she gained an Advanced Teacher?s Diploma. She has taught at schools in New Zealand, England and Poland. One of the highlights of her teaching career was to be awarded a Commonwealth Teachers Exchange at Morton Comprehensive School in Carlisle. When not teaching her passions include; travelling - have visited 84 countries on 6 continents, sports - squash, tennis, skiing, diving, hobbies - chess, bridge and reading. Wendy is aiming to keep young, fit and motivate enthusiastic learners.

Ms Peacock graduated with B.A.(hons) in European Studies with Norwegian language from University of East Anglia. She worked in tourism and taught English in language schools for many years and then changed career by taking a PGCE (primary) at Brunel University, London in 1992. Ms Peacock has worked in the International School of London and British International School Bratislava, Slovakia. This is her third year at TBS.

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Matthew Knights completed his PGCE in Primary Teaching with Science as a semi-specialism at the University of Exeter in the UK. Matthew has taught in schools in Hokkaido (Japan) and Norfolk (UK), and this is his third year at TBS. Prior to his teaching career, Matthew worked in IT in Slough (UK), and also helped to sequence the mitochondrial DNA of the emu while on a university exchange year in Lund (Sweden). Matthew is the Science Coordinator for KS2.

Tom Martin has an MA in teaching English as a Foreign Language to primary school children and a PGCE in Primary Education. Mr Martin has taught English as a foreign language in Poland, Sweden, Thailand and England and has worked as a primary school teacher in England and Poland. He joined the British School, Warsaw in 2006. He is married with two children and his interests include languages, travel and playing the drums.

Nicholas Pascalides BMus (Hons) London, PGCE Canterbury. He is a British citizen and has worked in Primary schools in England for 4 years before joining The British School, Warsaw in 2004. He is an enthusiatic and creative teacher with high expectations from the children. Mr Pascalides is a keen cellist with a strong interest in languages and martial arts.

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Mrs Prior has an honours degree in Music and SEN. She has taught across all key stages for the past 20 years. She worked in England as Head of Performing Arts for 15 years, before moving to St Christopher International Junior School in Bahrain and then BIST in Thailand. She is married to fellow teacher Mr Prior.

Ms Carman studied at Anglia Polytechnic University and received a B.Ed in Primary education in 1995. She also holds a CELTA certificate for teaching English as a foreign language. This will be her fourth year at the British School, Warsaw and previously she had been teaching at various schools in Essex and for one year in Kiev. Before teaching Valerie worked as a computer programmer and business analyst which helps with her ICT lessons! Outside of school her interests include nature, wildlife and history.

Emily Adams studied Law at Manchester University and the College of Law in York. She has taught in Torun in Poland for two years, before moving to Frankfurt, Germany. Ms Adams  spent three years in England before moving back to Poland in 2006, this is her fourth year at TBS. Ms Adams is a Year 6 form teacher.

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Mr Budziński completed his BA in TEFL at the Teacher Training College in Legnica, and later gained an MA in Applied Linguistics at the Wrocław University (Poland). He taught English as a foreign language in Polish secondary schools, FE colleges and a university. Mr Budziński moved to the UK where he obtained the British QTS from Bath Spa University, and worked in junior state and independent schools in London and the South West of England. He interests include music, history, literature, IT and sport. This is his second year at TBS.

Suzanne Buttimer graduated from University College Cork with a BMus.  However, she had also previously studied at Trinity College Dublin and University of Ulster, Jordanstown where she obtained her ATCL and CFSM accordingly.   She has a keen interest in music therapy and has participated in SHARE music (Northern Ireland)- residential courses for young disabled or visually impaired people.  She moved from Ireland to Poland four years ago, with her husband and three children.

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SECONDARY SCHOOL

Miss Donnellan, Deputy Head and IB Coordinator, studied in University College, Galway. She spent two years working in The Republic of the Seychelles and three years in the UK. This wil be Miss Donnellan's 16th year at the school!

Mr Buss, Director of Teaching and Learning, is also Head of French. He is a graduate of Southampton University in "Modern languages and European Studies" majoring in French and German. Mr Buss joined the school in September 1994.

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Ms Armitage has a PGCE in ICT and a degree in Business Information Technology. She recently taught in Bangkok for three years and previous to that for five years in the UK. Her interests include photography (particularly iconography) and travel.

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Richard Begent, Key Stage 3 Coordinator,  (Nationality: English) grew up in the "home of brewery", Burton upon Trent, where Nord Anglia's head offices are now located. He studied Sociology in Leeds and gained his P.G.C.E at Keele University, Staffordshire. Richard then taught at Magdalen College School in Brackley, where he remained for 3 years before relocating to Warsaw. Richard is now a teacher of English in what is his fourth year at TBS.

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Monika Boruta

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Iwona Bychowska

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 Hélene Chareix studied French linguistic and has a Master degree in Didactic of French as a Foreign Language from the University of Toulouse (France). She taught French in China, France and Poland, but also participated to several activities related with French for Foreigners (linguistic cooperation, teachers' trainings, seminaries etc) in Sweden, France or Latvia. This will be her second year at TBS.

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Anthony Crewdson hails from Leeds, Yorkshire. He graduated from Worcester University with a BA (Hons) degree in Human Geography, Urban Studies and Economics and completed his PGCE in Geography at Swansea University. He later received a MRes in Environment and Development Studies at Lancaster University in 2003. Mr Crewdson taught Geography at three state schools in Worcestershire, England before moving to TBS in 2005. He is an avid Leeds United supporter, along with Mr Deahan and Mr Begent!

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Mike Cunnigham studied at Nottingham Trent University where he gained a BA (Hons) in Business Education with Qualified Teacher Status in 1999. He has taught in several school in the Leicester and Nottingham area of the UK. His subjects are IB Economics, IGCSE Business Studies and Key Stage Three ICT. Mr Cunnigham has also been in the RAF and has worked in industry before becoming a teacher. His interests and hobbies are running and football especially watching Newcastle United!

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Dr. Mirjana Debevec graduated from The Univeristy of Belgrade with a masters and a doctorate degree. She has worked in academia as a researcher for many years in Belgrade. She has lived in Poland since 1989 where she has been teaching mathematics at international schools before joining the British School in 2000.

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Marvin Deahan graduated from The University of Salford, with a degree in English and Modern History, and gained his PGCE at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has experienced a nomadic teaching career, living in Tokyo, Istanbul, Brno (Czech Republic) as well as teaching in various locations and schools around England. Marvin enjoys reading (almost any kind of book), the music of Bruce Springsteen, and has a great love of football, born of a childhood supporting Leeds United.

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Anna Dobrowolska graduated with an M.A in Polish Philology at Warsaw University and  in Special Needs and Learning Support at Postgraduates Pedagogical Therapy Studies. She has been teaching book therapy at the Institute for Educational Research in Poland, working as a special needs teacher and teaching Polish as a foreign language of many years. She has been took the course of Process Oriented Psychology and she is currently studying Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents. Since 2003 Ms Dobrowolska has been working for The British School as a Polish teacher and since 2008 simultaneously as a learning support teacher.

Mr Fitzgibbon studied Violin and Piano at The Royal Academy of Music in London before going to do a PGCE at the Insititute of Education in London. He taught both secondary and primary before coming to Poland in 1996. Mr Fitzgibbon has been with The British School for 11 years.

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Julia Hall

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Magdalena Halska is an EAL teacher and Co-ordinator of the EAL Department at The British School. She graduated from Teacher Training College for ESL (as an EFL teacher) and went on to receive her Masters in English Studies from Warsaw University in 1999 majoring in american literature. Before joining TBS, Mrs Halska taught in a Polish secondary school preparing students for their "Matura" examination. During the time at TBS Mrs Halska completed her Masters in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL) at Oxford Brookes University in 2008. Mrs Halska has been working at TBS since 1998.

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Ruth Hemerka

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Ewa Smutek-Rusek

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Natasha Goff

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Mrs Hutchinson studied and completed her Masters Degree in Warsaw, Poland. She has taught sport in schools, in Poland and England.She is married to Chris Hutchinson (also a teacher at TBS) and came to Poland from Witham Hall Prep School in Lincolnshire. Mrs Hutchinson coaches football, basketball and netball girls teams at TBS and is always searching for willing participants!

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Monika Klimczak-Gromska

Peter is a native of Hungary where he finished secondary school and then moved to the United States for five years. There he completed undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Business Administration and then returned to Hungary for two years where he worked in the American International School of Budapest. Before coming to Warsaw in 2007, he took part in an EU-sponsored volunteer project in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Peter started his third year in TBS in September 2009.

Jorge Lewandowski has a degree in Applied Biology from Greenwich University in London. He worked in Science laboratories and Food Research before deciding to teach. He gained his PGCE from Birmigham Polytechnic and then taught Science in England for ten years, Holland for nine years and Poland for eight years.

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Sheila Lewandowski was born in UK but educated in Northern Ireland. She returned to London to complete her degree and PGCE. Her early teaching experience was in Staffordshire in the UK, followed by 9 years teaching in the Netherlands before coming to Poland. Mrs Lewandowski is married to fellow teacher, Jorge Lewandowski, and they have two boys.

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Jacek Latkowski (Łatkowski in Polish) is a teacher with 24 years of experience at university, college and secondary school levels, including 13 years with the IB programme. He has various academic degrees including a Ph.D. in theoretical physics (he continues his scientific research when the time allows). Dr. Latkowski was born in Poland, educated in Poland and Canada and he has worked in various international schools, for the past 8 years at Bonn International School in Germany. In addition to maintaining high academic standards, he also enjoys participation in extra-curricular life of the school.

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Joanna Majkusiak

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Ryszard Michalak completed his studies and Masters degree in Warsaw, Poland and has experience teaching in International schools in Poland. He is a sports teacher at TBS and also leads the swimming,  skiing and boys football teams.

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Mrs. Anna Mierzejewska is a Polish Teacher. She joined The British School of Warsaw in 1995. She has an MA in Primary Education. In 2004 she completed Postgraduate Studies in Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language. She is married with three children and her interests include music, books and art.

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Joanna Milewska

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Radek Motrenko is a graduate in Polish Philology at Warsaw University, where he obtained his Master's degree. He also studied Foreign Trade at The College of Foreign Languages in Warsaw and English Philology at Warsaw University. He has both Polish and international school experience. He has been working for TBS for 9 years and teaches Polish in the secondary school.

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Evelina Mroczkowska is from Canada. She is a History, Geography and Political Science graduate with a Bachelor degree in both Art and Education. She is currently studying to complete her Masters Degree in Curriculum Instruction and Teaching. Mrs Mroczowska has taught at The British School for 5 years and has over 9 years experience teaching in both Canada and internationally.

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Anna Mytko

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Kinga Pascalides was born in Poland and raised in Canada. She has taught in Canada, Japan, UK and Poland. She received her Bachelor of Education from the University of Winnipeg, majoring in Biology, and then completed her Qualified Teachers Status in the United Kingdom. She worked as a Biology teacher at The County Upper School in Bury St. Edmunds prior to joining The British School in 2004.

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Heidi Pawlus studied German and French at Bristol University and then went on to London University to take a PGCE and later an M.A in Curriculum Studies. She taught Modern Languages for many years in the UK and held a number of posts of reponsibility there before coming to The British School in 1999.

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Mrs Peplinska studied Chemistry at Kings College London, she went on to complete her PGCE in integrated science in Chelsea, London. Mrs Peplinska taught for 9 years in London and has taught at The British School for 11 years.

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Ms Pietrzyk graduated with an MA in General Education. After graduating she studied for postgraduate studies in Educational Theraphy, followed by postgraduat studies in Primary Education and Specific Learning Difficulties. Ms Pietrzyk is currently studying Postgraduate Studies in Speech Theraphy. During her spare time and holidays she enjoys rock climbing around Europe.

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Horatiu Pop was born in Bistrita, Romania. He has a BSc in physics and Master Degree in Theoretical Physics from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). He is a qualified physics teacher and his previous work experience includes schools in Romania and in the UK. His physics video podcast can be found at http://www.ibphysicshelp.net . Mr Pop has been in our school since 2001.

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Mr Prior joins TBS from Thailand where he was Director of Sport at Bromsgrove International School. Previous to this post Mr Prior has taught in Bahrain and the UK in various Physical Education positions. In his spare time Mr Prior can be found either taking part in various sports or watching them!

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Selma Rogalska

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Izabella Sloczynska Studied Biology/Psychology and a PGCE at the University of London Institute of Education. She has taught Key Stage 3 and 4 Science and A level Biology for many years in the UK,  Poland and Taiwan. Mrs. Sloczynska has taught at the British School in Warsaw for 8 years. During this time she has experienced Key Stage 2 as a year 6 teacher and Science co-ordinator. At present she teaches science in Key Stage 3 and 4 and Biology at IB level. Mrs Sloczynska is also the Key Stage 4 Co-ordinator.

Luiza Szachnowska studied French Culture and Literature at University of Sorbonne in Paris. She came back to Warsaw to complete her studies in French Philology at Warsaw University where she obtained her Master's Degree. She has been working in TBS as a French teacher since 2006. Before working in TBS she taught French in Association d'Amitie Pologne-France in Warsaw.

Magdalena Świątek

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Ms Turek gained a BA and a PGCE in the United Kingdom. She is an Examiner for Cambridge and the International Baccalaureate. Ms Turek is also an IB Workshop Leader. She is a professional Artist and has exhibited her artwork at numerous galleries including Christies in London. She has extensive experience of theatre performance, singing and dance.Ms Turek enjoys horse riding and sports motorbikes! This will be her eighth year at TBS.

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 Marta Umińska is an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher, examiner, teacher trainer and coursebook writer. She studied classics and TEFL at Warsaw University and holds a highest level Cambridge ESOL teaching diploma ("DELTA"). Having joined the BSW in 2004, she teaches English B in the IB programme and English as a Second Language at IGCSE, as well as coordinating the Polish state exams in Years 8 and 11. The rest of her time is spent writing for Pearson Longman, with occasional breaks for cycling, walking, reading and movies.

 Mr Tonkin completed his BSc Mechanical Engineering at The University of New South Walesand his BA Technical & Further Education at Canberra University. He is originally from Canberra, Australia where he has been teaching Mechanical Engineering at Canberra Institute of Technology for the last 26 years.

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Angharad Waters studied for a Bachelor of Music and Masters in Music at the University of Wales, Bangor, specialising in Early Music and performance. Ms Waters' teaching certificate was gained in secondary music and researched the role of music with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Having spent time lecturing at university she then specialized in the field of Special Educational Needs working as a music therapist and support teacher for LEA's and in Special Schools. Ms Waters is the Head of Learning Support and will be starting her fourth year at TBS, and hopes to finally pursue her dream of completing a doctorate in Educational Psychology.

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Dorota Wadas is an EAL and English B teacher. She graduated from Warsaw University, English Teacher Training College, and then obtained a Master's Degree in English at The Department of Applied Linguistics of Warsaw University. She has worked at The British School since 1998.

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Janina Zawadzka graduated from Warsaw University. After teaching in Poland, she went on to teach at Lycee International de Sevres in France. In 1983 she went with her family to Kuwait where she taught French in the Language Centre of Kuwait University and in the Indian Schol. This will be her seventh year at TBS.

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Anna Zygner graduated with a BA in specific learning difficulties. She has a MA in cross cultural studies from the University of Warsaw. She is currently studying for a post graduate diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties. Miss Zygner has been teaching at TBS since 1996 as a learning support teacher.

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Ms Pietrzyk graduated with an MA in General Education. After graduating she studied for postgraduate studies in Educational Theraphy, followed by postgraduat studies in Primary Education and Specific Learning Difficulties. Ms Pietrzyk is currently studying Postgraduate Studies in Speech Theraphy. During her spare time and holidays she enjoys rock climbing around Europe.