Dumpton School Talks

Welcome to this episode of the Dumpton School podcast, where we explore how parents and schools can work closely together to support children facing challenges in their educational journey.In this episode, alongside Headmaster Christian Saenger, we’re joined by two expert voices:Vicky Wakefield, Dumpton’s Head of SEND & InclusionDr Alisha Azzopardi, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Founder of the Wimborne Psychology PracticeTogether, they bring decades of experience across school-based and clinical support, and we hope that by combining educational and psychological perspectives today we can offer insight, advice, and reassurance to parents.https://www.wimbornepsychology.co.uk/

Parenting - with loving boundaries.  Welcome to our episode on how can we best navigate challenging behaviour with our children and set ourselves up for better ways to respond.What can we do at home and at school to manage challenging behaviours and understand any triggers which may not be immediately obvious?We bring together insight from Dumpton Head of Pre-Prep, Kellie Wort, Principal Lecturer at the prestigious Norland College- Tamsin Grimmer and Mr Christian Saenger - Headmaster at Dumpton School. With years of experience in education and first-hand parenting, they share learnings and approaches we can take for better understanding of the parent/ child relationship.https://www.norland.ac.uk/https://www.emotioncoachinguk.com/ https://www.tamsingrimmer.com/

Navigating a childhood of social media Welcome to our episode on the use of social media and smart phone use in childhood. We bring together perspectives from Dumpton Headmaster Christian Saenger and Dumpton Head of Safeguarding, Sam Moulton and we have invited the voices of the younger generation. We talk with some past pupils, now in Sixth Form at their senior school, Clayesmore, here in Dorset. We discuss navigating social media from these different perspectives and discuss how we can manage the influence of this in our lives.Thank you to Huw and Wynn at Clayesmore School for sharing their experiences with us and we wish them the very best of luck with their final A-Level exams.

Welcome to our Dumpton Drive Home - Christmas Sing-a-long episode. We join some of Dumpton's talented singing staff -Sam Moulton our Assistant Head, Sarah Oakes, Director of Performing Arts at Dumpton, Jillie Wilcocks our Singing Teacher and Natalie Warde our Performing Arts Teacher; for some festive fun talking, singing and sharing favourite Christmas songs to sing along to as you do the school run this season.

Welcome to our first ever episode and we start with the controversial and hot topic of newly introduced VAT on school fees. Headmaster Christian Saenger and Bursar Justin Perry discuss how independent schools are navigating this change and how parents can look to plan for their children's future education. For some families a full independent school educational journey may now be cut short and they may be asking which part can we fund and when will this have to end? Christian and Justin discuss how Dumpton are looking to support all their families and future families and offer their advice and thoughts on navigating this change.