Mr Kelly's Virtual Classroom

Mr Kelly's Virtual Classroom

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  • S7-E92: #Brexit #SupremeCourt Ruling #NorthernIreland & #TheBorder

    In today's episode I have a look at the Supreme Court Ruling regarding the proroguing of Parliament and the fact that a unanimous verdict was carried on all counts against Boris Johnson. I particularly examine where that places the DUP who have been willing bedfellows with the conservative administration, due to their 'confidence and supply' arrangement with the Tories in government. They have in essence gone from 'kingmakers' to being reduced to an afterthought and have spent the last month and particularly the last fortnight trying to reinvent their stance on Brexit while maintaining an alignment with their grassroots voter base!

    I also begin to look at how the Border while being seen as a nuisance in the guise of the so-called 'backstop', as far as the mainland voter is concerned, is a real problem and live issue, if you happen to live in Northern Ireland and also in The Republic of Ireland.

    Brexit, while reaching a stage of overkill because it just won't go away as an issue, keeps enthralling, shocking and frightening everyone

    As I have said before this podcast is starting to move more towards documentation as opposed to predetermined content and I'm happy to go with the flow while also adding in some planned content, I hope you the listener enjoy the format and would welcome your comments. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter, I am also available on Facebook or you can email me on [email protected].

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    8 min
  • S7-E91: #JourneyToBetter #BehaviourManagement

    The beginning of Series 7 and I'm on countdown to my target of 100 episodes in my first year, it's going to be a close call!

    In this episode I discuss my rationale behind a podcast that focuses on my work and that by bringing different scenarios to the attention of the listener I hope that they can gain from my experiences and in turn inform and improve their own classroom practice. I'm obviously targeting an educational environment but there is no reason why the wider listening audience cannot gain from my life experiences and how I attempt to overcome everyday life and work situations that many of us experience.

    I talk about how each teacher has to adapt their own behavior management strategy to their own teaching style and that while each school will have policy and guidelines the individual must develop a style that fits their own class and the pupils that they are working with.

    As I have said before this podcast is starting to move more towards documentation as opposed to predetermined content and I'm happy to go with the flow while also adding in some planned content, I hope you the listener enjoy the format and would welcome your comments. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter or Instagram I am also available on Facebook or you can email me on [email protected].

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    7 min
  • S6-E90: #JourneyToBetter #LifeChangingEducators #TopTenClassroomTips
    This is the last episode in Series 6 and I concentrate on what it takes to be a Life Changing Educator :
    I talk about how Life-Changing Educators help their students feel safe. Undoubtedly any students that I have worked with who have social, emotional or behavioral difficulties really appreciate a culture of safety and support. 
    All of the best teachers that I work with have a contagious enthusiasm and pass it on to their students. Life-Changing Educators know when to be tough, they challenge and demand their students to become more yet they do so in a way that allows their students to trust them and believe in their own ability to stretch themselves.
    I also link this to 10 things that I think that I have seen in their classrooms, consistently across the schools that I visit. This is based on a Solution Focused Approach that allows them to incorporate Growth Mindset values seamlessly into their teaching delivery, so as to help them be great educators and in turn encourage the children they work with to blossom.
    All of the great teachers that I have come into contact with and had the privilege of working with also know how to and when to model patience, they find a way to stay calm amid the chaos that is school life. 
    Crucially they believe in their students and help the students to believe in themselves, they see the new potential and help the children they work with find it.
    Most importantly they love their students, the single most impactful act of Life-Changing Educators is showing that love, through small, meaningful, acts of kindness.
    I would welcome your comments on any aspect of the Podcast, particularly on any topics that you would like me to discuss in future episodes. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either https://twitter.com/gpkdaily or https://www.instagram.com/gpkdaily/ I am also available on https://www.facebook.com/gpkdaily
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    12 min
  • S6-E89: #JourneyToBetter #GrowthMindset #Mindfulness
    In episode 89 I look at how I integrate Growth Mindset and Mindfulness into my Outreach Programme, I also look at some of the research behind the whole area of Growth Mindset and I have included this in the episode notes.
    As I have said before this podcast is starting to move more towards documentation as opposed to predetermined content and I'm happy to go with the flow while also adding in some planned content, I hope you the listener enjoy the format and would welcome your comments. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either https://twitter.com/gpkdaily or https://www.instagram.com/gpkdaily/ I am also available on https://www.facebook.com/gpkdaily 
    Growth Mindset:
    When working with children who have been placed in some of the most challenging situations it is therefore even more important for us as educators to give them some skills that they can use to help them deal or cope with their own circumstances. I took the view that if this type of intervention could benefit children within schools, then it could hopefully have a positive effect with those who firstly are struggling in formal education but who also come from deprived and difficult home circumstances and also those with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties.
    We are all working continually by looking at and coping with everyday situations by approaching them from two distinct ‘mindsets’:
    A “Fixed Mindset” assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any meaningful way, and success is the affirmation of that inherent intelligence, an assessment of how those givens measure up against an equally fixed standard; striving for success and avoiding failure at all costs become a way of maintaining the sense of being smart or skilled.
    A “Growth Mindset,” on the other hand, thrives on challenge and sees failure not as evidence of unintelligent but as a heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing abilities. Out of these two mindsets, which we manifest from a very early age, springs a great deal of our behavior, our relationship with success and failure in both professional and personal contexts, and ultimately our capacity for happiness.
    So I have attempted to try and encourage my students to adopt a number of statements/affirmations that they will work on for a given week and then revisit the theme and look at another agreed affirmations, over time the student becomes more proficient at applying these to their own situations both inside and outside the classroom.
    I have also linked this closely to a Mindfulness Programme so that by paying more attention to the present moment – to their own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around them – they can also improve your mental well-being and that this in turn will have a direct correlation to their own embracing of the Growth Mindset affirmations.
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    9 min
  • S6-E88: #LoveTheJob #JourneyToBetter

    Episode 88 and I continue my documentation of my own #JourneyToBetter:

    In this particular episode I talk about how much I love my job and how the variety within it helps keep me energized. 

    As I have said before this podcast is starting to move more towards documentation as opposed to predetermined content and I'm happy to go with the flow while also adding in some planned content, I hope you the listener enjoy the format and would welcome your comments. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either https://twitter.com/gpkdaily or https://www.instagram.com/gpkdaily/ I am also available on https://www.facebook.com/gpkdaily 

    This is the beginning of this part of the documentation of my daily work on outreach support working with schools, their staff and the children on my support list. Along the way I hope to provide advice that can be of help to educators and teachers and especially those dealing with children who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioral difficulties. I am using this particular episode to give some background to my own educational work history and the current areas of expertise that I work in. I talk about Mindfulness and also Wellness and how I integrate this work into both class and whole school situations.

    Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this Podcast. 

    The Podcast is also on Soundcloud just search for https://soundcloud.com/gpkdaily I am using it to hold the top 5 to 10 most recent episodes. By following or subscribing on your own preferred Podcast platform you can also find any back episodes previous to these that might interest you. 

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    15 min
  • S6-E87: #Teachers #MentalHealth

    As I continue my documentation of my own #JourneyToBetter I look particularly at school teacher mental health issues and analyze the results of a recent survey carried out amongst 1000 Primary School Teachers. This survey looked at the pressure that the new term had imposed on them even though they were officially on the summer break/holiday and it contains some worrying results. I also talk about the shorter evenings and how these have impacted the way I carry out some weekly home tasks. As I have said before this podcast is starting to move more towards documentation as opposed to predetermined content and I'm happy to go with the flow while also adding in some planned content, I hope you the listener enjoy the format and would welcome your comments. You can do this by using the Podcast Audio Comments facility or by linking with me on either Twitter or Instagram just search for @gpkdaily. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this Podcast. The Podcast is also on Soundcloud just search for gpkdaily, I am using it to hold the top 5 to 10 most recent episodes. By following or subscribing on your own preferred Podcast platform you can also find any back episodes previous to these that might interest you. This is the beginning of this part of the documentation of my daily work on outreach support working with schools, their staff and the children on my support list. Along the way I hope to provide advice that can be of help to educators and teachers and especially those dealing with children who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioral difficulties.

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    9 min
  • S6-E86: #JourneyToBetter #BackToSchool #Outreach #Timetable

    In this episode I begin the new school year on outreach and talk about getting out and about schools in week one of term 1. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this Podcast. You can also follow me on: @gpkdaily on Twitter and Instagram The Podcast is also on Soundcloud just search for gpkdaily, I am using it to hold the top 5 to 10 most recent episodes and that by following your own preferred Podcast platform link you can find any back episodes previous to these that might interest you.  Also please use the audio comment link to let me know what you think. This is the beginning of this part of the documentation of my daily work on outreach support working with schools, their staff and the children on my support list. Along the way I hope to provide advice that can be of help to educators and teachers and especially those dealing with children who are experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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    9 min
  • S6-E85: #FantasyPremiership A Review of Week 3 and The Newton Heath Team for Week 4
    Here it is my line-out for the Week 4 weekend, I have taken as I beat the average in the previous week I remain reasonably happy with my line out. In this episode I have a look at how my team line-out has been influenced by how it performed in Week 3 of the English Premiership. I also discuss my transfer policy and my strategy regarding goalkeepers and how the upcoming international break might affect you when the players return from International Duty.  I look at how I have picked my team and the thinking behind my 4 week strategy regarding holding out until next week so that I have 2 transfers to play with and I can make significant improvements to my squad if I see players who are getting poor game time & points stats in the early weeks of the league. I have also looked at the fixture list and included a few players that I feel will score good over the coming weeks due to their teams upcoming fixtures.  Have a listen and I hope it will help with your own choices.  I also have a brief look at my position in some of the leagues I'm in but I will give a more in depth take on these after week 4 has been completed. The International break week will give me the space for an episode that focuses just on the leagues I'm in, although that might end up being a number of episodes given the number of leagues I'm in! Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this Podcast.    You can also follow me on: @gpkdaily on Twitter and Instagram The Podcast is also on Soundcloud just search for gpkdaily, I am using it to hold the top 5 to 10 most recent episodes and that by following your own preferred Podcast platform link you can find any back episodes previous to these that might interest you.  Also please use the audio comment link to let me know what you think.
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    14 min
  • S6-E84: #FantasyPremiership here is the Newton Heath Squad for Week 3
    Here it is my line-out for Week 3 weekend, I have taken a 4 point hit as I lost a lot of ground last weekend and I needed to juggle my squad. In this episode I have a look at how my team line-out has been influenced by how it performed in Week 2 of the English Premiership. I also discuss my transfer policy and my strategy regarding goalkeepers and how the upcoming international break might affect you when the players return from International Duty.  I look at how I have picked my team and the thinking behind my 3 week strategy regarding holding out until the 3rd week so that I have 2 transfers to play with and I can make significant improvements to my squad if I see players who are getting poor game time & points stats in the early weeks of the league. I have also looked at the fixture list and included a few players that I feel will score good over the coming weeks due to their teams upcoming fixtures. 
    Have a listen and I hope it will help with your own choices.  I also have a brief look at my position in some of the leagues I'm in but I will give a more in depth take on these after week 3 has been completed. The International break week will give me the space for an episode that focuses just on the leagues I'm in, although that might end up being a number of episodes given the number of leagues I'm in!
    Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this Podcast.    You can also follow me on: @gpkdaily on Twitter and Instagram The Podcast is also on Soundcloud just search for gpkdaily, I am using it to hold the top 5 to 10 most recent episodes and that by following your own preferred Podcast platform link you can find any back episodes previous to these that might interest you.  Also please use the audio comment link to let me know what you think.
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    13 min
  • S6-E83: #FantasyPremiership Wk2 Review
    In this episode I have a look at how my team performed in Week 2 of the English Premiership. I also discuss my transfer policy and my strategy regarding goalkeepers and how the upcoming international break might affect you when the players return from International Duty.  I look at how I have picked my team and the thinking behind my 3 week strategy regarding holding out until the 3rd week so that I have 2 transfers to play with and I can make significant improvements to my squad if I see players who are getting poor game time & points stats in the early weeks of the league. I have also looked at the fixture list and included a few players that I feel will score good over the opening weeks due to their teams upcoming fixtures.
    Have a listen and I hope it will help with your own choices. 
    I also have a brief look at my position in some of the leagues I'm in but I will give a more in depth take on these after week 3 has been completed. 
    Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this Podcast.   
    You can also follow me on: @gpkdaily on Twitter and Instagram The Podcast is also on Soundcloud just search for gpkdaily, I am using it to hold the top 5 to 10 most recent episodes and that by following your own preferred Podcast platform link you can find any back episodes previous to these that might interest you. 
    Also please use the audio comment link to let me know what you think.   
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    16 min

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