Reading Blues Podcast

#010 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school.

In this episode we step into the Headmaster’s office and speak to Pete Thomas. We’re about to find out how his first year as Headmaster has been, how he’s coped being a Head during Covid and what some of the common misconceptions are about the role of Headmaster. But we also find out what he likes to do when he’s not at school, and whether or not he enjoys 80s music. What do you think?

Come with me and find out as we explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Pete Thomas.

Reading Blue Coat School online
Website: www.rbcs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool 

#009 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode we speak to Kate Wakeman-Toogood, Chaplain, maths teacher and pastoral care. We ask her how she juggles the role she has in school with being an associate vicar at St Andrew’s church, what the future of the chaplaincy looks like at Reading Blue Coat and if she had a time machine whether she would use it to go back in time 2,000 years. 

So, let’s explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Kate Wakeman-Toogood. 

Reading Blue Coat School online
Website: www.rbcs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool 

#008 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode we speak to Sean Lambert, Head of Classics at Reading Blue Coat School. We’re going to find out what Classics actually looks like at the school, the benefits of studying it, what a liberal education is, and also the concept of Diversity of Thinking. 

So, let’s explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Sean Lambert.

Reading Blue Coat School online
Website: www.rbcs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool 

#007 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode we speak to Victoria Fangen Hall, Foundation Director at the school. We’re going to find out what her job as Foundation Director actually entails, we’ll delve into the history of Reading Blue Coat, discussing the founder of the school, Richard Aldworth, and we’ll find out more about the Aldworth Partnership. But we also find out what Victoria enjoys about Australia, so stick around to see what that might be. 

So, let’s explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Victoria Fangen Hall. 

Reading Blue Coat School online
Website: www.rbcs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool 

#006 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode we speak to Matt Wharton, Grounds Manager at the school. Because, if you haven’t gathered by now this podcast is about hearing from all parts of school life. And I think you’re going to like this one. Matt’s going to explain to us just how he and his team keep the grounds looking like they do, what he thought about the grounds when he first arrived on the day he was interviewed, and also what some of the things are we can do at home to improve the look of our lawns. 

But we also find out from Matt some of the great places in the UK we can all visit to really appreciate some incredible grounds. We never need to go far in this country to find some fantastic places. 

So, let’s explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Matt Wharton.

Reading Blue Coat School online
Website: www.rbcs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool 

#005 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school.

In this episode we speak to Kevin Magill, Deputy Head Staff Development. He’s from South Wales and boy you’ll know that from this episode. But as well as hearing about life further down the M4 we also hear about the different roles he’s taken on at Blue Coat, his teacher training and development and how it feels for him seeing students off when they reach the top end of school and fly the nest onto their next step.

We also find out what the Mumbles Mile is. You’ll need to see the episode through though to understand what that might be.

So, let’s explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Kevin Magill.

Reading Blue Coat School online
Website: www.rbcs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool 

#004 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode we speak to Richard Meehan about music at Reading Blue Coat. Richard is passionate about music, you can tell that just by the way he talks about music both in the school and when he’s not at school. So we’re going to find out what opportunities there are for students to get involved in music at school and what things have changed regarding music since 2020 impacted all our lives.

So, let’s explore the world of music at Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Richard Meehan.

Reading Blue Coat School online

Website: www.rbcs.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool

#003 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school.

In this episode we speak to Ed Trelinski about the value of co-curricular activities for young people. Ed will be explaining what’s included in the school’s co-curricular programme, what the future plans are and he also talks about what he refers to as adventure education.

So, let’s explore the world of co-curricular at Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Ed Trelinski.

Reading Blue Coat School online

Website: www.rbcs.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl
Twitter: @ReadingBlues
Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool

#001 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode, our very first episode, we speak to Mr Peter van Went, former pupil and teacher, and now a historian and the school archivist. I'm told there's not much he doesn't know about the school. 

We'll be finding out how the school has changed since the 1960s, what's working better and I even ask him what might not be working so well, so stick around to find out what that is. But in the meantime join us as we explore the world of Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Peter van Went.

#002 - Welcome to the Reading Blues Podcast, the place to find out more about the school and to connect with staff, pupils and parents at a deeper level. Each week we’ll be interviewing people within the school community, asking them questions and spending time understanding more about them and more about the school. 

In this episode we speak to Devin Moller, Director of Drama at the school and passionate advocate for the benefits of drama within school life. 

We talk about the value of drama in the curriculum, not as a co-curricular subject or an after-school activity, but as a valuable academic subject. We also discuss the various ways that young people can be involved in drama, not necessarily on the stage, and we find out some of the things that we should all be watching today. But we also find out what genre of movies Devin dislikes, I was quite surprised by his answer and I think you might be too. Anyway, let’s explore the world of drama at Reading Blue Coat through the eyes of Devin Moller.

Reading Blue Coat School online

Website: www.rbcs.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReadingBlueCoatl

Twitter: @ReadingBlues

Instagram: ReadingBlueCoatSchool