St Edward's School Podcast

#019 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. Now in this episode we’re talking to Laura McIsaac Bailey, Librarian at the Senior and Sixth Form. 

Laura will tell us why it’s so important students read as much as possible, the positive impact it has on their learning at school and how to inject passion and encourage reading among children.

But we’ll also get to hear some wonderful book recommendations from Laura for parents looking to get back into reading themselves.

That’s all coming up in this episode, so come with me now as we step into the world of books with Librarian, Laura.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

#018 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. Now in this episode we’re talking to Head of Computing and Head of e-Safety at the Prep School, Fran Roberts.

Fran’s going to tell us why technology excites him, how the use of technology in schools has changed during his time as a teacher and how we introduce digital skills to Prep aged children.

But we’ll also get to hear about the importance of learning computing in schools and how parents can encourage and inspire their children to learn valuable technical skills through websites such as code.org.

That’s all coming up in this episode, so come with me now as we step into the world of computing with Fran Roberts.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

#017 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. Now this episode is great because we’re talking to the Head of Science Faculty, Katherine Safe, and two of the students.

We’re going to find out all about the Industrial Cadets, what they are, what the project is and why it’s good to get involved.

The students will get to talk a little bit about the project, how much of their time it takes up and what advice they would give to other students considering applying for the Industrial Cadets project.

That’s all to come in this episode, so come with me now as we step into the world of Industrial Cadets, first with Katherine Safe and then with two of the students.

St Edward's School online

www.stedwards.co.uk

#016 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. Today we’re talking to Head of Individual Learning at the Senior School, Emma Bee.

But we will also be discussing neurodiversity and learning walks and how they are involved in individual learning.

So come with me now as we talk to Head of Individual Learning at the Senior School, Emma Bee.

St Edward's School online

www.stedwards.co.uk

#015 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. Now this episode is a little different to normal. We’re going to ask a series of questions to Head of Prep School, Mr Paul Fathers.

But it’s not just me asking the questions because I’ve recruited the help of four of the Year Five pupils. So together we ask the questions which, importantly, have all been written by the children in Pre-Prep and Prep.

If you enjoy listening to this podcast episode even half as much as I enjoyed recording it then I think you’re going to love it.

So come with me now as we speak to Head of Prep School, Paul Fathers, and our Year Five pupils.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

#014 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. Now this episode is great fun because we’re talking Combined Cadet Force or CCF.

School Staff Instructor Adam Keylock and Major Elizabeth Winfield Contingent Commander of the Combined Cadet Force St Edward's School, Cheltenham, reveal everything on this episode.

That means we’re about to hear what the CCF is and why a parent might be interested in it, the qualities the CCF instils in pupils today, and what assurances there are for parents who might be concerned about the safety of children.

But we also learn which skills they acquire that can be transferred into other aspects of life.

So come with me now as we step into the world of CCF at St Edward’s.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

#013 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. In this episode we’re talking DofE, Duke of Edinburgh, with Duke of Edinburgh Manager at the school Adam Keylock.

That means that in this episode we’re going to hear just what DofE is and how it works in school, how parents often go through a bit of a learning curve as well as the pupils, and we get to hear what Adam thinks about the so-called snowflake generation (and you can imagine how he feels about that with St Edward’s children!)

So let’s not waste any more time but instead come with me as we speak right now to Duke of Edinburgh Manager, Adam Keylock.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

Adam's contact details:
[email protected]
Tel: 01242 388304

#012 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. In this episode we’re back talking to the pupils. So we’re about to hear about the Year 7 activity day from the pupil point of view, what their favourite parts of the day were and we hear what the benefits are for the children that they gain from the activity day.

But we also hear what it’s like to move from Year Six into Year Seven, whether there was an element of nerves and how quickly the children were able to settle into their new year.

But you don’t want to hear from me, I’m sure you want to hear from the Year 7s themselves. So come with me now as we step into the world of Year 7 at St Edward’s with Holly, Seb, Ethan and Eva.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

#011 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. In this episode we talk to Domenico Geracitano about languages at school.

We’ll be finding out why it’s important to learn different languages and cultures, some of the ways to learn a foreign language more easily, and we even learn a few Spanish phrases that we can take away with us.

That’s all coming up in this episode so come with me now as we step into the world of languages at St Edward’s with Domenico Geracitano.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk

#010 - Welcome back to the St Edward's School Podcast, the place where we talk to staff, parents and pupils to find out more about life at the school. In this episode we speak to Leanne Huxtable about pastoral care and the achievements of young people at St Edward’s. Leanne’s role, as Pastoral and Achievement Coordinator means she’s passionate about ensuring children enjoy their time at school and get the grades they deserve for the hard work they put in too.

So we’ll be hearing about how the school settles in the new intake of Year 7 pupils, how Leanne goes to visit as many children as possible when they’re still in Year 6, and just what a tailored education is (and why it’s so beneficial to the pupils).

Come with me now as we step into the world of pastoral support and achievement with Leanne Huxtable.

St Edward's School online
www.stedwards.co.uk