The Dynamic Deputies Podcast

In this interview with experienced teacher and senior leader, Aidan Severs, we look at how our teaching can be effective, whilst also being efficient and manageable. With a particular focus on planning and managing our workload, this is must listen for both teachers and the leaders who have such an enormous influence over in-school policies.

In this episode, Russell and Steve explore 8 scaffolding strategies that any teacher can use in their lessons as alternatives to setting different work for different groups of children. By combining a range of these strategies, teachers can ensure that all learners get access to the same rich curriculum content. These techniques are shared within the 'Differentiation' chapter of our upcoming book: 'Talking Teaching with the Dynamic Deputies: Inspiring CPD for Every Teacher'.

John Walker returns to the podcast to talk about Etymology and Morphology. We explore why they are useful, interesting and eye-opening for children. We also look at the extent to which they connect to the work we do with children on spelling. In the episode, John makes reference to the following recommended reading: 'Prefixes and Other Word- Initial Elements of English and Suffixes' and 'Other Word- Final Elements of English' (Laurence Urdang, Verbatim Books.)

In our final episode of 2021, we catch-up in person to reflect on the year we've had as a profession. Lovely for the two of us to speak in person for the first time in two years! This episode will be the last under the name of 'Don't Shoot the Deputies', with new episodes in 2022 being released under the new podcast name, 'The Dynamic Deputies Podcast'.

This episode delivers some cracking History CPD thanks to our incredible guest, Stuart Tiffany. Stuart provides a wealth of valuable information about curriculum design, local history studies, chronology and misconceptions in History. Essential listening for subject leads or anyone involved in curriculum development.

In this episode we talk to Shannen Doherty and Neil Almond - both teachers (and leaders) who have written about education, as well as speaking at CPD events. We cover a variety of topics, including teacher-led CPD, leadership, curriculum and Variation in mathematics. A wonderful conversation with two teachers who are hugely passionate about the work that they do.

In this episode we interview the creator of TTRS and Numbots, Bruno Reddy. This is an excellent discussion about mathematical fluency and how TTRS/Numbots can work alongside strong classroom practice to ensure our children become the confident mathematicians they ALL deserve to be.

We're joined by Christopher Such, author of 'The Art and Science of Primary Reading' to explore some big issues related to the leadership of Reading in schools. This is an essential listen for English, Curriculum or Senior leaders.

In this special episode we share some exciting news... :-)

We are joined by Nic Ponsford and Graham Andre to continue the conversation about gender equality in schools. Nic is co-founder of the Global Equality Collective (GEC) and Graham is a primary teacher who featured in the 2017 documentary 'No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?'.