Today the wonderful Madeleine, Oliver, Cienna and Abeel talk to us all about the challenges and successes of the leadership learning task we completed today. A simple sorting activity ended up being a big learning curve and a test of our leadership skills!

We speak to Bobby, Max, Miller, Maha and Anna and talk about our a Rock Kidz experience and the important messages in their music. We discuss our experiences through making our t-shirts, we share the ‘power sentences’ that inspire us and talk about our personal strengths. We share our thoughts about leaving our comfort zone and how we often feel once we’ve overcome a challenge.

 We speak to Finley, Corey and our special guest….Suzi Halliwell, the resident artist at The Forward Centre. Today we celebrate Suzi’s 7yrs at the centre and talk about her next steps as today is her final day with us as she has plans to explore new horizons. In this emotional episode, the children get to ask Suzi about art and the work she has completed at The Forwards Centre.

We speak to Kaja, Millie, Max and Brodie and discuss the work we’ve covered as part of our Learner to Leader programme. We explore the importance of connections and working with people who we don’t usually spend time with and the work we’ve done on the importance of thinking about our future ambitions.

In today’s episode we hear from Charlie, Kinga, Destiny and Isla as we discuss all things Learner to Leader. We speak about the different leadership activities completed over the weeks and the skills and qualities we have developed along the way. Listen out for a mention of mountains and monsters!

Today we hear from Angelin, Tegan, Logan and Harrison who tell us all about their exciting Rock Kidz experience. Not only did they have a wonderful time rocking out, they took a very important message away with them. Listen out for YASBA. Later on we discuss all things SATs revision including talk of mountains and monsters.

We speak to Maisie, Abigail, Tamer and Naeem to talk about their Rock Kidz experience and the importance of resilience and not giving up. The children then discuss their person strengths and the importance of not just knowing these strengths, but ‘owning’ them.

We speak to Corey and Andrew as we take one our first Welcome Ambassador challenge. In this episode, we welcome Dave Bagley, the CEO of Urban Outreach. We talk about the amazing work they do and start to develop our ideas of how we can develop a Forwards Centre project I partnership with Urban Outreach. This podcast is a powerful reminder of the ‘power of one’. One person, doing one thing, can have a MASSIVE impact on the world!

We speak to Corey, Gypsy and Luke and discuss our plans for our first task as Welcome Ambassadors. Next week, Dave Bagley, the CEO from Urban Outreach come to visit and we talk about how we’ll make him feel welcome and the questions we might ask. Through our discussion we also develop our ideas which further highlights the value of student voice when working in schools.

The theme of today’s podcast is Safeguarding. Kendal, Alfie, Brody and Duaa talk us through lots of ways in which they are kept safe at The Ferns Academy including measures that are in place in and around the academy building as well as school trips and online safety.