Adam’s oboe, Exploring Exmoor, and more. In this episode, Robin and Adam are joined once again by Roger Hitchin to discuss the benefits of extracurriculars for students and teachers. What are the benefits? When is the best time in the year for them to take place? Plus, Adam speaks on how trips away can help grow the bond and dynamic between pupil and teacher.

Rice and bean counters, Number crunches, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam discuss all things manipulatives with special guest Emma Potter, Director of Maths at Leo Academies and Vice Principal and Teaching & Learning Lead at Cheam Park Farm in Sutton, England. Just how important are they? Is there a perception that you only use them if you don’t understand? Plus, discussion about whether manipulatives are needed at secondary level.

Elon Musk, Water-cooler conversations, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam are lucky to be joined once again by Katriona Lord-Levins, Chief Success Officer at Bentley Systems to discuss the crisis in infrastructure. What are soft skills? How to people cope in the remote-working world without a manager over their shoulder? Plus, Kat discusses how the pandemic forced people to revaluate their positions.

Table arrangements, Fluid movement, and more. In this episode, Robin and Adam are joined by Roger Hitchin - Singapore Maths Lead and Section Head of Year 5 and 6 at Wellington Prep School in Somerset, UK to discuss the classroom environment. How should pupils be placed? What has to be considered with arrangements? Plus, hear the differences of old-school seating arrangements versus the new.

Child-parent conflicts, Self discipline, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam take on the potentially touchy subject of homework. Can we define its purpose? Or is it an unnecessary obstacle? Plus, find out if our Podcasters avoided their homework back in the day.

Bus numbers, Early language, and more. In this episode, Andy and Adam are joined again by Assistant Headteacher and Literacy Consultant, Katy Reeve, to discuss pre-number on children’s mathematical development. What impact will early number work have? Does a child’s later-year struggle trace back to reception? Plus, Andy explains why the types of numbers; Cardinal, Ordinal, Nominal will be so confusing to children at the early learning stage.

Kitchen flooring, Poor training courses, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam discuss the difficulty of selecting the best teacher training programme. Are there too many options? How does a teacher know where to start looking? Plus, what can we learn from Singapore’s teacher training model?

Historic conflicts, Job hirings, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam are joined again by Katriona Lord-Levins, Chief Success Officer at Bentley Systems to discuss diversity of thoughts and our unconscious bias. What is diversity of thought? Can you undo an unconscious bias? Plus, Adam relates the unconscious bias to a maths skill that’s simply embedded in our nature.

Grade confusion, Booster groups, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam discuss all things grading. Who are the grades for? Pupils or teachers? How can parents better understand what things mean? Plus, Andy explains how there’s no such thing as ‘average’.

Moon-shots, The Industrial Revolution, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam are joined by Katriona Lord-Levins, Chief Success Officer at Bentley Systems to discuss the importance of goal setting, both for adults and children. What do we need goal setting for? Purpose? Development? Plus, Andy shares a situation in which you can observe who are good and bad decision makers.