The Teacher Squad Podcast

Summer Term 2024 Episode 8 -  Party Policies, Rugby Celebrations and Hippo Swimming! 

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for conversations around what each party is offering education in their election manifestos.

Throw in some travel advice for a trip to Northampton and mentions of Vinted and summer diets! And there’s also a speech for leaders and an Olympic themed picture book.   

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕  

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/ 

Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/   

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Links from the show:  

Join the Big Author Week for FREE - https://wherereadingrocks.com/lp/big-primary-author-challenge/  

Visit Jane's website for course dates www.janeconsidine.com

Register to vote https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote?step-by-step-nav=ff81c31c-3282-49df-85a4-013887130110

Show notes:

Title: Summer Term 2024 Episode 7 - Manifesting and Manifestos, Writing for Enjoyment and Good Conversation.

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for a good ol’ chat about the election and what we might see in the manifestos for education; thoughts on writing and dropping enjoyment levels; a bit on short stories and murder mysteries and a few other bits thrown in, too!

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Email the show (and get a badge!) at:
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Links from the show:

Join the Big Author Week for FREE - https://wherereadingrocks.com/lp/big-primary-author-challenge/

Children and young people’s writing in 2024 - https://literacytrust.org.uk/research-services/research-reports/children-and-young-peoples-writing-in-2024/

New SRHE Guidance: what do you think about it?

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for an open discussion about Sex Relationships and Health Education, thoughts on Gillian Keegan on this matter and a call to action for everyone to have their say on the consultation.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

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Links from the show:

Guidance from DFE: https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/16/new-rshe-guidance-what-it-means-for-sex-education-lessons-in-schools/

Consultation: https://consult.education.gov.uk/rshe-team/review-of-the-rshe-statutory-guidance/

Benefits and Research of SRHE:
https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0576/

https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06103/SN06103.pdf

Jane read from: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781406386042

Heather read from: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9780008603373

Period and puberty book recommendations:
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781526363374

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781788952941

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9780711256637

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781838992743

The Ofsted Big Listen: have you had your say?!

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for their opinions and ideas around Ofsted Inspections. They unpack ideas around what needs to go and what needs to change to find the reform Ofsted clearly needs.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

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Links from the show:

Have your say by 31st May on the Big Ofsted Listen: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ofsted-big-listen

The Alternative Big Listen: https://thealternativebiglisten.co.uk/

Ofsted director: Big Listen will consider single-word ratings: https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/ofsted-director-big-listen-will-consider-single-word-school-inspection-judgements

What the Big Bad Wolf thinks, teaching for experience and happy news.

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright as they discuss planning for rich experiences, self care and a balance and letters to your children.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

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Links from the show:
https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/What-Makes-Great-Teaching-REPORT.pdf

Title: Summer Term 2024 Episode 3 -Are you afraid of the dark, the nuances of teaching and celebrating spring

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright as they discuss the art of teaching and share a spring poem and a cracking ks2 read.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

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Debate and discussion around Darren McGarvey’s documentary, The State We’re In: Education

Join Heather Wright & Jane Considine for thoughts and responses to a recent documentary by Darren McGarvey as he visits 5 education settings, from Glasgow to Finland, looking for ways we can bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/

Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Email the show (and get a badge!) at: [email protected] [email protected]

Links from the show:

The documentary - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wtlw/darren-mcgarvey-the-state-were-in-series-1-2-education

Open University partnership on the documentary - https://connect.open.ac.ukdarren-mcgarvey/

Estonia Education article - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/27/free-lunches-brain-breaks-and-happy-teachers-why-estonia-has-the-best-schools-in-europe Heather read from - https://www.joshuaseigal.co.uk/lets-hear-it-for-teachers

Punk school - https://x.com/xpschool?s=21&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew Punk school - https://xpschool.org/

St Martin’s School - https://x.com/stmartinspsgcc?s=21&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew

Kurt Hahn and Ten Expeditionary Learning Principles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hahn

Unpacking the English education subject report: Telling the story Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for discussions and ponderings on the recently released report from Ofsted looking at common weaknesses and strengths in the teaching of English in schools across England.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/

Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Email the show (and get a badge!) at: [email protected] [email protected]

Links from the show: The report - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/subject-report-series-english/telling-the-story-the-english-education-subject-report

Fluency Glossary - https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/eef-guidance-reports/literacy-ks3-ks4/Reading_Fluency_Glossary_1.0.pdf?v=1674032810

Readers Theatre - https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/eef-guidance-reports/literacy-ks2/KS2-Lit-Readers-theatre.pdf?v=1637856977

The poll - https://x.com/_reading_rocks_/status/1774849130679927247?s=46&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew

Heather read from - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781526627346 Observer review - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/01/picture-books-for-children-reviews-where-is-the-cat-eva-eland-we-are-the-wibbly-sarah-tagholm-terrible-horses-raymond-antrobus

Spring Term 2024 Episode 12 - Reading interconnected-ness, familiar picture books and a bit of homework!

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for discussions and ideas around interconnected ideas in reading and using familiar texts for challenging writing opportunities.

This week, Jane is grateful for remembering lots of things, while Heather is grateful for chances to shine!

In Sentence of the Week, Jane shares an extract from The Nowhere Emporium to really model how we can get pupils to find connections in the text, while Heather shares how familiar texts can be used to support writing for pleasure.

In this week’s Wonder of Words, Jane brings us amazing hair with super powers, while Heather invites us into The Big Bad Dragon Club.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/
Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Email the show (and get a badge!) at:
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Links from the show:

Jane read from - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781398505087

Heather read from - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781398518407

Homework links:
Telling the story: the English education subject report - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/subject-report-series-english/telling-the-story-the-english-education-subject-report

Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wtlw/darren-mcgarvey-the-state-were-in-series-1-2-education

Lost bags, tops fans and Writing for Pleasure! Every voice should be heard!

Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for an interview with Shropshire Bookfest around their Readers to Writers project, stories of lost bags, and finishing with shooting stars and quiet birds.

This week, Jane is grateful for finding her bag, while Heather is for top fan emails!!! (Yay - keep them coming)

Guests this week are Joanna Hughes from Shropshire Bookfest and Suzanne Horton from the University of Worcester, chatting to Jane and Heather about the Readers to Writers project, its impact, significant findings and take-aways for teachers to implement in the classroom to bring more pleasure to the writing process.

In this week’s Wonder of Words, shares a star-filled song that belongs to her Dad, while Heather shares a beautiful new picture book that reminds us about the quiet voices.

Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/

Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Email the show (and get a badge!) at: [email protected] [email protected]

Links from the show:

Readers to Writers - https://www.shropshirebookfest.co.uk/schools-should-prioritise-creative-writing-as-an-enjoyable-activity/ oss

Montgomery event - https://wherereadingrocks.com/event/ross-montgomery-author-event/

Heather read from - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781471173912

Homework links: Telling the story: the English education subject report - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/subject-report-series-english/telling-the-story-the-english-education-subject-report

Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wtlw/darren-mcgarvey-the-state-were-in-series-1-2-education