We are back!

Its been a great summer - full of good times, rest and relaxation - and Miss D and Miss S are back in the studio with some exciting new guests on the show and a some new topics to discuss. 

In today's episode, Miss D and Miss S are joined by Miss O for a discussion on how she juggles her career as a middle leader in a secondary school and her time as a new Mom.  

We will discuss how being a mother can influence your teaching style,  strategies for handling stress in both roles. And we will share advice and resources for new Mothers. 

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In this week's episode, Miss S and Miss D tackle some common scenarios that teachers need to navigate when communicating with parents. 

Fortunately, most of the time parent interactions are overwhelmingly positive but sometimes things can get a little tricky. 

Today's episode hope to shed some light on what we would do in different situations. This is one example of the invisible workload that teachers have, navigating the rollercoaster of parent communication!

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Welcome back to the Unlearn Something pod!

This week, we take a look into the education manifestos from each of the major parties and see what the plan is for this big education system in the UK. 

There are some plans to address some of the concerns coming out of the education sector but the OVERWHELMING majority seemed full of non statements, smoke and mirrors. 

Listen to the hear our thoughts! If you have anything to add, send us a message on Spotify or email us on the address below. 

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Hello!

Miss S and Miss D are back and today we have an episode where we discuss the things that teachers have to remember during teacher transfer season. Often there is movement in schools - just like in any other workplace - but schools can sometimes have their own challenges. Who is going where? What does that mean for class allocations? Who is going for Head of Department roles? It's all happening!

Wouldn't it be lovely if we could have the generous transfer monies paid to footballers? We can daydream. But seriously, preparing for job interviews and writing resignation letters is tough for teachers at all stages of their career and experience. We share our thoughts and hope that it sparks a conversation in your classroom.. with the door closed of course.

Enzo Mari Exhibition - Design Museum https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/enzo-mari

Get your resignation letter right: https://www.tes.com/jobs/careers-advice/pay-and-conditions/get-your-resignation-letter-right

How to write a resignation letter and leave on good terms: https://supplyregister.uk/how-to-write-a-resignation-letter-and-leave-your-job-on-good-terms/

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Hello everyone!

It has been a while since we have been in the studio but Miss S and Miss D are back in full effect. We've had a rejuvenating half term and we are ready to rock the last half term of the academic year here in the UK. 

In this episode, Miss S shares her experiences and reflections from the recent 'Policing and The Black Child Conference', held on May 18th at the University of East London. A partnership between the Alliance of Police Accountability and the PIEL Centre, University of East London. The conference delved into important discussions surrounding the experiences of Black children in their interactions with the Metropolitan Police. 

The day was solution focussed seeking ways to protect Black children and young people from racial profiling and adultification and to support Black children's experience of systemic police racism.  Ensuring a trauma-informed approach is reflected in safeguarding policies is critical. And an opportunity to develop a new monitoring, scrutiny and oversight framework.

Further Reading

Recent articles about Police and Stop and Search/Stop and Strip Searches on Children
Children's Commissioner: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/what-is-stop-and-search-and-how-does-it-affect-children/
Guardian article - Thousands of children strip searched by police https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/21/thousands-of-children-strip-searched-by-police-in-england-and-wales-last-year
Police urged to use stop and search to save more lives: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/police-urged-to-use-stop-and-search-to-save-more-lives
Miseducation Inequality, Education and the Working classes - Diane Reay https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/9781447330653

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**Trigger Warning **

This episode contains discussions of stress, burnout and other difficult situations that sometimes face teachers. If this these topics are something that might be difficult or cause harm, please listen to a different episode of the Unlearn Something podcast.

Today, Miss S and Miss D continue their discussion from the last episode about what we can expect as teachers in terms addressing day to day issues and challenges. What are we finding hard as teachers? What should be addressed by the teacher? What needs to be taken up by leadership team? We have some candid conversations about the realities of being a school teacher today in this BIG BIG 2024 in this London, UK. 

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** Trigger Warning **

This episode includes discussions about challenging experiences in the classroom from a teacher's perspective. If this is something that might upset or cause harm, check out another episode of the Unlearn Something podcast!

In this episode, Miss S and Miss D discuss some interactions during the school day that made us question ourselves. Let's face it, teaching in the current climate is a challenge and what are some of the things that make it even more challenging? Some of the things that teachers experience are WILD and in this episode we share some of these experiences and what we would expect to be in place to support teachers. 

What are some of the challenges that you face? How did your leadership team support you and manage the situation? What support works for teachers in schools now when we are facing different challenges and unprecedented circumstances?

Links
Place2Be - https://tinyurl.com/56u392mv
Kid's Company and Camila Batmanghelidjh - https://tinyurl.com/ynas6atw
Kooth - a free, safe, anonymous online emotional wellbeing community for children and young people - https://www.kooth.com/
Frank - support for children and young people who want advice about drugs and other substances - https://www.talktofrank.com/

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*** TRIGGER WARNING *** This episode contains references to personal experiences of racism in schools. 

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Unlearnsomething podcast. Today, we have a candid interview with Miss A. Miss A is an expert primary school teacher, education consultant and university lecturer in teacher training. She shares her experiences of racism in her place of employment and how she took action. We are so grateful that Miss A wanted to share her experiences and we hope that this episode will help others who might be experiencing the same discrimination. 

Racism in schools in entirely unacceptable and teachers need to be safeguarded too. Schools have a duty of care to protect all staff as well. This is a real person's lived experience and not up for debate. This is why we admonish anyone who refuses to acknowledge that racism exists in our communities all up and down the country. And **** yes, we are angry!

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Welcome to episode 25 of the Unlearnsomething podcast. Thank you for listening and supporting us. We are enjoying the process, meeting some wonderful people and hopefully sparking some conversations in your classrooms!

This week we share our reflections on our road trip up to Birmingham for the BLAM book launch. Another bonus is that Miss S was part of a Black educators panel on why the BLAM resources are so necessary. Miss O was cheering and whooping in the audience and making a fuss. 

BLAM is an organisation led by young Black women (big up Ife and the team) that has published educational resources to support the teaching of Black history for 7 - 11 year olds. These books are best for KS2. Not only are they publishing educational resources, BLAM are community advocates, fund and provide enrichment programs promoting Black British history for children and young people AND if that wasn't enough, there is a service that provide Black people access to therapy with certified Black therapists. Truly transformative!

We loved spending time with these motivated and inspirational people and had a great time doing the quiz too. Do you know what two twos means? Miss S did, Miss D had no clue. 

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Welcome back to our latest episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast! We are two teachers unlearning in our classrooms and sparking conversations in yours.

In this episode we interview a Black British teacher who is now teaching abroad.  We talk about the reason for Mr J's move, his experience of working in the UAE and Asia and the importance of finding community amongst other international teachers. 

It is a timely episode as teachers in the UK are entering 'transfer season' and might be applying for jobs in other schools or even abroad. 

Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode! Don't forget to give us 5 stars wherever you listen to our podcast. See you next time.

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