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 Miss D and Miss S,  discuss the impact of  mental health and wellbeing on children and young people within school and how we as teachers support our learners. 

Join:  Young people and celebrities calling for early mental health support hubs: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

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Register - Frank Bowling sells signed prints to buy arts supplies for 100 primary schools - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/12/frank-bowling-sells-signed-prints-to-buy-art-supplies-for-100-schools

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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 Miss D and Miss S,  review the BBC Panorama investigative documentary into the state of many of Britain’s school buildings including schools  managing a building material known as Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). We discuss the timeline leading to the current UK school  building crisis and the conditions education staff and pupils are expected to work in.

Show Notes
Watch: BBC Panorama documentary on
BBC iplayer  - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001vnjc/panorama-britains-crumbling-schools

Read: List of schools affected by RAAC and what you need to now about the new guidance. - https://www.gov.wales/anti-racist-wales-action-plan-contentshttps://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/12/06/new-guidance-on-raac-in-education-settings/

Managing asbestos is school - https://www.hse.gov.uk/education/asbestos-faqs.htm#

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Welcome to our Unlearn Something Podcast! We are two teachers unlearning in our classrooms and sparking conversations in yours.

In this episode Miss D and Miss S,  respond to  a n article in a British broadsheet newspaper featuring our podcast. . We share our thoughts on the Michaela Community School in Brent being taken to court by a pupil after the school  banned Muslim prayers. 

Read:
Collective Worship in schools -  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collective-worship-in-schools

News:
Top school taken to court over prayer ban -  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/16/london-school-high-court-prayer-ban

The moral panic over school prayer exposes our double standards -  http://tinyurl.com/yp3asw2c

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Welcome back to our next episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast!

This episode we have another special guest. Romain Muhammad is a recruitment specialist, his social media platforms have over 35K subscribers, he is studying an MA, he is writing a book and today we discuss how we can better prepare students for a career in the corporate world.

We - Miss D, Romain and TeacherFriend -  discuss big questions such as: how we engaged with education as young people, what must the education system and educators to better prepare our young people for a career in the corporate world and the differences between DEI and decolonisation work.

Romain shares such a wealth of knowledge and it is very exciting to hear about his plans for his work in this area. He is a young Black British man making waves in his fields and we will be here cheering him on. What a talent!

Show Notes

Find out more about Romain and his work at
@romainmuhammad_  and @blackmindstate on Instagram and also at https://www.diversifyworld.com/

Bookshop recommendations
Verso Books https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb
Judd St Books https://juddbooks.com/wp/

Anti Racism Action Plan (Wales)
https://www.gov.wales/anti-racist-wales-action-plan-contents

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Hello!

Welcome back to the next episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast!

Today we have Miss D interviewing the amazing Leila from Energy Garden and the brains behind Black British Studies on Instagram. We delve into a lively conversation about History and Geography and how it is taught in UK schools and what we need to do to improve it.

Leila sheds light on the successes and challenges of being a Head of Department in secondary schools and coming up against resistance to change - even when it means a more impactful and equitable outcomes for students and professional development for teachers.

We also get the chance to celebrate and discuss Leila's work with Energy Garden and her other projects; including Black British Studies on Instagram. I also suggest that Leila needs to find the time to write a book. 

I really enjoyed this interview and I hope that you enjoy listening as well!

** I referred to Energy Garden as EduGarden more than once during the episode. I apologise for this error.

Show Notes

You can find more of Leila's work at @black_british_studies on Instagram, more from Leila and her work at Energy Garden https://www.energygarden.org.uk/

Facing History UK - https://www.facinghistory.org/about/locations/united-kingdom
Historical Association -  https://www.history.org.uk/
Geographical Association - https://geography.org.uk/

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Hello!

Welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast where two teachers have conversations about our classrooms in the hope that this will spark a conversation in yours.

This week we talk about where and when police are currently in some schools and what impact this might have on our young people. Miss S shares some of her experiences of how police work in secondary schools and we lament the criminalisation of some of our young people through this process.

Show Notes
Check out this book  - 'The New Jim Crow: The Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness' Michelle Alexander (2010)

No Police In Schools https://nopoliceinschools.co.uk/resources# Here you can find a range of resources related to the No Police In Schools campaign, and the wider issue of police in schools.

Nearly 1000 police officers operating in UK schools: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/16/police-officers-operating-uk-schools

Over-policed and under-protected: the road to Safer Schools https://www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/over-policed-and-under-protected-the-road-to-safer-schools

School based police officers:
https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/d/may-2022/school-based-police-officers/

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Hello!

Welcome back to the next episode the Unlearn Something podcast - thanks for being here!

This week we discuss the tough job of supply teaching in today's school climate. We cover some of the pay options, what supply teachers are entitled to in terms of holiday pay and daily rates, along with the good and the not so good of having more flexibility as a Supply Teacher in schools.

Show Notes
NASUWT Supply Teacher / Agency Worker advice: https://www.nasuwt.org.uk/advice/supply-teacher/agency-workers-regulations.html
NEU  Supply Teachers: Agency worker regulations: https://neu.org.uk/advice/member-groups/supply-teachers/supply-teachers-rights-work/agency-worker-regulations
Check if you are entitled to paid holidays: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/holidays-and-holiday-pay/check-if-youre-entitled-to-paid-holidays/

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Hello!

We are back with another episode and in this episode we are talking about teacher burnout. We talk about what is feels like, how to recognise it and what we can try and do about it.

There is a problem though. we cannot avoid burnout ourselves in our individual classrooms. It is a much wider school, network and sysytemic problem. We need to ask ourselves why so many of us are feeling tired and stressed most, if not all the time.

There are measures we can take day by day to protect and care for ourselves; but the reason a lot of us are feeling burnt out is because of the sheer mass of unprecedented challenges that face teachers today. ECTs are quitting, teacher trainees are dropping out of their courses, supply teachers are hard to find.

Today we discuss this and a lot  more. Its a long listen and we hope that its relatable. Check on your teacher friends because some of us are really struggling.

Show Notes

'How to Recognise Teacher Burn Out' https://schools.au.reachout.com/articles/how-to-recognise-and-manage-teacher-burnout

'Teacher Burnout and Turnover Intent' Natalie Rajendren  2019 https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar_url?url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen-Watt/publication/338923051_Teacher_burnout_and_turnover_intent/links/5e7d6cc8458515efa0ada568/Teacher-burnout-and-turnover-intent.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zO9hZYChDo6V6rQPv--5-Ak&scisig=AFWwaeb6fLOiL3lLi0kDR58zCnKD&oi=scholarr

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Welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast!

We are Miss S and Miss D and the simple premise of our podcast is to share conversations in our classroom, hoping to spark conversations in yours. 

Today, we are talking about gaslighting: what it is, how it works and why it is so flipping exhausting. This episode is an extension of a conversation that Miss D after school one day. We were reflecting on some of the situations we were dealing with that week and we noticed a theme - denial and gaslighting.... from the students. 

It is happening more and more in schools, online and elsewhere and we need to talk about it. In this episode, we share some of our personal experiences with gaslighting behaviours and share some suggestions of structured responses that you can use if you find yourself in a difficult conversation where there is gaslighting. 

It's not an easy conversation to have but it is necessary - YOU ARE NOT LOSING IT! YOU ARE NOT IMAGINING IT! It's gaslighting and we need to equip ourselves to shut it down. 

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Hello everyone!

Welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast, thanks for listening. 

The simple premise of our podcast is for two teacher to share the conversations about their classrooms hoping to spark a conversation in yours. 

Today, we are talking about performative allyship during Black History Month. Schools can be effective agents of change but often they are not. Sometimes, it goes wrong and in this episode we share some of our recent experiences of how it has gone..very wrong. 

With the best intentions, we do have to remember that schools and education are not always as progressive as we might like or expect. 

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