Episodes

  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 8
    Jun 11 2024

    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/

    Email the show (and get a badge!) at: Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

    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

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    53 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 7
    Jun 4 2024

    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:
    Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com
    Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

    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/

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    49 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 6
    May 21 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/

    Email the show (and get a badge!) at:
    Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com
    Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

    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

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    53 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 5
    May 14 2024

    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/

    Email the show (and get a badge!) at:
    Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com
    Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

    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

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    51 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 4
    May 7 2024

    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/

    Email the show (and get a badge!) at:
    Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com
    Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

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

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    37 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 3
    Apr 30 2024

    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/

    Email the show (and get a badge!) at:
    Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com
    Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

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    40 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 2
    Apr 23 2024

    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: Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

    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

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    54 mins
  • The Teacher Squad Podcast - Summer Term 2024 Episode 1
    Apr 16 2024

    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: Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.com Jane@theteachersquadpodcast.com

    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

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    59 mins