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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Heather@theteachersquadpodcast.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: 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

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