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Mark Taylor and Carol Aveyard from Primary Music on Fire Membership Site attended the Music & Drama Education Expo in London 2019. In this episode we discuss what we learnt and why we had such a great time. We attended 3 workshops, recorded interviews with some exhibitors and caught up with friends – old and new – in the primary education music world.         &n...

Mark takes a breath and gives a personal account of this milestone for Education on Fire. He talks about how his life is changing and future plans to help more children live life on their terms.   This quote is the inspiration for what is to come.   “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ―  Rumi   This episode is a joint...

During the last half term holiday we did a 4 day ukulele challenge with Paul Mansell a ukulele expert and author of the tutor book Ukulele School. It was great fun and Paul gave Carol Aveyard and Mark Taylor (creators of Primary Music on Fire) beginner lessons live online! We started with the very first steps, learned about the instrument and covered 4 songs. To watch and find out more please visi...

Paul Mansell   As an author I have a publishing deal with Kevin Mayhew Ltd and my first book ‘Classical Uke’ was published in December 2017. The book has been a great success and subsequently my publisher commissioned me to write a ukulele tutorial book. The result was ‘Ukulele School’ which was published in March 2019. ​ In March 2019 I was the first ukulele player to...

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this English & literacy season on the Education on Fire Podcast. Here are the links to all the episodes in this series. 087: LitFilmFest English & Literacy Season 6 Launch 088: Tagtiv8 with Bryn Llewellyn 089: Planet Poetry & Xientifica SOS with Daniel Phelps 090: Enchanted Wanderers with Emmy & Taran 091: EducationCity 092: Mr Hunt fr...

Danica Chapman is the Regional Professional Development Manager at 2Simple covering London North and East (UK). Danica was a primary school teacher for 23 years and has extensive experience working in educational technology – both developing resources and delivering high quality CPD in her area. She works hard supporting schools with their use of Purple Mash to ensure they get the best value...

Peter Cansell talks to me about his thoughts on the English & literacy season so far. Peter  is my resident education expert. The person who provides the bigger picture and will tell me that you can’t just play music all day at school other subjects are important too!   Peter has been in education professionally for 35 years, teaching in middle schools in Oxford, doing advisory work...

It was my privilege to be at the NAPE Annual Schiller Lecture last week to listen to Prof. Teresa Cremin speak on the topic – Reading for Pleasure: developing readers for life.                                 You can find out more about Teresa Cremin on the Open University website http://www.open.ac.uk/people/tmc...

Melissa’s goal at  Write On! Webb  is to serve Parent Educators and their elementary and middle school children who long for support in the area of writing — but, not just learning to write well – actually enjoying the process, too!  Through live educational webinars, digital courses, multitudes of writing aids and resources, as well as interacting with a community of like-minded, fami...

Simon (Mr Hunt from the Front) recently shot to international stardom as the dance floss teacher, although he does teach from time to time! He recently won the Manchester Evening News School Awards in the ‘Inspirational Teacher of the Year’ category. Simon is an SLE and Year 4 teacher at Tottington Primary School. He has also taught in Reception, Year 3 and 6 in his teaching career so far. Through...

Haylie Taylor has 13 years’ experience in teaching, 10 of these in primary education. She is passionate about helping other teachers with their day-to-day jobs and ensuring students’ success. She is driven by her passion to continually develop instructional techniques in the classroom and has experience working with children of many ages and abilities.   Haylie now works for EducationCity who...

        Two primary school teachers from Devon, Emmy and Taran, make up the Enchanted Wanderers. At their core, they just want to help children to grow; grow with self- confidence and self-belief in their own voice and ideas and to use this to empower their future learning. Contrary to the serious tone of this statement, they to do this in a way that is fun and creative for all...

NEW BOOK USES STORYTELLING AND POETRY TO SHOW CHILDREN THE BEAUTY OF SCIENCE Xientifica SOS  was written by University of Winchester Researcher Daniel Phelps, and features illustrations by Beth Gibbs, a student at Winchester School of Art. It follows five schoolchildren, each with different gifts, who are thrust into a fight for survival that tests their minds, bodies, courage and teamwork. Aimed...

      Ideas, resources, support and training that energise learning in Mathematics & English. Tagtiv8 Word is far more than  ‘an   active version of a world famous word game that uses tiles’.  Players collaborate or compete as individuals, pairs or small groups/teams in various active games that develop an understanding of phonics, spelling and more. Acc...

Welcome to the first episode of the new season Education on Fire – English & Literacy. We have a great selection of interviews for you over the coming weeks which I hope will help and inspire you in your teaching. As a special thank you for listening every week I will give you a FREE English resource from teachingpacks.co.uk for you to download and use in your classroom. See below. &nbsp...

Todays episode is a round up of the Primary Music on Fire Membership Site launch season and a catch up of what else is available on the Education on Fire Podcast Network. The English/Literacy season starts in two weeks time and we look forward to exploring this new topic with you.

Welcome to the launch day episode of Primary Music on Fire Membership Site.   You can join now at www.educationonfire.com/membership/ Primary Music on Fire

On this weeks show Mark Taylor and Carol Aveyard talk about what is inside the Primary Music on Fire Membership Site . Taking the fear out of teaching music, by giving you the step by step skills and ongoing support you need, to produce lifelong musical memories for you, your school and your pupils. Are you a teacher who wants to create or develop music in your school?  Do you need support and res...

On todays show Mark reveals why he decided to keep everything under one roof. 3 podcasts and a primary music membership site = Education ON FIRE Full details at www. EducationOnFire.com/primary-music

On todays show Mark reveals when the doors will open on the Primary Music on Fire Membership and the small investment that could change the lives of children through music. Full details at www. EducationOnFire.com/primary-music

Mark Taylor & Carol Aveyard take you behind the scenes of the Music & Drama Education Expo – Manchester October 2018. www.musicanddramaeducationexpo.co.uk   We talked to some of the people who were exhibiting and delivering workshops so you can get a feel for the opportunities available at this great event. The next is a two day exhibition taking place on  6-7 March 2019  in LON...

This is a short mini season special at the start of 2019 as we focus on the launch of our Primary Music on Fire membership site. We are just 1 month away from giving a small number of teachers the opportunity to join us for the beta launch where you will get an exclusive first look at what courses we have to offer and gain access to Carol Aveyard and I as we support you to embed music in your scho...

Thank you for a wonderful 2018 and I can’t wait to share more creative and inspiring learning with you in 2019.

Mark Taylor rounds up this PE and Sport season 5. He reminds us of previous episodes that focused on dance from the ‘Music & the Arts’ season 4 which can support and enhance your PE provision and  gives us an insight into what to expect in the coming weeks. Here are the links to each episode in this season. 071: Physical Education – Season 5 Launch Show 072: The PE Umbrella w...

Jim Harte is Physical Education Teacher at Cypress Woods Elementary School in Palm Harbor, FL. Jim has over 37 years coaching and teaching experience. His programs have been recognized for Creativity and Innovation in PE and Recess. Jim’s personal coaching and teaching philosophy is to develop the whole individual with a special emphasis on sound fundamentals and a principled foundation. Jim has h...