Oxford Education Podcast

Lindsay Bruce Helen Prince talks to Lindsay Bruce about the importance of language and vocabulary  in the History classroo m. Lindsay shares her  passion for  teaching  students   to  communicate  their opinions , both orally an d  on paper, a skill that will set them up for life .   Lindsay Bruce teac hes  History  at a school  in  the West Midlands . She is an Assistant Head and is  also  an aut...

Dawn Cox Helen Prince talks to Dawn Cox about strategies to teach subject vocabulary  in the RE classroom , ensuring e quality of provision , testing retrieval  of key words ,  and the important role parents can play  in supporting pupils.   Dawn Cox is a  Head of RE and SLE in Essex ; she is also a   respected  blogger and author. She tweets at @missdcox Further reading and support: Dawn shares s...

Matt Pinkett Helen Prince talks to Matt Pinkett about strategies to raise expectations and improve outcomes for boys, the importance of challenging gender stereotypes and what good vocabulary teaching looks like in the classroom. Matt Pinkett has had a number of teaching roles: Literacy Coordinator; Head of English; and Assistant Head Teacher of Teaching, Learning and Assessment. He is also a best...

Michael Morpurgo Helen Prince talks to Michael  Morpurgo about  his childhood, teaching career and success as a storyteller and writer.   We learn how Michael’s love of stories was inspired by his actor mother  and how a   courageous  decision to  tell his first story to  a  Year 6  class ,   along with encouragement from Headteacher Mrs Skiffington ,  opened  the door to  him  becoming an author...

Michael Morpurgo Helen Prince talks to Michael  Morpurgo about  his childhood, teaching career and success as a storyteller and writer.   We learn how Michael’s love of stories was inspired by his actor mother  and how a   courageous  decision to  tell his first story to  a  Year 6  class ,   along with encouragement from Headteacher Mrs Skiffington ,  opened  the door to  him  becoming an author...

Baasit Siddiqui Helen Prince talks to Baasit  Siddiqui a bout his time as a teacher and his journey to becoming one of our favourite  Gogglebox  regulars.     As well as being  a professional educator ,  Baasit  has  been helping to support his daughter’s home  learning during school closures.  Baasit  talks about the  remote learning  strategies his child’s school used to help build  pupils’  voc...

Moira Marder Helen Prince and Moira Marder   discuss  the  effective  leadership techniques Moira has used across the Ted Wragg Trust , a  group of 12 schools and 9,000  pupils.    They talk about the  importance  of creating a  strong  team and creating sustainability with a long – term vision for schools.   A lovely conversation about optimism and creating opportunities for our young peopl...

Louise Pennington Helen Prince talks to Louise Pennington about communication in children with  special educational needs.  Louise outlines the challenges  some children  with SEND  face from early years through to secondary education  and   how the Word Gap can affect this, before  offer ing  strategies to hel p support teachers and pupils.  Louise Pennington is   the Professional Development Lea...

Laura Patch Helen Prince talks to Laura Patch about who and what inspired her to pursue a career in acting. Laura discusses how a broad vocabulary range helps her develop the characters she plays. They also chat about some of the challenges faced by parents during home schooling (peppered with amusing anecdotes from the village WhatsApp group!). Laura Patch is a British comedy actor and mum to thr...

In this episode of our series Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen and Phil Minns chat about the joy of working in an Early Years setting, and discuss the impact of school closures on Early Years learning. They look at how to identify and prioritize which gaps to focus on, as well as discussing the importance of EYFS teachers working with KS1 teachers to ensure children have the basics to build on in...

Shareen Wilkinson The link between extensive reading and a broad vocab ulary is well known, but how can teachers  expand children’s vocabulary when they’re reluctant to read?    Helen Prince and Shareen  Wilkinson  talk about children’s literature, early memories, reading  and  poetry. Shareen discusses the different strategies she uses to engage children  with reading;  including dance, music and...