The Curious Teachers Podcast

Episode 12: Guest Speaker Dr Kirstie Rees: The Mental Health & Wellbeing of Children and Young People with Learning Difficulties The Curious Teachers are joined in this episode by Dr Kirstie Rees, child and educational psychologist and author of The Mental Health & Wellbeing of Children and Young People with Learning Difficulties: A Guide for Educators. As a child and educational psycholog...

Episode 11: Guest Speaker Dr Steven Baron: Positive Psychology in the Classroom The Curious Teachers are excited to be joined by Dr Steven Baron in this Guest Speaker Episode. Steve's passion throughout his 30+ year career as a school psychologist has been to help teachers apply positive psychology principles in the classroom. These principles are designed to bring out the best in students, and be...

Episode 10: Guest Speaker Mark Stewart: Left-Handed Learners Joining The Curious Teachers in the Guest Speaker Episode is co-founder and specialist advisor on everything left-handed, Mark Stewart. Mark, co-owns an online shop with his wife Heather, whose worlds were opened when their son taught them how to be left-handed in a right-handed world. What Mark doesn't know about being left-handed doesn...

Episode 9: Guest Speaker Cheryl Warren: Neurodiversity Affirming Cheryl has worked within the early years sector for three decades, her training is award winning and she use her professional and personal experiences of parenting children facing additional challenges, within her work. In the same way as Helen and Rachel, Cheryl is passionate about ensuring all our children are in environments that...

Episode 8: Guest Speakers Anthony Benedict & Alan Braven Relational Inclusion Striving to change the face of Education, Anthony and Alan join us in this insightful and uplifting podcast episode on Relational Inclusion . With key practices and heart warming stories, The Curious Teachers dig deep into what Relational Inclusion is and how schools can implement into whole school ethos and everyday...

Episode 7: Behaviour Clinic: You Ask, We Answer! Q&A Session In this Episode of The Curious Teachers Podcast, we answer your questions which have been emailed in. From Dysregulated Mondays to facing the Challenges of being an ECT, Helen & Rachel talk through solution-focused strategies and advice on how to support children in the classroom whilst as educators keeping sane!

The blunders are real! And we have to get it wrong before we get it right! Editing blooper at the beginning!! This episode explores ACEs and the impact of these on our children and young people. How Relational Buffers are needed to minimise the impact and damage of ACEs and how children can be misdiagnosed with ADHD because of their behaviours. As adults we need to sensitively guide children (and...

In this episode we explore that being vulnerable is ok when working with children and families. It makes us relatable! Helen and Rachel share their vulnerabilities through their own stories of having children with additional needs and what it is like going through a diagnosis as a parent. Giving dual perspectives allow a more personal experience of the EHCP process and how important the relationsh...

Ever wondered what Relational and Restorative Practices are? How do they meet the unmet need and break down the barriers to learning for children with SEMH / behaviour difficulties? This episode of The Curious Teachers Podcast explores the approaches, how as adults we can adopt the approach in our practice using practical ways to implement into everyday teaching and whole school ethos.

From living in poverty and having no where to sleep to schools reducing barriers to learning by washing uniform. Every child needs a champion.

Episode 2: 'YOU Belong Here' When building an inclusive environment for children with SEMH / Behaviour needs, a sense of belonging is vital for the whole school community. Learn in this episode the reasons why a sense of belonging is key and how to promote it on a pupil, class and whole school level. You belong here!

Episode 1: 'There's No Shame in Sharing' Welcome to the first episode of The Curious Teachers Podcast. In this episode we will introduce ourselves and share stories and anecdotes from our early career experiences. We will talk about what led us to be curious about disadvantaged children and we kept ourselves going through the challenges.