The Impact Podcast

In this episode, Jane and Fin bring you up to date with the latest educational news and announcements from the Welsh Government and elsewhere. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-cig-addysgu-a-phwrpas/ Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teach...

In this episode Fin and Jane are joined by special guest Rhys Williams, the Wales reporter for ITV News. They discuss his excellent recent report into reading in Wales and the fallout in the Senedd and beyond. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-cig-addysgu-a-phwrpas/ Hea...

There’s a significant body of research that shows retrieval practice is an effective and powerful learning strategy. In this episode Jane and Fin discuss retrieval practice and how teachers can make the bridge between research and classroom practice. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/produ...

Writing is an essential skill for life, but creating a curriculum that helps pupils develop all the different elements of writing is a specialist skill. In this episode, Fin and Jane break down what writing is and how to get it right. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-c...

In this episode Fin and Jane discuss the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and the lockdowns on pupils’ behaviour in the classroom - what’s happening and what are teachers experiencing? LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-cig-addysgu-a-phwrpas/ Heads and teachers in Wa...

Since starting this podcast Fin and Jane have interviewed two Welsh Education Ministers - Kirsty Williams and Jeremy Miles - putting to them questions from teachers and school leaders. Current Cabinet Secretary for Education Lynne Neagle has been invited, but she has so far declined. In this episode, Fin and Jane discuss some of the questions they would ask Ms Neagle and how she might respond, bas...

With education funding in Wales in such a dire situation, school improvement is stalling and professional learning is not taking place. In this episode Jane and Fin discuss some fixes to mitigate against the problems. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-cig-addysgu-a-phwr...

This episode features several conversations with teachers about the work Impact has done in their schools and the difference the support has made. To hear the conversations in full, you can listen back to the following episodes of the Impact Podcast: Episode 123: Tracking progress in CfW: https://www.impact.wales/podcasts/podcast/364fb01c-f13a-4d15-98ce-d97dad21f120/ Episode 127: Tracking progress...

How do you give each of your pupils the teaching or support they need? One method is differentiation. But what is differentiation and how can you do it successfully in your classroom? Jane and Fin discuss. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-cig-addysgu-a-phwrpas/ Heads a...

In this episode, Fin and Jane bring you up to date with the latest educational news and announcements from the Welsh Government and elsewhere. LINKS Follow us on BlueSky: @impactwales.bsky.social Welsh Medium ‘Pedagogy at the Heart of CfW - Professional Learning Pack’: www.impact.wales/product/addysgeg-yn-cig-addysgu-a-phwrpas/ Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teach...

In this episode, Fin and Jane look back on a busy year and discuss some of the highlights as they round up 2024. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Up-Your-Pedagogy-Illustrated/dp/1398388068 Subscribe to I...

In this episode Jane and Fin discuss the power of drawing and using visuals as a highly effective learning strategy. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Up-Your-Pedagogy-Illustrated/dp/1398388068 Subscribe...

How do you sequence your curriculum in your school to ensure it is coherent and builds successfully through the year groups? In this episode Find and Jane set out a practical approach to curriculum coherence. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pe...

New data has been released by the Welsh Government about the national test results. And it’s very bad. Fin and Jane discuss the data and why what it reveals is nothing short of a national scandal. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: http...

In this episode, Fin and Jane are joined by education explorer and author Lucy Crehan to discuss Curriculum for Wales. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Up-Your-Pedagogy-Illustrated/dp/1398388068 Subscrib...

In this second of two episodes, Jane and Fin analyse the recommendations made by Wales’ education inspectorate Estyn in the 2023/24 academic year so far. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Up-Your-Pedagogy...

In this first of two episodes, Jane and Fin analyse the recommendations made by Wales’ education inspectorate Estyn in the 2023/24 academic year so far. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Up-Your-Pedagogy-...

Wales’ Cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle, has given some indications of her priorities and the potential direction of travel for education. Jane and Fin discuss. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Po...

There's a crisis in education in Wales, and schools are under enormous pressure. So, in this episode, Fin and Jane ask what teachers should stop doing to help themselves and their learners. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https:/...

How do you go from novice to expert? In this episode Fin and Jane discuss the idea at the very heart of teaching and learning. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Up-Your-Pedagogy-Illustrated/dp/1398388068...

Teachers often feel that their learners are not resilient enough. In this episode, Jane and Fin look at the relationship between resilience and independent learning and discuss how teachers can support resilience in the classroom. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our...

Wales' new Cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle, has given the first indications of how she will handle her brief. Fin and Jane discuss How Ms Neagle has started her new role. Publication of the Independent Welsh Pay Review Body’s strategic review of the structure of teachers’ and leaders’ pay and conditions in Wales: https://www.gov.wales/written-statement-publication-independent-wel...

Wales has a new cabinet secretary for education - Lynne Neagle. In this episode, Jane and Fin discuss the five challenges she faces in the role and how she might tackle them. Heads and teachers in Wales can join our private Facebook group, Teachers in Wales - research-informed pedagogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1099646660713906 Buy our book Power Up Your Pedagogy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/P...

Wales has a new cabinet secretary for education - Lynne Neagle. In this special episode, Fin and Jane ask if Ms Neagle can fix the crisis in education, as well as discussing the recent IFS report, which lays bare the scale of the challenge she faces. IFS report, Major Challenges for Education in Wales: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/major-challenges-education-wales Heads and teachers in Wales can...

In this episode, Fin and Jane bring you up to date with the latest educational news and announcements from the Welsh Government, Estyn and elsewhere. LINKS Estyn's National Headteacher Conference: https://freshwater.eventscase.com/EN/estynheadteacherconference/Resources 14-16 learning under the Curriculum for Wales: https://www.gov.wales/14-16-learning-under-curriculum-wales Heads and teachers...