The Teacher Squad Podcast

Summer Term 2024 Episode 8 -  Party Policies, Rugby Celebrations and Hippo Swimming!  Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for conversations around what each party is offering education in their election manifestos. Throw in some travel advice for a trip to Northampton and mentions of Vinted and summer diets! And there’s also a speech for leaders and an Olympic themed picture book.&n...

Show notes: Title: Summer Term 2024 Episode 7 - Manifesting and Manifestos, Writing for Enjoyment and Good Conversation. Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for a good ol’ chat about the election and what we might see in the manifestos for education; thoughts on writing and dropping enjoyment levels; a bit on short stories and murder mysteries and a few other bits thrown in, too! Heartbursts...

New SRHE Guidance: what do you think about it? Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for an open discussion about Sex Relationships and Health Education, thoughts on Gillian Keegan on this matter and a call to action for everyone to have their say on the consultation. Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕 Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/ Find Heather at https://w...

The Ofsted Big Listen: have you had your say?! Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for their opinions and ideas around Ofsted Inspections. They unpack ideas around what needs to go and what needs to change to find the reform Ofsted clearly needs. Heartbursts from Jane and Big Love from Heather xxx 💕💕💕 Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/ Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com...

What the Big Bad Wolf thinks, teaching for experience and happy news. Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright as they discuss planning for rich experiences, self care and a balance and letters to your children. 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:...

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/ Email the show...

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...

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 ht...

Spring Term 2024 Episode 12 - Reading interconnected-ness, familiar picture books and a bit of homework! Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for discussions and ideas around interconnected ideas in reading and using familiar texts for challenging writing opportunities. This week, Jane is grateful for remembering lots of things, while Heather is grateful for chances to shine! In Sentence of th...

Lost bags, tops fans and Writing for Pleasure! Every voice should be heard! Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for an interview with Shropshire Bookfest around their Readers to Writers project, stories of lost bags, and finishing with shooting stars and quiet birds. This week, Jane is grateful for finding her bag, while Heather is for top fan emails!!! (Yay - keep them coming) Guests this we...

Spring Term 2024 Episode 10 - Thinking for Writing, Book Clubs and Book Talk and a mascara warning for the end! Join Jane Considine & Heather Wright for insightful discussions around the thinking required for writing, making time for book talk, with a bit of a kitchen disco thrown in. This week, Jane is grateful for those who accept a sorry gracefully, while Heather is grateful for special day...

Spring Term 2024 Episode 9 - Please no death by PowerPoint, Effective Modelling of Writing and Ending the Reading Wars. Join Heather Wright & Jane Considine for thoughts and suggestions on getting a pen in your hand and modelling the writer’s brain, a chat about fluency, morphology and comprehension with guest Prof. Kathy Rustle and beats on the rewind (have we heard this one before?!) from a...

Purposeful Praise for Pupils, Teacher Stationery to Make Teachers Happy and Unusual Uses for Washi Tape!!! Join Jane Considine and Heather Wright for insights and discussions around planning for praise to give pupils a concept of what good looks like, a stationery unboxing with Rachel from The Positive Teacher Company and types of worries from a gorgeous picture book. This week, Heather is gratefu...

Spring Term 2024 Episode 7 - Writer identities, rogue full stops and making space for editing Join Jane Considine and Heather Wright for insights and discussions around Writing for Pleasure, Making Space for Editing and lots of other (maybe) interesting stuff thrown in, too!!! This week, Heather is grateful for the lovely and support between teacher colleagues, while Jane is grateful making friend...

How can we be lighthouse teachers, illuminating the way for writing? Is there enough space for informal book talk in your classroom? and an interview with Miranda McKearney, founder of Empathy Lab. Join Jane Considine and Heather Wright for insights into ways we can breathe life into the writing process, thoughts on making space for book blether in the classroom and an inspiring interview with Mir...

Do teachers feed gender stereotypes? What does your World book Day look like? and an interview with Helen Rutter, author of Reggie Houser has the Power. Join Heather and Jane for discussions around how teachers treat boys and girls differently and pupil choice and time to read as a focus for World Book Day, and a great interview with Helen Rutter around her great new book featuring a boy with ADHD...

Teaching harder to reach pupils and building pupil belief in themselves and an interview with Jo Brassington, co founder of Pride and Progress. Join Heather Wright and Jane Considine for discussions around those pupils who are harder to teach and about changing a pupil’s beliefs by pushing them into the growth zone, followed by a great interview with Jo Brassington around creating inclusive school...

Discussions on government funding for reading and an interview with Karen McGuigan, founder of Maths For Life. Join Heather Wright and Jane Consdine for a chat about real life maths with Karen McGuigan, followed by an in-depth discussion on the need for government funding for reading. This week, Heather is grateful for listening to her daughter read on an early morning drive, while Jane is gratefu...

Options in Modelling Writing, Great News about Graphic Novels and an interview with Rosa Legeno-Bell, co-founder of Diverse History UK. Join Heather and Jane for insights into impactful writing modelling and perspective on graphic novels in the classroom, followed by an inspiring discussion with Rosa Legeno-Bell about de-colonising the curriculum. This week, Jane is grateful for being open-hearted...

Insights for school leaders on De-implementation, Playing with Words and an interview with Nicky Parr, founder of Better Handwritten Ltd Join Jane Considine and Heather Wright for chats about changing teacher workload and improving teacher retention and ideas on playing with words in the classroom to build enjoyment and confidence and engaging chat with Nicky Parr about handwriting, pen licenses a...

oin Heather and Jane as they celebrate making it to the end of Autumn Term. They chat about all things Christmassy and get you right in the festive mood. Move over marking pile, push off planning, it’s time for feet up and festivities. This week, Jane is grateful for the perfect pre lit Christmas tree, while Heather is grateful for all things Christmas!! In Sentence of the Week, Heather sends a me...

Join Jane Considine and Heather Wright for chats about being a reflective teacher, virtual CPD events and a wonderful chat with Martin Galway about the great work The Literacy Trust are doing to support Primary Libraries and Reading for Pleasure. This week, Jane is grateful for people who dress with a ‘go for it vibe, while Heather ponders the benefits of CPD from your home office. In Sentence of...

Join Heather Wright and Jane Considine for a lucky thirteenth episode with heart felt action in the community, getting to the heart of reading and some gentle poetry and snowy reads. This week, Jane is grateful for a husband who listens, while Heather is very grateful for our top fan! In Sentence of the Week, Jane tells us about some amazing pupils who have been writing to the PM. Heather follows...

Join Jane and Heather for a brilliant episode, including interview with writer of the moment, Matt Goodfellow, discussing The Final Year! This week, Jane is grateful for those who do not fear awkward moments and tell when you’ve ’just got something…’ , while Heather is grateful for words and hurkle-durkling. In Sentence of the Week, Jane talks about those wonderful teacher friendships that make sc...

Join Heather and Jane for episode 11 as they discuss all things education with a few extra bits thrown in! This week, Jane is grateful about getting free from the restrains of her bra, while Heather is grateful for kind comments from listeners. Jane talks about the benefits of reading for stress relief in her sentence of the week and Heather has an action plan for getting reading into mainstream m...