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Welcome back to our latest episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast! We are two teachers unlearning in our classrooms and sparking conversations in yours. In this episode we interview a Black British teacher who is now teaching abroad.  We talk about the reason for Mr J's move, his experience of working in the UAE and Asia and the importance of finding community amongst other international te...

Welcome back to our latest episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast! We are two teachers unlearning in our classrooms and sparking conversations in yours. In this episode Miss D and Miss S,  discuss the impact of  mental health and wellbeing on children and young people within school and how we as teachers support our learners.  Join:  Young people and celebrities calling for early mental health s...

Welcome back to our latest episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast! We are two teachers unlearning in our classrooms and sparking conversations in yours. In this episode Miss D and Miss S,  review the BBC Panorama investigative documentary into the state of many of Britain’s school buildings including schools  managing a building material known as Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). We...

Welcome to our Unlearn Something Podcast! We are two teachers unlearning in our classrooms and sparking conversations in yours. In this episode Miss D and Miss S,  respond to  a n article in a British broadsheet newspaper featuring our podcast. . We share our thoughts on the Michaela Community School in Brent being taken to court by a pupil after the school  banned Muslim prayers.  Read: Collectiv...

Welcome back to our next episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast! This episode we have another special guest. Romain Muhammad is a recruitment specialist, his social media platforms have over 35K subscribers, he is studying an MA, he is writing a book and today we discuss how we can better prepare students for a career in the corporate world. We - Miss D, Romain and TeacherFriend -  discuss big q...

Hello! Welcome back to the next episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast! Today we have Miss D interviewing the amazing Leila from Energy Garden and the brains behind Black British Studies on Instagram. We delve into a lively conversation about History and Geography and how it is taught in UK schools and what we need to do to improve it. Leila sheds light on the successes and challenges of being a...

Hello! Welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast where two teachers have conversations about our classrooms in the hope that this will spark a conversation in yours. This week we talk about where and when police are currently in some schools and what impact this might have on our young people. Miss S shares some of her experiences of how police work in secondary schools and we lament the crimi...

Hello! Welcome back to the next episode the Unlearn Something podcast - thanks for being here! This week we discuss the tough job of supply teaching in today's school climate. We cover some of the pay options, what supply teachers are entitled to in terms of holiday pay and daily rates, along with the good and the not so good of having more flexibility as a Supply Teacher in schools. Show Not...

Hello! We are back with another episode and in this episode we are talking about teacher burnout. We talk about what is feels like, how to recognise it and what we can try and do about it. There is a problem though. we cannot avoid burnout ourselves in our individual classrooms. It is a much wider school, network and sysytemic problem. We need to ask ourselves why so many of us are feeling tired a...

Welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast! We are Miss S and Miss D and the simple premise of our podcast is to share conversations in our classroom, hoping to spark conversations in yours.  Today, we are talking about gaslighting: what it is, how it works and why it is so flipping exhausting. This episode is an extension of a conversation that Miss D after school one day. We were reflecting o...

Hello everyone! Welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast, thanks for listening.  The simple premise of our podcast is for two teacher to share the conversations about their classrooms hoping to spark a conversation in yours.  Today, we are talking about performative allyship during Black History Month. Schools can be effective agents of change but often they are not. Sometimes, it goes wrong...

Hello! Welcome back for the next episode of the Unlearn Something podcast. The simple premise of this podcast is for two teachers to share the conversations in their classroom, hoping to spark conversations in yours.  Today, we are talking about the government underfunding public education - WE SEE YOU Rishi and Gillian - and calling out Tory lies and deception and celebrating 9 year olds loving c...

Hello and welcome to the next episode of the Unlearn Something podcast! We are sharing what is happening in our classrooms hoping to spark a conversation in yours.  This week we are talking about what is happening in our classrooms - students feeling lonely at school, pupil behaviour and harsh detentions and how we need to remember that the human brain isn't fully formed until their mid 20s....

Hello and welcome back to Episode 2 of our second series.  Today, we will be delving into all things Black History Month in schools here in the UK.  Black History Month has been around for more than 30 years and some schools make a high difference and impact in educating their students and in the sommunity.  There is still a huge disparity in how Black History is taught in schools - there is not a...

Hello! We are back with a new season and some exciting plans and topics for some upcoming episodes. Today, we discuss micro- aggressions in schools and how it impacts students and staff on a daily basis. We also share some of our own experiences around micro- aggressions, what we need to unlearn about them and most importantly what we can do when they happen. Like, Share and Rate our podcast! We r...

Hello everyone, welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast! This week we are talking about ESN (Educationally Sub Normal) schools in the UK and what impact they might have on school communities today. ESN schools were introduced in the UK in the early 20th century and continued for decades. According to an article published by the BBC in 2021,  in 1967, 28% of pupils placed in ESN schools were...

Hello! Welcome back to the Unlearn Something pod with Miss S and Miss D. This week, we are coming to terms with the end of the summer holidays and thinking about what terminology we will need to be familiar with during the back to school INSET training. Ready or not, there are a lot of things we will need to process during these INSET sessions, shout out to the school leaders who have been working...

Welcome to Episode 7!  In this episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast, we discuss action that our school leadership could implement for this academic year. Please give us some feedback and  share your views on this topic.  If you have any comments or feedback, please email us at unlearnsomethingpod@gmail.com , and we will get back to you and , with your permission, read your email on the show. L...

Hello, and welcome to Episode 6!  In this episode of the Unlearn Something Podcast, Miss D and Miss S discuss Glue-Gun-Gate, a recent Teacher Misconduct Panel outcome. And an upcoming CPD opportunity for primary school teachers: Lit in Colour, a collaboration with the Runnymede Trust and Penguin Books.  We discuss how education staff can be more supportive of each other by naming toxic work practi...

Hello and welcome to our 5th episode! It is an exciting one because we welcomed our first guest, the wonderful Deborah Latouche. We talk about the creative subjects that we teach in schools and what kind of experience our young people get in the UK. We also discuss some of the barriers to teaching these subjects and how to we may overcome some of these barriers. It was a really fun episode to reco...

Hello, welcome back to the Unlearn Something podcast. This week, we are talking about setting boundaries in the workplace - school in particular - and we remind ourselves of some ways that we can maintain a better work-life balance as teachers. This is difficult at every stage of your career so this is a great topic to consider whilst we are away from work and making the most of the summer break. ...

In  this week’s  episode, we talk about Karens in the classroom. We discuss whiteness, white supremacy and what role this plays in schools in the UK. With 7 out of 10 teachers in the UK, being white women, this is a VERY important issue for us as teachers and as teachers who are part of the global majority. Music Credit: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music?tag[]=spotlight&sort=relevanc...

In this week’s episode, we share our experience of volunteering at the Race 2 Dinner screening of ‘Deconstructing Karen’. It was fantastic to be in community with so many other people working towards addressing oppression and dismantling harmful structures. Saira, Regina and the team were brilliant! Music Credit: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music?tag[]=spotlight&sort=relevance Show N...

In Episode 1 of the Unlearnsomething Podcast, we talk about what was happening in our classrooms this week and why  young people are being discriminated against for their natural hair: here in this UK, in this big -big 2023.  Show notes  (further reading)  Halo Code  UK - https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55249674 (KS1/2)  Crown Act US - https://www.thecrownact.com/ (teacher)  Instagram recommendati...

Hello! We are two teachers talking about our unlearning in our classrooms, hoping to share people, practice and resources to support unlearning in yours. Tune in every week for a new episode! Music Credit: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music?tag[]=spotlight&sort=relevance Send us Fan Mail If you have any comments or feedback to give us please email us on unlearnsomethingpod@gmail.com,...