Episode 49: Resilience
It’s a new academic year, and as teachers and pupils return to the classroom, thoughts turn to the future after a year of disruption. This week Fin and Jane discuss how teachers can help pupils devel...
8 Sep 202134min
Special episode: Jeremy Miles
Finola and Jane are joined by Wales’ education minister Jeremy Miles in his first podcast interview in his new portfolio. They discuss Curriculum for Wales, how to improve reading and his priorities f...
16 Juli 202147min
Episode 48: What qualifies us to support you?
In the last regular episode of the series before the summer break, Fin and Jane look back at six years of Impact and how they are qualified to support schools and teachers. Hosts: Finola Wilson and J...
14 Juli 202153min
Episode 47: A quick solution for CfW
There’s an enormous expectation on schools to be ready for Curriculum for Wales implementation in September 2022. The attraction of “quick-fix” commercial solutions for CFW is understandable, but are ...
7 Juli 202133min
Episode 46: Lessons from Scotland
The OECD has published its long-awaited report into Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). With Curriculum for Wales sharing many similarities with CfE, Jane and Finola discuss whether Wales can ...
30 Juni 202149min
Episode 45: Building back better towards reform
The Welsh Government has finally published its education response plan for Covid-19. In this episode Jane and Finola go through the plan step by step and ask - what does “building back better towards ...
23 Juni 202148min
Episode 44: How to teach for transfer
If the ultimate goal of education is transfer - the ability to apply acquired skills and knowledge in different contexts - how do you teach it in the classroom? Jane and Fin discuss this and other que...
16 Juni 202140min
Episode 43: The importance of reading, with Rob Randel
With education systems increasingly turning to evidence-informed approaches to reading, many focusing on systematic synthetic phonics, Fin and Jane welcome special guest Rob Randel to discuss the impo...
9 Juni 202130min
