Podcast Episodes

Peter Lee - Headteacher at Q3 Academy Langley

Season 3 Episode 24

Matt and Femi talk to Peter Lee about how he has managed to found and maintain a school which not only achieves outstanding results, but also has not…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Reflections on 6 months of Coaching

Season 3 Episode 23

Femi shares his reflections and lessons learnt with Matt on the last 6 months of doing regular coaching - several times per week.

1 year, 5 months ago

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Drop-in Culture

Season 3 Episode 22

Prompted by Pritesh's tweet regarding the number of observations completed and feedback given in the autumn term, Femi and Matt discuss attitudes and…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Refusal

Season 3 Episode 21

Femi and Matt wrestle with the concept of students who refuse instructions and what schools can do about it.

1 year, 6 months ago

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The Lost Art of Planning

Season 3 Episode 20

Femi and Matt's discussion is prompted by an article of the same name:
https://thinkingflexibly.com/2024/10/18/the-lost-art-of-planning/

They discuss t…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Front-loading Your Explanations

Season 3 Episode 19

Matt and Femi discuss explicit teaching (direct instruction), questioning, AfL and much more!

1 year, 6 months ago

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Katharine Birbalsingh

Season 3 Episode 18

Matt and Femi talk to Katharine Birbalsingh, founding member and head teacher of the Michaela Community School in Wembley Park.

1 year, 7 months ago

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Barry Smith on Classroom Teaching

Season 3 Episode 17

Following on from their video analysis of his lesson, Matt and Femi talk to Barry Smith about some of his principles for classroom teaching.  Startin…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Metacognition with Nathan Burns

Season 3 Episode 16

Matt and Femi chat to metacognition enthusiast Nathan Burns about metacognition, knowledge, knowledge organisers and much much more.

Check out Nathan'…

1 year, 7 months ago

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The Enactment Gap & Developing Teachers

Season 3 Episode 16

Femi and Matt discuss the enactment gap - teasing apart what it is exactly, diagnosing solutions to the problem and then get into the pragmatism of s…

1 year, 8 months ago

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