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Episode 15: Creating engaging play spaces with Mariana Carazo

Alice Sharp is joined again by play-based learning advocate, Mariana Carazo to discuss learning environments. How do we enrich, entice and elevate the thinking of our children in the spaces they learn within? Alice asks Mariana to share her guidance on how practitioners can make the environments engaging and exciting. How do we refresh the…

Byjhandley6 July 20230Comments

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Meet Podcast Guest: Matthew Savage

After 25 years as an educator, school leader and principal, both in the UK and internationally, Matthew is now a speaker, trainer, consultant and coach; Associate Consultant at LSC Education and editor of SchoolRubric's InterACT Magazine; a member of ECIS' DEIJ team and the Global Equality Collective, and regular contributor to the Diverse Educators network;…

Byjhandley5 July 20230Comments

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Episode 12: F1 in Schools – a truly STEAM-based initiative

In episode 12, Mark Steed and Chris Birch, the Head of Key Stage 2 at Citizens School in Dubai, conclude the STEAM topic with a deep dive into the F1 in Schools challenge. Leaning on his experiences as a F1 in Schools co-ordinator, Chris shares what the challenge involves and why he’s so passionate about the…

Byjhandley4 July 20230Comments

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Episode 14: Developing key foundation skills through play with Mariana Carazo

Alice Sharp is joined again by play-based learning advocate, Mariana Carazo to discuss the impact play-based learning has on developing key foundation skills in the early years. Mariana explains the vital role educators play in opening the door to new opportunities across all areas of learning in the early years. This episode encourages practitioners to follow the relevant…

Byjhandley29 June 20230Comments

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Episode 11: Early childhood STEAM – the earlier the better

In this episode, Mark Steed and Chris Birch, the Head of Key Stage 2 at Citizens School in Dubai, reconvene to look back at STEM at the foundation stage. Chris discusses the importance of STEAM from an early age, encouraging children to be curious, and creative and fostering hands-on opportunities. (The views expressed throughout this podcast are…

Byjhandley27 June 20230Comments

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Episode 13: Play never ends with Mariana Carazo

Mariana Carazo, a play-based learning advocate, joins Alice Sharp to explore what play-based learning is and why she believes it is so crucial to develop children’s key skills in the Early Years. Mariana defines play as a universal language. She explains that play evolves over time and never ends. It is an approach that should be…

Byjhandley22 June 20230Comments

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Teaching climate change and sustainability at Primary

In recent years, in addition to a global pandemic, we had huge wildfires in Greece, Oregon, California and Australia, devastating floods in Germany, China and Nepal, record snow in Madrid and Texas and massive cyclones in Indonesia and the Philippines. The highest temperatures ever were recorded in southern Europe, North America, Taiwan and the Arctic…

Byjhandley21 June 20230Comments

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Episode 10: Artificial Intelligence – use cases for the classroom

In episode 10 of the TTS Talking Teachers’ podcast, Mark Steed is joined again by Chris Birch, Head of Key Stage 2 at Citizens School in Dubai, to discuss AI (Artificial Intelligence) in education. Dispelling the myth that it is cheating to use artificial intelligence; Chris shares the impact that it’s making in his classroom, from…

Byjhandley20 June 20230Comments

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Episode 12: Extending children’s vocabulary with Kate Freeman

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp is rejoined by Kate Freeman to inspire you with practical ways to extend children’s vocabulary in the Early Years. Kate explains the reasons why interaction is so key in the early stages of child development. She talks about this not only from a learning…

Byjhandley15 June 20230Comments

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Re-introducing the data logger for Rugged Robot

In my classes, children were thrilled by being able to see the effects of their voices on noise levels. Armed with this information, we were able to create wonderful gadgets that sounded alarms when class noise levels got dangerously high (which, surprisingly, isn’t too loud at all). They saved me from having to get my…

Byjhandley13 June 20230Comments

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Episode 15: Creating engaging play spaces with Mariana Carazo

Meet Podcast Guest: Matthew Savage

Episode 12: F1 in Schools – a truly STEAM-based initiative

Episode 14: Developing key foundation skills through play with Mariana Carazo

Episode 11: Early childhood STEAM – the earlier the better

Episode 13: Play never ends with Mariana Carazo

Teaching climate change and sustainability at Primary

Episode 10: Artificial Intelligence – use cases for the classroom

Episode 12: Extending children’s vocabulary with Kate Freeman

Re-introducing the data logger for Rugged Robot

Science Sparks’ Top Primary Science Resources

Having Fun with Computer Control and Programming

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