This week, Kevin and Ollie speak to the talented Blair Minchin, a primary school teacher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Blair has been teaching for 5 years, having previously worked in law, practising in commercial litigation. He says he ADORES his job and has a real passion for developing pupil voice inside the classroom and out. …
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Pivotal Podcast
The Pivotal Podcast is a free Podcast for teachers and other adults working in Education hosted by Pivotal’s own of Head of Trainers Ollie, Principal Trainer Tara, and fellow podcaster, Kevin Mulryne.
The Pivotal Podcast was in the top 5 for Best Educational Use of Media in the 2014 Edublog Awards and in the top 3 in the Best Education Podcast category of the first UK Podcasters Awards in 2015. It has regularly appeared at number 1 in its Apple Podcasts category 2016-18. Thank you for all your support.
Every week we publish a new episode full of Free CPD in Your Ears. Gathering a strong following, attracting amazing guests and acquiring a reputation of being an excellent podcast for teachers.
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Mark Bocker – from Head of PE to Pivotal Principal Trainer – PP240
Mark has 37+ years’ experience in special, PRU and mainstream education; most recently as a headteacher of a small specialist (ASD/SEMH) residental school and a headteacher of a large pupil referral unit (PRU). Prior to headship, Mark also held positions including Director of Inclusion; Lead Behaviour Professional, Senior Teacher, Head of PE and Classroom Teacher. …
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Innovation is the name of the game – with David Miller PP239
Tara Ellie enjoyed speaking to David Miller this week. David is from Glasgow’s Kelvinside Academy which opened Scotland’s School of Innovation, the first of its kind in the UK, in September 2019. “This is a must for Scotland if it is to continue to punch above its weight in the global economy during these challenging …
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Phonics Fun in the Jungle! PP238
In a great fun episode this week, Tara meets ‘The Jungle Master’ and ‘Kiosk Keef’ AKA Chris and Lewis from Hillcrest Early Years Academy in Lincolnshire. In order to help the children further, The Jungle Master and Keef took to YouTube to create fun videos to cover as much of the phonics curriculum as possible. …
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Why Design is crucial for humanity – PP237
Supporting the National Curriculum for Design and Technology and tailored for key stages 2, 3, 4 and 5, the Design Museum offers students and educators world class design education facilities supporting a vibrant and relevant programme connected with the wider ecology of design practice, networks and communities. https://designmuseum.org/ This week Tara speaks to Sevra Davis …
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Reading? There’s an app for that – Poio with Daniel Senn PP236
In our first episode for the new academic year, Tara speaks to Daniel Senn whose background and skills helped him to invent a new reading app called Poio which has helped more than 100,000 children aged 3-8 crack the reading code! Daniel also shares his research and views on the role of fun in education. Daniel …
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RIP STARS battling for equality! PP235
This week, Tara Elie speaks to the truly inspirational RIP STARS: Here’s how the Disabled Young Researchers describe themselves: We are a group of disabled young people aged 17 – 25 from Coventry, UK. We have been trained by Anita Franklin and Geraldine Brady (Coventry University) to be researchers. We lead our project – research …
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How and why to change your culture with Maxine and Ewan from Haileybury Turnford PP234
This week, Tara Elie talks to Maxine and Ewan from Haileybury Turnford in Hertfordshire. It’s an excellent chance to hear all about how they have embarked on a process of culture change around behaviour and rates of exclusion – and their successes. https://haileyburyturnford.com/ How and why to change your culture with Maxine and Ewan from …
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End of Year Behaviour Progress with Lee Parry PP233
Despite serious technical challenges at his school, Lee Parry managed to join Tara Elie to discuss the progress his school has made in behaviour after adopting Pivotal’s approach. Lee is Head of Drama at Netherhall School in Cambridge and also a qualified Pivotal Instructor. Tara and Lee also discuss tips for managing behaviour at the …
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Pivotal Podcast’s Parade of Pops – 232
Greetings pop pickers! This is a rundown of the 10 most downloaded episodes from the podcast in the academic year 2018-19. Will your favourite make it to the top spot? In no particular order, here are the episodes featured: http://pivotalpodcast.com/221 http://pivotalpodcast.com/220 http://pivotalpodcast.com/205 http://pivotalpodcast.com/222 http://pivotalpodcast.com/223 http://pivotalpodcast.com/211 http://pivotalpodcast.com/215 http://pivotalpodcast.com/216 http://pivotalpodcast.com/206 http://pivotalpodcast.com/204 Pivotal Podcast’s Parade of Pops – …
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