A Different Way: Recent Episodes
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This podcast highlights ways of doing things differently in education in the UK. Whilst mostly focused on primary, we will explore more widely, in search of ways to make learning come alive for pupils and teachers alike. The focus will be on English, reading and writing, but not exclusively. It’s good to remember, especially when we are told what to do and how to do it, that actually... there usually is A Different Way. Cover art photo provided by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@worldsbetweenlines
In this episode, I chat with my Dad about poetry and the experience of finding a love of writing in spite of negative school experience. He shares some of his brilliant comic tales of life growing up in a Yorkshire mining village, and shares about how he developed the confidence to see himself as a writer. It was lovely to do this, and his poetry is very silly.
This first episode is a chronicle of various snippets and interviews taken during the poetry retreat that Adisa and I led in the South Downs. Over the course of the visit, pupils developed confidence, oracy, an understanding and appreciation for poetry and for each other’s culture and life experiences. Some great moments of humour, dialogue and reflection are captured.