Non Contact Time

Data: Kath and Hannah discuss the public sector pay freeze.Teaching and Learning: Ruth and Louise from Pure Wellbeing Arts join us and share their passion for improving student wellbeing through drama and art.Pupils Causing Concern: This week we hear some of your responses from twitter.AOB: If you want to be one of the five educators to share their top tip for student engagement get in touch at noncontacttime@gmail.comLinks:https://purewellbeingarts.weebly.com/Twitter: Pure_W_Artshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55081222

Data: Kath and Hannah talk about the impact of covid on standardised assessment. Teaching and Learning: David Gumbrell shares his expertise on resilience and how we can become more resilient. Pupils Causing Concern: This week we talk about David’s stories. AOB: You’ll hear from Louise and Ruth from Pure Wellbeing Arts and they will share their favourite teacher. Links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/LIFT-Going-teaching-Practical-Teaching/dp/1912508486  

Season 2 Meeting 8Data: Kath and Hannah talk about free school meals in the holidays and how empty bellies affect students in school. Teaching and Learning: Shuaib Khan discusses the sensitive topic of staff bullying and what we can do to help. Pupils Causing Concern: This week we talk about Shuaib’s stories. AOB: You’ll hear from David Gumbrell who will be appearing on NCT in 2 weeks time! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/antismalltalk-by-shuaib-khan/id1518310026  

Before listening to this episode, grab your favourite cake, make yourself a nice drink, kick your shoes off and relax. This week is slightly different because it is the end of half term. Hannah and Kath answer their famous 5 questions so you can find out a little bit more about our hosts! If you would like to see the video version of this podcasts to see what we get up to during zoom recordings, check out our Patreon and sign up to our £2 a month plan here https://www.patreon.com/noncontacttime

Season 2 Meeting 6Data: Kath and Hannah talk about gamification and teachers can accelerate progress in the classroom.Teaching and Learning: Ellie Dix from The Dark Imp shares her views on the importance of board games to improve outcomes and structure social environments for students. Pupils Causing Concern: This week we talk about your experiences of games in school! AOB: Next episode will summarise your experiences of being back at school. https://www.thedarkimp.com/blog/author/admin/https://www.thedarkimp.com/product/the-board-game-family/https://www.thedarkimp.com/product/coaster-games-set-of-six/Twitter: @Darkimpgames 

Data: Kath explains her research into CPD and how we can improve teacher and student development. Teaching and Learning: David Weston from the Teacher Development Trust explains how to improve CPD in schools and research the TDT has done. Pupils Causing Concern: This week we talk about your bad CPD experiences! AOB: Next episode we’ll be discussing the role of games in the classroom with Ellie Dix from The Dark Imp. Links: http://tdtrust.org/http://tdtrust.org/cpdconnectup