It's episode 11 of the podcast, and Emma and Tom are joined by June Hurcom, senior lecturer in early years education, for her first podcasting experience! 

This episode is for anyone who's ever felt that they might like to embark on the journey to becoming a teacher, and is full of great advice for things to do (and not to do!) when preparing to apply for a programme that will get you that all-important teaching qualification. From the different routes into the profession to what to do when you get an interview, our podcasters have everything you need to know to help you take those first steps towards teaching. 

We've also been back out to our excellent Cardiff Met colleagues who have each given their top tips for applicants - in both English and Welsh - so it's worth a listen in case you find one of them doing your interview...

It's become a PGCE Podcast tradition for our guests to provide their take on the regular slots at the end of the episode, and June has clearly done her homework, rattling through her wellbeing tip, shoutout and something-to-try like a pro. Canine companionship, a fantastic lesson set in space, and an evergreen teaching method to stretch your more able pupils - June's got it all covered!

If you'd like to find out more about how we can help you on your way to becoming a teacher, check out our range of courses here: https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/education/Pages/Department-of-Initial-Teacher-Education.aspx

We'll be back next time looking at physical literacy, health and wellbeing - see you soon!

Episode 11 - So You Want To Become A Teacher

It's time for another book review! Emma and Tom are joined again by Dr Judith Kneen to look at Tom Sherrington's 'The Learning Rainforest', a book that Judith rightly describes as 'a thing' in the education community right now. What will Emma, Tom and Judith make of this book which promises to tell us about 'great teaching in real classrooms'?

After that. Judith brings her wellbeing tip, shoutout and idea to try - we hope you find them useful.

If you want to read more from Tom Sherrington, his blog is teacherhead.com - and if you like our podcast, please do send us a rating, review or tweet. Emma is @ethayer_cmu and Tom is @thomasbreeze.

We'll be back next time with more guests, and an episode all about how we can use the arts to enrich the learning of pupils with additional learning needs, and how everyone should give it a go. See you then!

Episode 13 - The Learning Rainforest: A Book Review

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Episode 15 - The Flipped Classroom

Well, this isn’t quite what we expected when we set up the podcast in summer 2018... shortly after the release of episode 16, in which our lovely students discussed a talk by the education minister, we received a message from the minister’s office suggesting that we might be able to get an interview with Kirsty Williams herself! 

It’s a big moment for Welsh education, as the draft curriculum has been published and opened up for feedback from the education world at large. As part of launching the new draft curriculum into the world, the minister visited Cardiff Met with some of the orchestrators of the new curriculum to present and take questions.

This episode consists of Kirsty Williams’s speech, an exclusive interview by Emma and Tom with the minister, and a short reaction piece by four PGCE students who were present at the event.

Those of us present at the event also heard words of wisdom from Ty Golding, Head of Curriculum Design and Development at the Welsh Government, and Cat Kucia, headteacher of Jubilee Park Primary School in Newport, and we reference one or two of their points during the discussion. We hope to be speaking to one or both of them in future episodes.

If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review and spread the word. We’ll be back in a fortnight, when we’ll be talking to our friends from Teach First Cymru.

Episode 19 - Minister For Education Kirsty Williams Discusses The Education Reforms In Wales

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