THIS FRIDAY: We make no apology for returning to one of our obsessions - planning. We've got a deep dive into a fascinating paper about how student teachers learn to plan and plan to learn. It's a tricky process and one we all need to think about and support!

THIS WEEK: We hear from Scott Norman-Stephenson about the creative approaches he uses to support persistently absent children to come to school - and why it matters. Tune in bright and early tomorrow!

THIS FRIDAY: what are the individual stories behind the post-Covid attendance slump in our schools? We welcome Scott Norman-Stephenson, who works with families to try and address persistent attendance issues, to find out all about it. Tune in!

Check out our PISA special today, in which we report that Wales will see a curriculum review before the end of the year... Watch this space!

Our PISA special is up - we hope we've had a proper run around the issues, come up with more than 'this is a total disaster' while not sugar coating the need for something to change, and soon. In the process, Tom waves his arms around a lot...

TUNE IN TOMORROW: our special episode on Wales's PISA results. Where do we go from here? We cover the results, the commentary and try to work out what our new Plaid Cymru government can do to turn things around...

We're working away to bring you an analysis of Wales's PISA results, which were published today, as an extra podcast episode. But they've landed right in our busiest teaching period of the year! Hang on for a couple of days and we'll be with you...

TOMORROW: Tune in for our first episode of the new year, with Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies from Dysgu. As part of our chat, we asked: do we need to be more explicit that there are some good things to be taken from the education system in our nearest neighbour, England?!

We're back with a bang this Friday for our 9th season! Tom's been out to interview Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies, CEO of the government's new professional learning organisation, Dysgu. Will teachers at the coal face see a difference?

We're now off air for the summer, but are already putting together exciting plans for our ninth season, starting on 4th September. Thanks to all of our guests, our guest presenter Sian and our wonderful colleagues at Cardiff Met Sport Broadcast & Media. Have a good summer and see you again soon!

THIS FRIDAY: for the final episode of season 8 (yes, 8!), @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is joined by Dr Louise Allen-Walker to turn our podcast big guns on the end-of-level boss of neuromyths: learning styles. Tune in as we take on the neuromyth that just won't die.

THIS WEEK: We're joined by Sioned Dafydd to talk about some research we did using Wenger's theory of Communities of Practice (much used and abused) to dig into perceptions of research and enquiry in ITE. Here's Tom giving a taste of what Wenger's work is about.

THIS FRIDAY: @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is joined by Sarah McErlaine who's done a whole doctorate helping school literacy specialists nail down the key concepts in a curriculum. Great work & well worth a listen whether or not literacy is your thing. What are the key concepts of your subject?

TOMORROW: Tune in for our discussion of Joe Brown and Tim Clark's new book 'Debating Childhoods'. Here's Joe telling individual teachers that we do in fact have lots of power to change the lives of the children we work with!

THIS FRIDAY we're Debating Childhoods, which also happens to be the title of a new book by Joe Brown and Tim Clark. Here's Joe giving some advice for policymakers: listen to children more!

Don't scrap Curriculum for Wales, says Finola from @impactwales.bsky.social - give teachers more detail and support to make it work. Tune in tomorrow for our full Senedd Elections roundup episode.

Plenty of the party spokespeople in our Senedd Elections Special series name-checked more professional learning for teachers as a promise. Here's @garethdjevans.bsky.social saying we need to get real about supporting teachers properly. Tune in on Wednesday for more!

Here's Finola Wilson from @impactwales.bsky.social on the hard decisions our next Welsh Government will need to make in order to make sure what money we have gets to where it's needed. Tune in on Wednesday for more!

Here's @garethdjevans.bsky.social on what he hopes the next Welsh Government will do to support teachers implementing the Curriculum for Wales. Tune in next Wednesday for more round-up as the election approaches!

Stand by for the round-up episode of our Senedd Elections Special series next Wednesday. @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is joined in the studio by @garethdjevans.bsky.social and Finola Wilson to chew over what we've found out from the six parties.

THIS FRIDAY: We speak to Donald Mbeutcha and Sara Gattward from Every Future Foundation about their work supporting teachers in England in anti-racism. Here's Sara talking about the impact for pupils of not seeing any teachers who look like them...

Phew - after all that political content, it's time to relax for the Easter break with our traditional 'light' episode. By the magic of pre-recording, we welcome back Emma this week, and @thomasbreeze.bsky.social is off on one again...

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Tune in this week for the next three episodes of our Senedd Elections Special series, in collaboration with @impactwales.bsky.social - Lib Dem, Plaid Cymru and Reform!

Our Senedd Elections Special series, in collaboration with the @impactwales.bsky.social podcast, continues today with the @welshlabour.bsky.social party, represented by Lynne Neagle. What do Labour have to offer the education profession if we vote for them in May? Tune in to find out!

The podcast is a Dr Gareth Evans-travaganza right now - not only is he our post-match pundit in the Senedd Elections specials, he also joins us for our regular Friday episode this week to look back over 25 years of devolved education in Wales! @garethdjevans.bsky.social

Next week we'll have interviews with the Conservatives, the Green party and Labour. Here on our podcast there's analysis after every interview with Tom and Dr Gareth Evans from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. Join us on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for our first three episodes!

Join us & @impactwales.bsky.social next week for the start of our series of interviews with education representatives of the 6 main political parties contesting the Senedd elections in May. By the magic of alphabetical order, we start with the Conservative party's @natasghar.bsky.social on Monday.

TOMORROW: We're joined by Dr Mary Woolley from Canterbury Christ Church University to discuss our research into teachers' curriculum conversations in the Curriculum for Wales. Who are teachers talking to, when, and what about?

Tune in tomorrow for our episode about the National Plans for Music Education in Wales and England. Yesterday's clip focused on Wales, so here's a bit about England to whet your appetite! Full article here: doi.org/10.1080/1063...