As all of us remember the disaster in Aberfan 60 years ago today, we've pulled a 2023 clip from our archives where we heard from one of the first journalists on the scene, and had a brief chat about how we can approach the story with our pupils. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas…

TOMORROW: We welcome our friend and colleague Dr @dafydd_sioned to tell us about the developing identities of Welsh medium teachers, and how we can nurture them so that the sector can have more of them!

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 @sianteach and our wonderful colleagues at @metbroadcast. Have a good summer and see you again soon!

THIS FRIDAY: for the final episode of season 8 (yes, 8!), @thomasbreeze 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 @dafydd_sioned 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 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?

Don’t forget to check out our Senedd Elections Special series on your favourite podcast platform + YouTube to hear those politicians for yourself!

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!