Inside Voices: A Teacher Podcast

This week’s episode delves into the global literacy crisis, exploring why children are no longer reading for pleasure and how we can address this pressing issue. We also examine the broader societal consequences of this decline. So sit back relax and enjoy! 

This week's episode focuses on the topic of screen time and how it impacts children’s education. We discuss the broader societal implications of overusing screens and how this makes its way into schools. Attention span, behaviour and addiction are all discussed in this week’s episode, Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

This week we are bringing you a special BONUS episode of Inside Voices. We are on the road at BETT 2026 and we managed to chat with different companies about their vision for EdTech and education in general. We spoke to Classroomscreen, Canva and TeachmateAI about how their tools can help students and teacher achieve their goals. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

This week's episode focuses on the curriculum reviews going on in Scotland and England. We discuss the rationale behind these reviews and how they are going to impact on real teachers and schools. Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

This week's episode looks at the difficulties in teaching and the prevailing mindset that often follows. We discuss all things positivity and how to protect your peace in the teaching world. Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

This week's episode focuses on the year ahead. School is back and we are raring to go. We discuss trends like Play Pedagogy, what we struggle with when going back and all of the hopes we have for the year ahead. Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

This week's episode focuses on schools at Christmas. This is a crazy time of year and it easy to become overwhelmed. We offer some advice on how to survive teaching and anecdotes of our own experiences. This episode also reflects on a year gone by and what our pits and peaks are. Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

This week we return to the subject we chose for our very first episode 2 years ago. The landscape has changed dramatically in the last two years since recording that episode and we dive into that discussion in this episode. Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

After a break Inside Voices is back!  It took us a while to get back into recording due to a different setup. but we are back. This week's episode is inspired by The Life of a Showgirl... the Life of a Teacher. We dive into what we have been up to this term and how we would change the teaching system if we could. Sit back, relax and enjoy! 

Summer is done. A distant memory. School is back in full swing and we are so hyped. Whether it’s your first school year or you 31st, we hope you find something of value as we discuss nerves, classroom priorities and some quick CPD. Sit back, relax and enjoy!