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Creative Minds; Shaping the FutureEpisode 1 - Unleashing Creativity for AllWhat sparked your curiosity in this episode? Please send your musings...In this episode we meet the inspirational leadership team at St Ebbe's primary school in Oxford; Headteacher Tina Farr and her Deputy Clare Whyles.We discuss a 'living curriculum' philosophical questions and igniting fire in the bellies of children and adults alike. We highlight the importance of curiosity, context and connection and hear stories of happy learners and attendance above the national average! Support the showThanks to Chloe Clayton - @clomyster on Instagram for c...
2025-04-0240 min
Rethinking EducationDebra Kidd, Tina Farr and Clare Whyles on how to cultivate hope, joy and belongingIn this episode - our first rodeo as co-hosts - we are joined by Dr Debra Kidd, the author of A Curriculum of Hope, and by Tina Farr and Clare Whyles, the headteacher and deputy head of St. Ebbe’s Primary School in Oxford. Tina, Clare and the St Ebbe’s team have done some incredible work in recent years bringing a curriculum of hope to life for their learners, and spreading a little joy and belonging along the way.
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St. Ebbe’s - https://st-ebbes.oxon.sch.uk/
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2025-02-251h 36
Two Inconvenient WomenSPECIAL EPISODE: Stories of Triple WellBeing with Tina Farr and Clare WhylesThis week in the UK it’s the school half term holiday and the ThoughtBox team are slowing down too, taking time for some reading, research and essential time in nature. We aren't recording a podcast this week, so we wanted to take this opportunity to share a gift with you instead. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to check out our other podcast series yet, here is the first episode of Stories of Triple WellBeing® where I’m joined by two other wonderfully inconvenient women - Tina Farr and Clare Whyles of St Eb...
2024-11-0155 min
Stories of Triple WellBeingTina Farr and Clare Whyles: Triple WellBeing at St Ebbe's SchoolIn today’s episode, Holly speaks with Tina Farr and Clare Whyles - Headteacher and Deputy Head at St Ebbe’s C.E. Primary School in Oxford, UK. Find out about their curriculum of hope, their culture of care, how they're building the plane whilst they’re flying it and running a school in line with healthy child development.In the episode, we refer to:St Ebbe's Primary SchoolKen Robinson - Do Schools Kill Creativity?ThoughtBox - Transforming Education Leadership SummitDebra Kidd - Pedagogue in ResidenceMatthew Syed - Rebel IdeasOtto Scharmer - The Essentials of Theory...
2024-10-0254 min
FLOURISHING EDUCATION - Space and time to BE and BECOME together so we RE-MEMBER who we truly areEpisode 241 - Nurturing wise and compassionate citizens with Tina Farr and Clare WhylesToday I am delighted to share this imperfectly perfect conversation with Tina Farr, Head Teacher and Clare Whyles, Deputy Head Teacher at
St. Ebbes C.E. Primary School.
In this episode, Tina and Clare talk about their own journey as teachers and how together with their team they are focusing on the purpose of St. Ebbes is to nurture wise, compassionate citizens with the power to make a difference, driven by our three core values: Curiosity. Courage. Connection.
If you are interested in finding out how we move from theories to practice and how this is p...
2024-06-2758 min
Alternative Stories and Fake RealitiesWalking on Skylark Ridge by David Suff : A Midsummer PodcastSend us a textIn this midsummer edition we continue the theme of nature writing . We feature Walking on Skylark Ridge by artist and writer David Suff. The book charts David’s daily walk along the same route for a year beginning at the start of the UK’s first national lockdown in which we were restricted to an hour of outdoor exercise per day. It discovers the changes in the nature along the route as the seasons change and explores the meaning of community as David shared his weekly updates in paintings and emails to his friends...
2022-06-2445 min
National Association for Primary EducationAs rich in humanity as in knowledge - NAPE 070Following the success of our conference on 6th March 2021 - Towards a Balanced and Broadly Based Curriculum - Dr. Tony Eaude has a follow up conversation with presenter Clare Whyles (Deputy Head) and Tina Farr (Headteacher) of St Ebb's C of E (Aided) Primary School.St Ebb's have been on a journey which has seen their curriculum transformed. We get to hear the ideas, aims, successes and struggles involved in doing this which we hope can provide insight, inspiration and understanding of what is possible.https://st-ebbes.oxon.sch.uk/You can listen...
2021-07-0251 min