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Tiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoTeaching Behaviour with Steve BakerIn this episode, Toria chats to Steve Baker all about behaviour and how we need to teach it. Steve has recently written a new book - 'That Behaviour Book - the simple truth about teaching children' and unpacks some of the messages within it during his conversation with Toria. Steve spent 17 years in teaching, before working with local authorities and for the National Strategies as a regional adviser in Yorkshire and the Humber. He is now a behaviour consultant and trainer, passionate about helping teachers to succeed. https://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Behaviour-Book-teaching-children...2023-11-0347 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoQuestioning with Ross McGillIn this episode, Toria talks to Ross about what questioning is, why it is so important and what makes a great question in the classroom. As they discuss, questioning can be widely misunderstood and not enough teachers have been given sound training in the art of questioning. Over the course of their conversation, they also discuss cognitive science and the power of the pause! Ross has recently written his eleventh book 'The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Questioning - Turning theory into practice' for primary or secondary teachers looking to understand the importance of questioning to challenge thinking...2023-10-1548 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoReimagining the Diary with Dr Lucy KellyIn this episode, Toria chats to Dr Lucy Kelly about how diary writing can support educators' wellbeing. Do read Toria's blog post linked to this to see the impact of this conversation. Dr Lucy Kelly is an Associate Professor in Education at the University of Bristol, primarily working with PGCE English trainee teachers. She advocates that trainee teachers see themselves as their own biggest resource in the classroom, and that they prioritise their wellbeing from the outset. Her main research interest is reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing, and she is Project Lead for...2023-08-1051 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoBotheredness with Hywel RobertsTo kick off season 7, Toria chats to Hywel Roberts all about 'Botheredness' and the care teachers have for their children. Amidst the laughter, they talk about the craft of teaching, the passion that they both have for it and of course Hywel's new book 'Botheredness'. Hywel has taught in secondary, primary and special settings for almost thirty years. He contributes to university education programmes and writes regularly for TES as 'The Travelling Teacher'. A true Northerner, Hywel deals in botheredness, creative practice, curriculum development and imagineering. He was recently described as 'a world leader in enthusiasm'. 2023-08-0451 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoYou do you with Toria HusbandIn this episode, Toria chats with Toria about why it is so important that we are ourselves - as teachers, leaders and educationalists. They chat about barriers that can stop us doing that and offer suggestions about how to ensure that you remain true to your values and beliefs in your setting. Toria Husband is a Subject Officer for Performing Arts & Dance WJEC/ CBAC. She is also a Founding Fellow of Chartered College of Teaching, a Fellow of RSA and a member of AP Curriculum Research group Leeds Beckett University. To connect with Toria - LinkedIn2023-04-2346 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoFabulous Forces Families with Shelly CozensIn this episode, Toria talks to Shelley about what it is like to be a military wife as well as a teacher. Shelley shares her experiences of what life is really like for a forces family in the hope of raising awareness about the unique needs military children have. Toria and Shelley discuss how best to use the service pupil premium and the many resources that are out there for schools. April is the designated month of the Military Child - a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the unique experiences children from an Armed Forces...2023-04-1450 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoBalance and Burnout in Teaching with Andrew HatchardJoin Toria as she chats to Andrew about his mental health struggles and how small simple steps helped him renew his love of teaching and enabled him to make the decision to retire while still enjoying the job.Andrew and Toria have taught for nearly fifty years between them and both have realised that balance is essential in order to avoid burnout. Tune in to hear them talk about the benefits of cold water showers, sleep, reading, music and so much more!Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please sh...2023-04-0738 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoOur Differences Make Us Stronger with Caitlin BrackenIn this episode, Toria talks to Caitlin about how as teachers we are all different and that it is in celebrating and embracing these differences that our profession gets stronger. Allowing our true selves to be seen and heard supports good mental health. They discuss introverts and extroverts, neurotypical and neurodiverse and so much more. They didn't come up with a title though so if you have a better title than the current one, just email Toria.Caitlin is a 'newish' teacher who teaches in year 1. She has been recently diagnosed with autism and talked about the c...2023-04-0144 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoTeaching Poetic Writing with Pie CorbettIn this episode, Pie returns to the podcast to chat with Toria about poetic writing and how to teach this effectively. Pie is an excellent poet – but he is also an excellent teacher of poetry - reading it and writing it. Pie is a fount of imaginative teaching ideas that work to help children express themselves in poetry and/or prose and shows teachers how to create the bridge between the two. He created the Talk for Writing approach to learning, which is widely used in UK primary schools.During the episode Pie shares his ap...2023-02-1049 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoMoving Away from Rewards and Punishments Part 2 with Heather LucasIn this, the second of two episodes on rewards and punishments, Toria talks to Heather Lucas about moving away from the behaviouralist approach that schools have followed for years and more towards an approach that focuses on building relationships. If you would like to contact Heather or have specific questions for her, she is very happy to have people email her on bitesizedpsychology@gmail.com.In the episode Heather discussed many things with Toria including the 'Twenty Discipline Mistakes even Great Parents Make' from the book: No Drama Discipline. The whole-brain way to calm the chaos and n...2023-01-2055 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoSchool Improvement with Nick Hart (identify the problem and then find the right solution)In this episode Toria chats to Nick about how leading a school isn't easy and that what works for one setting won't necessarily work for another. Nick is an ardent believer that leaders need to know their school well and the problems that they are trying to address. He talks to Toria about the perils of fads on social media and how this can direct leaders away from what their setting needs. Nick is the Executive Headteacher of the Alwyn and Courthouse Federation in Berkshire. He is a visiting fellow with Ambition Institute, facilitating on the NPQH...2022-12-2337 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoTiny Voice Talks 2022 with Toria and VerityIn this episode, Toria chats to Verity about what Tiny Voice Talks 2022 and all that has occurred - the podcast, the book and her mad 3am ideas! This was going to be a one-woman episode but Toria decided that she needed someone to chat to about all that has happened and was grateful when Verity volunteered. If you have enjoyed the podcast in 2022, please review it on your podcast host and share it with others. If you want to come on, just get in touch with Toria, she is always keen to hear from educators who want t...2022-12-1637 minTiny Voice Talks with Toria BonoLGBTQIA+ part 2 with Ian TimbrellIn the second part of LGBTQIA+, Toria talks to Ian Timbrell about some of the issues facing our LGBTQIA+ young people today and how we can support them in school, including advice on how to support pupils coming out as LGBTQIA+ and what to do if a pupil asks to change their pronouns.You can listen to part 1 here: https://tinyvoicetalks.buzzsprout.com/1267127/11421795-lgbtqia-part-1-with-ian-timbrell, where Toria and Ian discuss the meaning of the LGBTQIA+ terms, and Ian’s school life as a gay teenager.Ian has been a teacher for 15 ye...2022-11-2538 min