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Break free from the negativity and the daily grind and embrace those strategies that inspire children to become independent, happy, curious and capable learners!

Tune in every week for conversations that will give you the confidence and support you need to shake things up, and integrate curiosity inspired learning into your everyday lessons to foster a lifelong love for learning in the children you teach.

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Latest Episodes

October 15, 2024

Ep 49 A Playdate with the Past: An Interview with Nicola Hoad of Play in the Past

Hands-on learning makes learning and understanding concrete for children. This is never more true than when it comes to learning about history. In this episode I talk to the founder of Play in the Past,…

October 8, 2024

Ep 48 Hooking Students into Learning with Hands-on Textile Crafts

In this episode Edwina shares how she incorporates sewing and textile crafts to tick off multiple curriculum outcomes and make learning relatable and transferable for students, all while teaching them lifelong skills in the process….

October 1, 2024

Ep 47 How to Motivate Students to Take Ownership for Their Learning

In this episode I explore the strategies that will motivate students to take ownership for their own learning, which of course has the ripple effect of better overall engagement not just for our students but…

September 24, 2024

Ep 46 How to better engage our students – State of Classroom Engagement Report

How do we better engage our students? What leads to better engagement in classrooms? In today’s episode Edwina unpacks the 4 key findings that Lego Education found in their study of over 6000 administrators, teachers,…

September 17, 2024

Ep 45 Take aways from Kath Murdoch at The Inquiry Educators Summit

In this episode I unpack my take aways from Kath Murdoch’s session at The Inquiry Educator’s Summit. The most profound being, “Don’t be seduced into the shallow waters.”…

September 10, 2024

Ep 44 Take aways from Trevor MacKenzie at The Inquiry Educators Summit

One of the speakers at the 2024 Inquiry Educators Summit 2024 was Trevor MacKenzie. Trevor focused on how we as educators plan for curiosity. How we get children to ask questions and how we use…
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About your host

Hi, I’m Edwina, a teacher just like you.

My mission is to help you go from feeling overwhelmed and drowning in paperwork and demands, to feeling confident and armed with the tools and know-how to spark curiosity and excitement in your learners.

To help you create experiences that get students excited, curious and confident in their learning.

And you know what else? We’ll do it while keeping admin happy and ticking off all those curriculum boxes.

Each week I’ll bring you conversations that inspire you to take action and give you the confidence to know that what you’re doing makes a real difference, not only to the children you teach, but to you too!

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