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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

August 13, 2024

Ep 40 Should Teachers be Decorating Classrooms?

It’s back to school time, and with that comes classroom set up. We teachers love decorating our classrooms, and of course we want our rooms to be attractive and welcoming for students. In this episode…

August 6, 2024

Ep 39 Ultimate Back to School Organisation for Teachers

If you’re getting ready to go back to school then this episode is your ultimate back to school guide. Today we unpack all the big picture stuff that teachers need to keep in mind when…

July 30, 2024

Ep 38 Why and How I Started With Inquiry Based Learning

In this episode I peel back the layers of my own teaching career and how I came to teach with an inquiry mindset, and apply inquiry based learning to my own practice. I uncover the…

July 23, 2024

Ep 37 How to Integrate Science into your Teaching

Why should you plan and teach an integrated curriculum? Well, because life is integrated and by teaching subjects in isolation, children find it difficult to see the connections to their own lives. By planning experiences…

July 16, 2024

Ep 36 The Most Effective Teaching Strategy for Student Learning

In this episode we look at what research based evidence says are the most effective teaching strategies for student learning. We dig into High Impact Teaching Strategies as developed by John Hattie, and how these…

July 8, 2024

Ep 35 Lesson Planning with Picture Books

When it comes to planning lessons in an early childhood classrooms, picture books are the one resource educators cannot do without. Picture books are not only provocations, they ignite curiosity, stimulate creativity and imagination and…
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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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