POD-CACHE

Join us for this throwback episode of POD-CACHE and re-listen to Dr Helen Williams' wisdom on making maths playful.   We'll be back with a whole new episode on Wednesday 10 January. 

0:00 Introduction to Dr Helen J Williams and her journey with maths

2:30 Moving from a dislike to a love of maths

4:50 Maths' evolution since the 80s and use of manipulatives in maths teaching

7:42 The challenges of applying more practical approaches 

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00:00 Introduction - Welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable professional development podcast from CACHE Alumni

00:48 Fey Cole - An introduction to Fey

02:24 Why intergenerational practice? Fey explains how she first got involved with bringing intergenerational learning to an educational setting

03:50 Making the project student-led and establishing an intergenerational café

04:50 Embedding existing learning aims and outcomes into the pr...

(00:00) Introduction - Welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable professional development podcast from CACHE Alumni

(00:48) Jenny Phillips - An introduction to Jenny

(02:52) They say never to work with children or animals... Jenny's dream job

00:00 Introduction - Welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable professional development podcast from CACHE Alumni

00:50 Alix Robertson - Alix introduces herself and the Centre for Education and Youth

01:18 Sarah introduces herself and Big Education

02:08 Meet PEPA - What is the Primary Extended Project Award?

04:30 Project-based learning

05:24 Choosing a project - Collaboration, theme setting and helping children to find their interests

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00:00 Welcome to CACHE Alumni - What can you expect in this episode of POD-CACHE?

00:40 Jawad Bhatti introduction - Who is Jawad and what is the Spark story?

03:40 The impact of the pandemic on loneliness, routine and mental health

05:30 Mental Health support online and through talking to others

07:23 Mental Health in the workplace - Jawad's experiences at work

10:20 Why do people drop out of mental health support? 

12:10 How does ...

00:00 Welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable professional development podcast from CACHE Alumni 

00:23 Coming up in this episode - thinking outside of the box with Annie Pendrey

00:43 Annie's career so far.  From Early Years Teaching Assistant to training, writing and research

02:43 Creativity and changing careers - How Annie found her path

03:50 Three books in two years - Reflection and reflective spaces in Early Years Education

07:46...

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(0:00-3:05) Introduction...

Tune into this week's episode where we meet with Dr Helen J Williams, author of the award-winning 'Playful Mathematics: For Children 3 to 7', who shares her journey towards becoming passionate about mathematics and her mission to change perceptions of math as a dry and uninteresting subject. Dr. Williams also provides practical recommendations for educators and families on how to make math lessons more fun and engaging for young ch...