Mrs.C's Podcast Series: School - one week at a time

Nikki Cockcroft

Dian Cockcroft (Mrs. C) has been involved in the educational world for over 40 years and spent more than 20 of those years as a Principal of a school for children from Grd R to Grd 12. Dian’s hands-on involvement with school children, their parents/grandparents as well as with teachers has enabled her to have a balanced understanding of the values of education through the eyes of different stakeholders. Hopefully this knowledge can now be shared to benefit others too.

Episodes

  1. 01/09/2023

    Build up and day 1 of foundation phase

    Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1: Moving phases within the school system.  In PART 1, I focus on the build up and day 1 of foundation phase.  Happy Schooling everyone. Mrs.C

  2. 08/23/2022

    Teaching manners and good behaviour

    This is the final episode of this series: School: One week at a time.  This focus of this series, has been on foundation phase children and this episode is no different. This week's episode focuses on Teaching Manners.

  3. 08/16/2022

    Parent/Teacher Meetings

    Parent/Teacher Meetings: Suggestions on how to make this a worthwhile exercise.

  4. 08/10/2022

    Handwriting

    Handwriting - Learning to shape and form letters and words

  5. 07/26/2022

    Reading

    In this week's episode, Mrs. C explores the topic of READING.

  6. 07/22/2022

    Homework

    In this episode of Mrs. C's podcast, Mrs.C talks about Homework.

  7. 07/14/2022

    Back to School

    In this week's episode, Mrs.C talks about going back to school: preparation, mindset and advice.

  8. 07/08/2022

    Informal & Incidental Learning

    As most children are enjoying school holidays, this episode covers Informal & Incidental learning opportunities for your younger children (age 4 -10).

  9. 06/21/2022

    Mrs.C's podcast_Episode1: Understanding Foundation Phase Mid-Year Reports

    Welcome to Mrs. C’s podcast series: School - one week at a time – powered by The Digital Team. Before we get started, a little about Mrs.C DIAN COCKCROFT Dian Cockcroft has been involved in the educational world for over 40 years and spent more than 20 of those years as a Principal of a school for children from Grd R to Grd 12. Dian’s hands-on involvement with school children, their parents/grandparents as well as with teachers has enabled her to have a balanced understanding of the values of education through the eyes of different stakeholders. Hopefully this knowledge can now be shared to benefit others too. In this week’s episode, we look at Foundation phase mid-year reports. This podcast is powered by The Digital Team: The Digital Team is a digital and IT skills resource business. Finding great talent with exceptional skill is challenging. There is a supply shortage when demand is at an all-time high. The more senior people are no longer keen to work in offices when remote multi-contract options are available. With over 20 years’ experience across multiple digital areas, we have established a growing network of talent. If you’re looking for great skills but not keen to hire full-time people, then reach out today, email hello@digitalteam.dev.

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Dian Cockcroft (Mrs. C) has been involved in the educational world for over 40 years and spent more than 20 of those years as a Principal of a school for children from Grd R to Grd 12. Dian’s hands-on involvement with school children, their parents/grandparents as well as with teachers has enabled her to have a balanced understanding of the values of education through the eyes of different stakeholders. Hopefully this knowledge can now be shared to benefit others too.

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