Apr 24, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
Adam and Amy take questions on a range of subjects, including whether we should invite parents into lessons, how to manage behaviour in drama, should we teach boys differently to girls, how to find…
Adam BoxerHostAmy ForresterHost
I have tried to plan groups prior to lessons, but doing this well takes around 5 to 10 minutes per class, and I see each class of my 12 Key Stage 3 class, classes two times a fortnight.
This equates to an extra one to two hours of work per week on top of planning the lessons themselves.
Random grouping has worked at times, but following from a point you made recently about not using lollipop sticks or other random meth, reth- meth... uh, random methods for questioning, this again feels like a missed opportunity.
It made me think of some years ago, um, our deputy head at the time, who wrote the timetable, um, timetabled me to teach drama.
Um, 'cause obviously it's, like, the closest subject to English." And I was like, "Are you, like, are, are you okay in the head? Why have you done that?" [laughs]
Like, "Why, why are you making such awful staffing decisions?" Um, and he found the whole thing hilarious, um, to the point where he used to drop in on me just to take the piss out of me.
[laughs] And he cameHe came one time, um, I'll not lie, it was like the first time I was teaching the group because he really wanted to, to see me humiliate myself.
I was expecting, um, a drama class to look a bit different." I was like, "What do you mean, sir?" And he went, "They're all sat behind desks writing in silence."
I have tried to plan groups prior to lessons, but doing this well takes around 5 to 10 minutes per class, and I see each class of my 12 Key Stage 3 class, classes two times a fortnight.
This equates to an extra one to two hours of work per week on top of planning the lessons themselves.
Random grouping has worked at times, but following from a point you made recently about not using lollipop sticks or other random meth, reth- meth... uh, random methods for questioning, this again feels like a missed opportunity.
It made me think of some years ago, um, our deputy head at the time, who wrote the timetable, um, timetabled me to teach drama.
Um, 'cause obviously it's, like, the closest subject to English." And I was like, "Are you, like, are, are you okay in the head? Why have you done that?" [laughs]
Like, "Why, why are you making such awful staffing decisions?" Um, and he found the whole thing hilarious, um, to the point where he used to drop in on me just to take the piss out of me.
[laughs] And he cameHe came one time, um, I'll not lie, it was like the first time I was teaching the group because he really wanted to, to see me humiliate myself.
I was expecting, um, a drama class to look a bit different." I was like, "What do you mean, sir?" And he went, "They're all sat behind desks writing in silence."
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