Emma & Tom's Pgce Podcast

For the latest instalment in our PGCE Research Bites strand, Tom talks for PGCE primary student teacher Peter Russell about his intervention to increase pupil engagement in Welsh in his placement primary school. Located in Torfaen, Peter's school presented something of a challenge when it came to enthusing pupils about wanting to learn Welsh: not only is Torfaen one of the most socio-economically deprived parts of the country, it also has a very low proportion of Welsh speakers. As part of his final PGCE assignment, Peter worked with pupils to co-construct an intervention that changed the way they felt about learning and using Welsh, and this episode of Research Bites summarises Peter's work. You can also see this episode in video form on the Cardiff Partnership's professional learning YouTube channel. --------------------------------------Recorded in studio B0.17, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University on 24th June 2022