Manor Lodge School Podcast

On this edition of the podcast we have news of our recent House Maths Competition at Manor Lodge. We have features on landmarks, books, lego, keyboard shortcuts and a guess the song game. Plus our regular teacher interview, which this week is with one of our Reception teaching assistants that joined Manor Lodge this year, Mrs LaCort. Music this week comes from a piece created on Garageband and the piece Three Romances played on the viola. We’ll be back for a new series in the Summer Term after the Easter break, so do keep yourselves subscribed and until then, Ha...

On this edition of the podcast we have news of World Book Day at Manor Lodge and the school’s food waste competition. We have features on video games, sports, scouts and a guess the song game for you. Plus our regular teacher interview, which this week is with Year 1 teacher Mrs Shepherd. We also have a music creation made on Incredibox and Maiden Fare played on the violin. 

On this edition of the podcast we have features on the hit TV show Gladiators and the hit board game Monopoly. There is a run down of the top goals scored in football and run down of the best games to play. Plus a comedy script and our regular teacher interview, which this week is with Mrs Dixon. We also have some music created by the children on Incredibox and one of our musicians playing Persuasive Waltz on the saxophone.

On this edition of the podcast we have a report on our choir’s recent Young Voices performance at London’s o2 Arena. We have a rundown of some top movies and triple dose of sport - top cricket players, football world records and the top 10 football teams of all time. Plus our teacher interview is with Mrs Ferber. We also have some music created by the children on Garageband and one of our very talented musicians playing the piano piece Sonatina.

Welcome to Series 9 of the Manor Lodge School Podcast.
The first episode of Series 9 features news of some recent projects in the children’s DT and Art lessons. We have some jokes and riddles. We have a feature on the movie Avatar and run downs of top sportsmen and comedians. Plus our teacher interview is with Reception teacher Miss Setton. 
We also have some music created by the children on Garageband and a piece called A Hundred Pipers on the violin. 

On this final podcast of this series we’ve got the latest from the Manor Lodge Advent activities. We hear about the Jingle Bell Ball, the top 10 in the music charts and a rundown of some favourite music artists. We also hear about some top shops, the Goosebumps movie and things to do when you’re bored. Our teacher interview this week is with Miss O’Brien. Plus we have music created on Chrome Lab and Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran played on the drums by one of our members.

On this edition of the podcast we have a debate that was held in a recent assembly contesting opinions for and against smartphones for children. Plus we have a report on the US election, weird animals, rappers, cartoon characters and music artists. And we have another double helping of interviews - one with Mrs Appleby from the office and one with Mr Pierce from the grounds team. Plus we have music from our pupils too - a Garageband composition and the piece Spooky Wood Hollow played on the piano by one of our members. 

On this edition of the podcast we have some information on our House Charity at Manor Lodge. We have features on children’s TV episodes, popular board games, endangered animals. Plus top footballers and movies. And we have double helping of interviews this week, one with 5J form teacher Miss Jones and one with Reception teacher Mrs Best. Plus we have music from our pupils too - a Garageband composition and the piece Study in C played on the saxophone by one of our members. 

On this edition of the podcast we have some information about Manor Lodge’s School Council and Eco Team. We have features on World War I, Hobbies, tablet games, apps and an AI tool called Akinator. Our interview for this episode is with a voice that will be very familiar to everyone - very often the first person you see and speak to in the front office, Miss Carter. Plus we have music from our pupils too - a Garageband composition and the classic Bon Jovi song Livin’ on a Prayer played on drums by one of our members. 

Welcome to Series 8 of the Manor Lodge School Podcast.
The first episode of Series 8 sees members of the Our Voice Podcast Club working together on their features.
Our regular teacher interview is with new member of Manor Lodge, Mr Laidlaw. We also hear about coming back to school and Manor Lodge’s ‘Say no to smartphones’ campaign. Plus we have features on cartoons, games, crafts and some YouTubers too. As well as a Garageband composition and the classic T-Rex track 20th Century Boy played on guitar by one of our members. 

On this final episode of the year of the Manor Lodge School Podcast, we hear all about our recent school summer fete and a huge highlight of the children’s Manor Lodge journey - the Year 6 residential to France. We also learn about the Magna Carta, Euro 2024, the Summertime Ball, Glastonbury and Six The Musical. Plus places to eat, birthday presents, the best footballers and the longest words in the world. Our interview this week is with Mrs Lobo’s PA Mrs Patel and we have music created by the children on Garageband.
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On this week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast, we have news from our recent sports days, early plans for a mini school council and a recent Fencing assembly that introduced a new Fencing Club for Manor Lodge. Plus we have features on Ancient Egypt, Harry Potter, the Jewish holiday Shavuot, healthy snacks and the best songs of 2024. As well as all of that, we have our regular teacher interview - this week with the fantastic Mrs Ramsden. Plus we also have two compositions created on GarageBand by the children.

On this week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast, we have news from this year’s amazing Year 6 production of Matilda. We have some information about our house and sports captains. Plus we have an array of features on games, movies, holidays, sorbet flavours, gifts, animals, teddies and The Tudors. As well as all of that, we have our regular teacher interview - this week with the multi-faceted Mr Clackett, our IT Manager here at Manor Lodge, but someone with a hugely varied set of skills, talents and career to date. Plus we also have two compositions created on G...

On this week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast, we have news of next year’s Manor Lodge School council representatives, some facts about youtuber Mr Beast and some information about the Mexican Day of the Dead Festival. Plus we have features on cupcakes, singers, breakfasts, bubble tea and spreads. As well as our regular teacher interview - this week with Year 2 teacher Mrs Soffe. We also have some music created on Garageband and The Juggler played on the piano by one of our Year 4 members.

On this week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast, we have a report about a recent visit from author Matt Dickinson, some recommended games, a muffin recipe and a premier league review. We also hear about Holocaust Remembrance Day, some favourite jewellery shops and some fun things to do in half term. We also have a double helping of teacher interviews - it’s a double dose of Reception too with Mrs McMorrin and Mrs Ward. Plus we have some garageband creations for our intro and outro music. 

On this week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast, we have an update from our Year 5s on their residential trip to Wales and an explainer on our Manor Lodge Gold Book. We hear about the recent sightings of the Northern Lights, some facts about the London Marathon, a favourite crumble recipe, superhero powers, World Europe Day and the top ten movies for kids. Plus a double dose of Garageband creations from the children.

The first episode of Series 7 follows on from last week’s special Olympic episode, where we hear a report on the day Ryan Raghoo spent in school with us, as well as some information on the Olympic Games. We have a preview of the upcoming Year 5 residential trip. We’ll hear about the latest books in the library, some interesting animals, some top cars and some cute names for pets. There’s music created on Garageband and one of the children playing Seven Nation Army on the guitar. Plus our teacher interview is with Miss Williams.

This special episode marks the countdown to the 2024 Olympics. Manor Lodge had visit this week from Paralympian long jumper Ryan Raghoo. On this episode our school sports captains interviewed him, plus we hear the impact he had on the children and the messages they learnt from his journey. 

This week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast features information about our school council, 4O’s recent class assembly and our World Book Day chocolate competition. We have some run downs of the best apple products, some favourite books and top artists. We also have a sports report, news review and a football update. We’ll have our usual teacher interview - this week with Art Teacher Mrs Parkar. Plus music created on Garageband and Daydream played on the piano by one of our Year 4 students.

This week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast features news on our recent space balloon launch, our school orchestra and our eco team. We also have features on new movies, premier league football managers, fascinating underwater creatures, musicians, cuisines and an interesting run down of the top 5 UK primary schools. Plus our teacher interview is with Year 5 maths and form teacher Mr Yeldham.We also have music created on Garageband and one of our young musicians from Year 2 playing Molly Dolly on the violin.

This week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast features news of a recent Year 4 trip to a Hindu temple, some facts and information about Manor Lodge, our recent mental health week and our school library. 
We also have the best places to go on holiday, some information on dinosaurs and a comedy script. Plus our teacher interview is with Year 6 form teacher and Maths teacher Mr Steele, and we have some music created on Garageband and Losing My Religion by REM played on drums.

This week’s episode of the Manor Lodge School Podcast features a debate arguing for and against homework, news of our space balloon competition, Crazy Uniform Day and our RSPCA collection. Plus intelligent animals, desserts, footballers, rappers and ice creams. Our teacher interview this week is with Mrs Anwar, and we have some music created by the children on Garageband and a piece called Spooked played on the flute.

Welcome to Series 6 of the Manor Lodge School Podcast.
The first episode of Series 6 features the news of the names our Manor Lodge chickens have been given, we’ve got our regular teacher interview with Ms Gordon this week. And we’ll also hear about some favourite movies, Nintendo Switch games, the best sights to see in India and the best teenage sportspeople. 
Plus we have some music created by the children on Garageband and Unfaithful by Rihanna played on the piano.

On this week’s bumper edition, we’ve got the latest from the Manor Lodge Advent activities. We hear about the most spoken languages in the world, some of the rarest animals in the world and a news report. We also have a list of the most popular sports, as well as some selections of favourite sports too and the top 10 footballers of all time too. There’s a lot of music in this episode as well. We had a garageband creation to open the show and we’ll have some festive music to close things out. And in between we’ll ha...

Today we hear about the Staff Christmas Competition at Manor Lodge, a few Manor Lodge facts, the top 10 events and festivals in the US and a comedy script. We also have some jokes and riddles and our teacher interview is with Music and Drama teacher Mrs Freeman. Plus some Garageband music and pupil music on the French horn.

On this episode, we hear about a cool iPad project Year 5 have been doing in History over their past few lessons and an update from our Space Balloon Club. We also hear about the recent Hindu festival of Diwali, some great countries to visit and about some of the top musical artists of 2023. This group of podcasters certainly like their comedy and this week we have a batch of pranks and a bunch of jokes too. Plus our teacher interview is with Year 4 Form teacher and Unicorns House Tutor Mrs Kershberg.

On this episode, we have news of the school eco team, a report from a recent Year 4 trip to Hazard Alley. We hear about Halloween, have a comedy script and run downs of some of the best actors, footballers and recent music releases. Plus our teacher interview is with Mr Littley. We have some music created by the pupils on Garageband and an early dose of Christmas music, as our instrumentalists prepare for our Christmas Concert on Monday 11th December - Good King Wenceslas played on the guitar.

On this episode, we have news on the recent Harvest Festival celebration, plus news on the rock band forming at Manor Lodge. Our teacher interview is with Mrs Payne. We have some film recommendations, a run down of the most popular gaming consoles and a comedy script. Plus some music created by the pupils on Garageband and our traditional school song for Manor Lodge.

Welcome to Series 5 of the Manor Lodge School Podcast.
The first episode of Series 5 sees the new and repeating members of the Our Voice Podcast Club working together on their features.
We hear about some exciting new arrivals at Manor Lodge - not only our teacher interview with new Deputy Head Academic and Year 5 English Teacher, Mrs Wilkins, but also our brand new chickens! There’s also some further  information about our school allotments, plus a host of entertainment - books, video games, musical instruments and a short comedy sketch too. Plus we have music created by the chi...

On this final episode of the year, our teacher interview is with Sports Teacher Ms Spinney. We hear about the Year 2 production and school Sports Day. We have run downs of the top five UK singers, the most successful companies and the best hotels in the world. We also have an online game called Akinator and a self-created funny script.
Plus we have music created on Garageband and Manor Lodge’s special 'Leaves' Song', as played in our end of year assembly.

Thanks to everyone that has been involved in the podcast throughout the whole year. We’ve h...

On this week’s episode, our teacher interview is with Year 2 teacher Mr Goldsworthy. We hear about the latest exciting addition to Manor Lodge taking up residence in our brand new bee hives. We also hear about our school counsellors, the top ten richest sports stars, the top ten sega games and what true best friends do to show it. There’s also a Premier League round up and a report on Apple’s latest release - the Apple Vision Pro. Plus we have music created on Garageband and Puppet’s Dance played on the trombone.

On this week’s episode, our teacher interview is with Year 4 teacher Mrs O’Connor. We hear about the Manor Lodge Summer Fete and our recent House Lolly Sale run by Griffins House. We also have some run downs of some of the busiest cities in the world, the best games and the best sweets! We hear about some of the best new movies too and we try out some AI. Plus we have another Garageband creation and What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor played on the piano.

On this week’s episode, we have PE & games teacher Mr Hill joining us for the teacher interview. We hear about this week’s Year 6 production, some facts about space, endangered UK birds, the top selling products on Amazon, some facts about Liverpool Football Club. Plus some jokes and some riddles too.
We also have some music created on Garageband and The Swing played on the piano.

Welcome to Series 4 of the Manor Lodge School Podcast.
The first episode of Series 4 sees many of the children working together on their features.
We have Mr Mason joining us for the teacher interview, we hear about some of the world’s most endangered animals, some top board games and a trip to the Tower of London. Plus one of the highlights of any Manor Lodger’s journey through their time here - the Year 6 residential visit to France. Plus music created on Garageband and Thinking Out Loud played on the piano.

To finish off this series, we have a report on our recent pyjama day charity event and our Easter competition. There’s also a news round up, a selection of the best pranks, the best beaches, best painters, favourite video games and some riddles too.
Our teacher interview this week is with Art teacher Mrs Rios and following our intro music created on Garageband, we have a double dose of outro music - ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ played on the piano and ‘This Land is my Land’ played on the saxophone.
We’ll be back for another series after Easter...

On this week’s episode we talk about the Boris Johnson party gate scandal in our Off Script section.
We also hear about the house events at Manor Lodge, a science lesson in Year 4, a survey of breakfasts in Year 5, and some ‘Would You Rather?’ questions for you to contemplate. Two of our siblings team up to discuss the most annoying things about siblings, plus we learn about the history of Playstation and the biggest wins in Premier League history.
Our teacher interview is with Mrs Cutts and our music is an Incredibox creation and a pupil playing Ode To...

On this week’s episode the Off Script section discusses the recent news regarding the new asylum bill. We hear about the school’s World Book Day events, a geography project in Year 3, a deep dive into the history of Nintendo, and the most subscribed YouTube channels.
We also have some interesting facts about the world, the best ice cream flavours and the best mythical creatures.
Our teacher interview this week is with Mrs Tailor and our dose of music this week features an amazing original rap written and performed by two Year 5 children.

On this week’s episode the Off Script section discusses the recent news regarding alterations made to the language used in Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books.  
We hear about our House Values at Manor Lodge and a recent DT project in Year 6.
We also have an interesting feature on paradoxes, a run down of the richest people in the world, the top premier league goal scorers, things to do in Kenya and some cool 3D pen crafts. Our teacher interview this week is with our languages teacher her at Manor Lodge Madame Law. Plus music created on Incr...

On this week’s episode the Off Script section discusses the prospect of compulsory maths to the age of 18. We hear about our schools RSPCA drive this week, our recent school fixtures, plus an update on Premier League football. 

We have some run downs of some of the most expensive gadgets, the best English foods and the best art works. We also have a terrific batch of jokes from the children and our teacher interview is with Year 3 form teacher Mrs Hyer.

Plus we have an Incredibox music creation and T-Rex Hungry played on the piano.

Welcome to Series 3 of the Manor Lodge School Podcast.
The first episode of Series 3 is a bumper edition that includes some brand new features.
We have an open discussion to get the children’s views on the ongoing strikes across the country at the moment and we also have a fun interactive game for you to play along with. Plus we have some more familiar features on our School Council and the School Library, as well as some great content about the best hotels, the worst viruses, the most expensive jewellery and the greatest ever footballers.
We al...