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Welcome to our podcast channel, the place to find out more about Eltham College.  Where we connect you, the listener, with staff, current and former pupils and other notable guests.

07 - Y7 Students Anna and David Talk About Navigating the Transition to a New School

Welcome to the Eltham College Podcast. In today’s episode, we learn how to navigate the transition to a new school from Year 7 students, Anna and David who joined Eltham College in September 2023.

Join us as Year 13 student Harry sits down with Anna and David toto discuss their experience and find out more about their tips to prep for a school transition.

You can listen via Spotify.

06 - Top Student Liv Shares Tips on How to Ace Your Exams

Welcome to the Eltham College Podcast. In today’s episode, we learn how to ace exams with insights from one of our top students, Liv.

Join us as Year 13 student Dotty sits down with Liv to explore her study tips and recommended resources for both GCSE and A-Level exams.

You can listen via Spotify.

05 - A Career In Television Comedy with Nick Coupe

Welcome to the Eltham College Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the opportunity to speak with Nick Coupe, who also happens to be an OE (2007). Nick has produced and directed short comedy films, and after working for the BBC and a number of independent production companies, he is now a scripted comedy producer at Hat Trick Productions

Join us as three Upper Sixth students, Rebecca, Dotty and Imogen sit down with Nick to explore his impressive career, how he ended up becoming a producer and more.

You can listen via Spotify.

04 - Tolá Okogwu: Award-winning British-Nigerian children's author

Welcome to the Eltham College Podcast. In today’s episode, our students have the incredible pleasure to speak with award-winning British-Nigerian children’s author and journalist, Tolá Okogwu.

Join us as we sit down with Tolá and find out more about her career and journey to become an award-winning children’s author.

You can listen via Spotify.

03 - Every Name Matters: Addressing the mispronunciation of students' names

Welcome to Episode Three of the Eltham College Podcast where we connect you, the listener, with staff, students and guests for each of these episodes.

This episode we’re excited to introduce you to two members of the Eltham College community: Edward Funnell, our Head of Communications, and Gideon Hammond, who (until recently) served as the Lead on Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage (REACH) while also teaching mathematics and physics. They will be discussing the ‘Every Name Matters‘ initiative at Eltham College, a campaign aimed at addressing the mispronunciation of students’ names.”

You can listen to our podcast here.

02 - Diana Puntar: Artist in Residence

Welcome to Episode Two of the Eltham College Podcast where we connect you, the listener, with staff, students and guests for each of these episodes.

This episode we’re excited for you to hear from our guest, Diana Puntar. Diana is the latest Artist in Residence at the Gerald Moore Gallery and she’s about to give her back story of being an artist, how she felt about art when she was at school and what life is like in New York City being an artist.

Diana is joined by two art students, Henry and Diluni, both in Year 12 at Eltham College who will be in charge of this episode. You can listen via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

01 - LBC Radio Host Nick Ferrari

In this episode we have  who’s also an OE (1977). So you’re about to hear whether he always wanted to go into journalism, what life was like in the 70s at school, and we also hear something about Nick, Roger Moore and the movie Octopussy.

Along with Nick we also have two students, Alex and Ameret. They’re both going to keep our guest unusually on the other side of the microphone as they ask him various questions. Listen via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

Eltham College joins Education Choices Magazine podcast

Tune in to the latest Education Choices Magazine podcast episode to hear our head, Mr. Sanderson, and Lead on Reach, Mr. Hammond, who discuss the rich history and commitment to diversity and inclusion here at Eltham College. Don’t miss out on this insightful discussion! Listen here.