Tag: Parenting

7. Teaching and parenting with Gogglebox’s voice of reason

7. Teaching and parenting with Gogglebox’s voice of reason

Baasit Siddiqui

Helen Prince talks to Baasit Siddiqui about his time as a teacher and his journey to becoming one of our favourite Gogglebox regulars.   

As well as being a professional educatorBaasit has been helping to support his daughter’s home learning during school closures. Baasit talks about the remote learning strategies his child’s school used to help build pupils’ vocabulary, as well as the positive experience of seeing his daughter learn through play during lockdown.  

Baasit Siddiqui is the managing director of Siddiqui Education Ltd. Baasit’s passion is to educate, motivate and build aspirations of disadvantaged school children across the nation, using his unique experiences and connections as an educator, entertainer and entrepreneur. He tweets at @SiddiquiEdu

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4. Lockdown learnings with Laura Patch: a light-hearted look at acting and home-schooling in the pandemic

4. Lockdown learnings with Laura Patch: a light-hearted look at acting and home-schooling in the pandemic

Laura Patch

Helen Prince talks to Laura Patch about who and what inspired her to pursue a career in acting. Laura discusses how a broad vocabulary range helps her develop the characters she plays. They also chat about some of the challenges faced by parents during home schooling (peppered with amusing anecdotes from the village WhatsApp group!).

Laura Patch is a British comedy actor and mum to three young boys.

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