Welcome to Chalkboard and Chill!
The podcast where two secondary school teachers, Larrissa and Tom, lift the lid on life behind the wild and wonderful world of teaching.
Expect unfiltered opinions, real classroom stories, and all the chaotic brilliance of modern teaching.
Each week, they dive into the highs, the lows, and the hilarious moments that happen when you're trying to educate the next generation. From exam stress and classroom politics to work life balance and photocopier etiquette, nothing is off-limits!
Whether you're a teacher, a parent, or just here for the bants, Chalkboard and Chill is your backstage pass to the reality school life with a healthy dose of sarcasm and heart
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Surviving the Heat and the First Week of September
September is back. The alarm is screaming. The uniform is questionable. And somewhere, a teacher is already counting down to half term.
Larissa and Tom are back, tackling everything from September dread and inset days to new classes, new names, and the eternal struggle of remembering which system does what. They get brutally honest about why the first term can feel like running a marathon you didn't train for.
And then there's the heat.
With hotter weather becoming an increasingly regular part of school life, the conversation turns to whether the traditional school calendar and Victorian-style school day still make sense. Should schools start earlier? Finish earlier? Rethink the entire timetable? Or should we just give every teacher a paddling pool?
They also tackle a listener dilemma around behaviour management: can a softer, relationship-first approach actually work, or is it time to bring back the serious teacher voice?
Expect practical survival tips, plenty of teacher trauma, and the all-important Term Worm scale — because nothing quite describes the school year like slowly transforming from Herbie Fully Loaded into bin juice.
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7 Aug 2026
Sunshine, Stopwatches & Slightly Organised Chaos
Welcome to Chalkboard and Chill!
Sports Day… the one day of the school year where classrooms are swapped for fields, teachers become unofficial event managers, and someone inevitably forgets to start the stopwatch.
In this episode Larissa and Tom lace up their trainers and relive the highs, lows, and hilarious moments that come with one of the biggest events in the school calendar.
From egg-and-spoon races and sack races to frantic toilet trips, unpredictable British weather, and trying to keep hundreds of students in roughly the right place at the right time, they lift the lid on what Sports Day is really like behind the scenes.
Whether you're the ultra-competitive teacher, the one praying it doesn't rain, or the student who only turned up for the ice cream van, this episode is packed with laughs, nostalgia, and a reminder that sometimes the best school memories happen outside the classroom.
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22 Jun 2026
Professional Tea Maker Since Year 10: The Joys of Work Experience
Welcome to Chalkboard and Chill!
In this episode Larissa and Tom dive into the wonderfully unpredictable world of school work experience, the rite of passage that can either spark a lifelong career ambition… or leave you questioning every life choice you've ever made.
From awkward first days and questionable placements to the reality of trying to secure opportunities in today's world, they unpack why work experience still matters and how it's evolving post-pandemic. Along the way, they share hilarious stories from hospitality, education, and beyond, proving that sometimes the biggest lessons happen far away from the classroom.
Whether you're an educator organising placements, a student preparing for your first taste of the working world, or a parent wondering if your teenager will survive a week in an office, this episode is packed with practical advice, honest reflections, and plenty of laughs.
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