Home Video & Podcasts My Best Teacher My Best Teacher podcast: Gabrielle Back Subscriber-only My Best Teacher podcast: Gabrielle The pop icon talks about her school days and how one teacher’s enthusiasm for poetry led her to song-writing stardom 3rd September 2021, 8:30am Gráinne Hallahan Share My Best Teacher podcast: Gabrielle https://www.tes.com/magazine/video-podcasts/my-best-teacher/my-best-teacher-podcast-gabrielle Copy Link We chat to singer Gabrielle about her school days and the moments that influenced her, including: How her English teacher inspired a love of songwriting through poetry. A school exchange when she had her first exposure to the subject of psychology. A love of PE and her netball success. Discovering a passion for performing in school plays. Bringing music back into the classroom with The Big Sing. Listen below or through your podcast platform of choice via the following links: Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Google Podcasts. You need a Tes subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Log in You need a subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content, including: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more My Best Teacher podcast: Rhys Stephenson Dan Worth • 10th December 2021 My Best Teacher podcast: Tim Vine Dan Worth • 8th January 2021 My Best Teacher podcast: Lemn Sissay Dan Worth • 22nd January 2021 My Best Teacher podcast: Meera Syal Dan Worth • 5th February 2021 Recent Most read Most shared Holocaust education: Understanding sources of (mis)information Analysis 30 April 2024 How to reform childcare to truly benefit teachers Analysis 30 April 2024 Leadership: are you really being inclusive or just paying lip service? Leadership 30 April 2024 Teacher levelling-up payments: all you need to know News 25 April 2024 Poor behaviour hitting teaching and wellbeing, say most teachers News 25 April 2024 Keeping Children Safe in Education: how things may change Analysis 26 April 2024 TAs’ warning over increased teaching cover News 27 April 2024 3 steps to make sure your behaviour curriculum works Leadership 25 April 2024 How stand-up comedy classes gave a new insight into learning and teaching Teaching & Learning 28 April 2024