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 How understanding teacher impact can solve retention woes Analysis 17 July 2024 Improving education standards slips down priority list for Scots News 16 July 2024 GCSE English ‘not fit for purpose’, say experts News 16 July 2024 A new plan to end the reading wars Teaching & Learning 14 July 2024 School uniform costs: How things could change under Labour Leadership 15 July 2024 OCR review set to call for curriculum and exams overhaul News 15 July 2024 Disadvantaged students ‘2 years behind’ by end of secondary News 16 July 2024 Ofsted ‘is facing an existential crisis’ News 12 July 2024 School uniform costs: How things could change under Labour Leadership 15 July 2024