We have been given a lovely welcome by The Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social for our ‘Welcome Back Breakfast!’. Thank you @carolinegordon.bsky.social for organising for our #UoEpgdep students! 🎄☕️

Last chance to sign up to join tonight’s @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social webinar. So looking forward to hearing from @markrpriestley.bsky.social and seeing Tom from @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social launch the first of our fantastic resources for teachers. Join us by registering on the link ⬇️

Wanting to know more about approaches to peace building and non-violent communication in schools? Join us for this session where we will explore strategies of engaging empathetically with global issues, helping staff and young people understand de-escalate conflict, and more. 🎟️ buff.ly/ENnNX9O

The 3rd session in our @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social PL series takes place on 26/11. Would love to see friends, colleagues, students and alumni there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curricular...

Last night’s session was a great opportunity to come together and consider ways to build courageous classrooms.❤️🕊️Grateful for opportunities to listen& learn alongside critically engaged colleagues. Education is never neutral! Join us @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social for the next webinar if you can!

Wishing our @morayhouse.bsky.social #UoEPGDEp students a fantastic start to their Early Years placements. Enjoy meeting your mentors, colleagues and the children you’ll be teaching and learning with! We can’t wait to hear how you get on!

🧵 Today is World Mental Health Day and a good time to stop and think about our own mental health as educators. What do we do to switch off and recharge? How do we protect and promote our own wellbeing so that we can thrive in a caring profession? 🌍💚 Colleagues, students, friends - I have a question…

Our #UoEPGDEp students are working with Dr Kathleen Forbes in a group #Place2Think session and focusing on anxiety in the classroom. Our partnership between @place2becharity.bsky.social and @morayhouse.bsky.social supports our student teachers to understand their own and their pupils’ mental health

Professional Learning opportunity today from @educationscotland.bsky.social - this may be of interest to our #uoepgdep cohort - education.gov.scot/events/hate-...

Grateful for this part of my commute to @morayhouse.bsky.social 🤩🌅

@kdarlingmcq.bsky.social and her relentless commitment to giving our students the best of the best immersion in play pedagogy⬇️ Such great session yesterday!

Seeing teachers, students and pupils using ideas from the book is SO exciting for me. These are fab backpacks full of regulation resources from P2! Thanks for sharing @jennamurray19.bsky.social This (and 99 other ideas 🤩) available here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas... @bloomsburyed.bsky.social

This Thursday 10th is World Mental Health Day 💚🗓️ A good time to reshare the practical, adaptable ideas I have collated for primary teachers and support staff in my book. (There’s also a discount @bloomsburyed.bsky.social just now!) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas...

We are here to fill this void. On Monday more than 65 educators joined our online webinar on tackling the far right with anti-racist education. We are following this up with another very soon on building courageous classrooms. All educators welcome. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-...

DIVERSITY IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION 1/The annual data report tracking #MinorityEthnic teacher nos 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has been published for 2025. Numbers remain stubbornly low with <2% of all teachers being #BAME. Still <1% are in any form of management position. Key points in the 🧵👇🏽 www.gov.scot/publications...

A great PL session with @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social Insights&practical ideas shared by @nuthmani.bsky.social and @jazzawi.bsky.social on social justice&anti-racism. Subscribe below & join us for the next session ‘The Politics of Neutrality in the Classroom’ educatorsforpeace.co.uk#call-to-action

STEAM Garden as a Provocation Day 2 has started 🌱 @morayhouse.bsky.social @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social and @jhanc89.bsky.social sharing a warm welcome ❤️

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A wonderful first session at our STEAM Garden as a provocation event at @morayhouse.bsky.social - a wonderful gathering of our widening community. Thank you @l0ur0col.bsky.social @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social @jhanc89.bsky.social for creating such a special opportunity for thinking and reframing. 🌱🎨💭

A space for collective action in hugely concerning times. The power of creating community spaces to share tools, ask questions and recognise the importance of anti-racist education. Join @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social on Monday 29th for this vital Professional Learning opportunity ⬇️

Our #UoEPGDEp IncludingAll mini-conference has started. @drsuechapman.bsky.social began with a clear opening message about belonging and mattering. @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social now asks questions about the ethics of care and the relational nature of teaching.Important and grounding messages for us all.

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And we’re off… #UoEPGDEp begins with a welcome from @drsuechapman.bsky.social and the programme team. We are all looking forward to working with the new cohort! Happy new academic year! 🤩

What a lovely day yesterday watching our #uoepgdep students graduate! One of my favourite parts of graduation is meeting the support teams who have championed each student throughout their time at University. Grateful for the chance to celebrate with the @morayhouse.bsky.social community. ❤️

I’m chuffed to be in great company here… some great books from @andrewcowley23.bsky.social @adrianbethune.bsky.social and @suecowley.bsky.social amongst others! Sale on til 11th July if you’re looking for a bargain! @bloomsburyed.bsky.social ⬇️

Was really interesting to join this session yesterday with @carolinegordon.bsky.social - there are so many connections to the work we do on the #uoepgdep programme. Some key takeaways:

Just leaving this here for any of our #UoEPGDEp students who might need a wee bit of fuel for presentation day tomorrow… 🤩🥐☕️

📢 “A school curriculum which does not reflect diversity or engage with topics of equality and representation presents an information vacuum which is being filled by online influencers who are often equipping young people with inaccurate, and sometimes extremist, information.”

We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative with a free online professional learning course for Scottish educators, to equip them with the knowledge & tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate. 💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...

Our #UoEPGDEp students enter their final week of 3rd placement today! 🤩 We’re looking forward to welcoming you back to campus next week. In the meantime… channel some ‘Mabel watching the birds’ focus and make the most of the last few days with your classes and mentors!

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Some really thoughtful community collage work from Group 4 today. #UoEPGDEp We represented emotions through texture, colour and tone while thinking about our role as teachers in supporting children’s co-regulation. 🌈💭

Eid Mubarak to all our #UoEPGDEP students and colleagues who are celebrating. 🌙

#RamadanDiaries Last few days now. Tmrw night observatories will need to try and observe the new moon. The rule is it must be cited by the naked eye. However, in most cases if it's not cited in the Arab world, most other places will follow that. So looks like #Eid may be on Monday.

#STEAM - Day 2 [take 2] - we turned our attention to soil…..it did not take long for the soil to change us. Transformations and connections being made across the #UoEPGDEp cohort @l0ur0col.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social

A great share @scotdeafteacher.bsky.social - I look forward to learning from this! @morayhouse.bsky.social #uoepgdep

#Ramadan2025 is just round the corner now. A colleague sent me this message the other day ☺️ (sharing with permission).It doesn't take too much to show kindness and compassion. What will u do to support children/staff? Some great resources here 👇🏽 🧵1/ www.trythisteaching.com/2018/05/rama..

I was pleased to visit this student-led exhibition @morayhouse.bsky.social today. The diversity in our learning community contributes to its rich culture. As the title reminds us, Our LGBTQ+ students and staff have always, and will always be here. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Wishing our #UoEPGDEp cohort a great start as they begin their placements today! Enjoy meeting your new classes and mentors. Exciting times ahead! 🤩

💖 i am running a two day summer school on linguistic justice for school teachers. it will be held in Manchester on June 12 & July 4. places are free, and travel etc is all fully funded. full details here, including how to express an interest in participating: ahead.mmu.ac.uk/2025/01/16/l... 💖

It’s been a whole year since publication day and receiving multiple ‘Congratulations but that’s definitely not your desk, it’s far too tidy/where’s the coffee?’ messages. Still really grateful for all the support and feedback (and still have a messy desk!). @bloomsburyed.bsky.social

They’re back! A great start to the week seeing our #UoEPGDEp students and the team come together at the Scottish Poetry library this morning for breakfast. Thank you @carolinegordon.bsky.social for organising such a warm welcome back!

So looking forward to seeing our #UoEPGDEp students again on Monday. ☕️🥐 and chat - no better way to start Health and Wellbeing week! ❄️☃️

Great Health and Wellbeing learning and teaching happening with our #UoEPGDEp students! Lovely to see this @morgantdr.bsky.social

It’s even more important now that we stand firm against racism, misogyny, transphobia. 1. Teach children about the rights of fellow human beings 2. Teach children to discern truth 3. Believe people when they say they have experienced prejudice 4. Commit to global action on climate change

It’s first placement start day for our #UoEPGDEp students! Wishing you all a positive start and lots of great opportunities to learn over the next 6 weeks! 🤩

This was a brilliant session - seeing colleagues engage and provoke deep thinking within our #UoEPGDEp cohort is such a privilege! @morayhouse.bsky.social

The wellbeing 🤓 in me couldn’t be more chuffed that #WMHD24 lands on a day when we have a HWB session with our #UoEPGDEp students. 💚A chance to think about protective factors for us and the children we teach! What helps you stay mentally healthy? Here are a few of my ways to wellbeing…

Grateful to @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social for bringing together such diverse voices to form our #UoEpgdeP Play Panel. My key takeaways (condensed!) include: be curious, know your why, build relationships, be creative with resources (♻️), notice where children’s interests lead and be kind to yourself!

Last night I had the privilege of listening to Bernardine Evaristo talk about her journey to becoming a writer. Themes of accessibility, representation, process, justice, voice and positivity were so powerful. Being immersed in listening is always so good for my soul! 🤩