Merry #Christmas to all who celebrate at this time of year! Thank you for following, you're all very much appreciated 👏 ❣️!!!

Each year I make a charity donation in lieu of sending xmas cards This year my donation went to the @lgbtfunduk.bsky.social Donor Circle to support UK grassroots LGBT+ groups If you are able to support you can donate at donorbox.org/lgbt-fund-do...

The sheer amount of effort that goes into making Christmas special in primary is amazing! Primary colleagues are unreal! Enjoy your break!

My first attempt at negative-space painting A light wash, & sea salt, followed by numerous layers of blue-green watercolor, reserving the lights as each successive layer of leaves get darker & deeper in tone #ArtAdventCalendar #Watercolor

The original and only Womensart - Art posted every single day, 365 days a year, for almost a decade....!Thanks to the artists for so much create genius.....♀️ 💜 Thanks to you...one of more than half a million followers... 💜 !! 🫶🙏

Fern #scapes for #BlueSky Friday #scape day 🌿 #Ferns are an example of #fractals in #nature, showing self-similarity, where the overall structure is repeated in smaller scales. 🪴 #photography #BlueskyNature #PhotographersofBluesky #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #BlueskyPhotography #PhotoHour

Delighted that our Power Portraits are to be our submission from Barlow Hall Primary School to Chorlton Arts Festival 2026 @cafchorlton.bsky.social

Key dates: • Abstract deadline: Friday 23 January 2026 • Notification: Friday 6 February 2026 • Conference: Saturday 21 March 2026 Enquiries: [email protected] Join the conversation: #ATACL26 @nsead.bsky.social

A #red postbox, phone box and brick #wall for #ColorADay & #WallsOnWednesday. ❤️ Seen in the city of #Hull. #flowers #RedWed #WindowsOnWednesday #ArtYear #PhotoHour #StormHour #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyPhotography #Blueskykin #photography #photooftheday #BlueskyCommunity

Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday & #RockinTuesday! 🌳🪨 Seen at Padley Gorge, an ancient woodland (Peak District). #rocks #moss #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyPhotography #Blueskykin #photography #naturephotography #trees #treetrunks #nature #BlueskyNature #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour

It’s an incredible resource! Imaginative and really clear process for adults and children to create at home! I gave it a 5 star review 🤩🤩🤩

I think the painting of the branch this kingfisher is sitting on is one of the best examples of watercolour I’ve seen a child do. It’s beautiful - look at the range of colours #primaryart #watercolour #thelostwords

Year 6 painting focus. Icebergs. Linked to climate activism human impact. Children learned about climate artists David McEown. Children chose watercolour or acrylic. So proud of their confident brushwork! @sophieleach.bsky.social @darrellwakelam.bsky.social @penahay.bsky.social #PrimaryArt

I had a fabulous day today at West Moors Middle School, working with groups from Year 5, 6, 7 and 8. We took inspiration from the work of Keith Haring, creating our own 'human pyramid' as part of a teamwork display. 😎 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #KeithHaring

Follow recommendation: Georges Braque @artistbraque #georgesbraque #braque

This article really is a must read for anyone who works in #SEND in England.

🤓🕷️ Spiders are the OG web developers! Find out how our multi-legged friends build their webs (no softwares needed!) Learn more about spiders with this seasonal exhibit now open until November 30!

One day I will have a windfall and be able to bring @darrellwakelam.bsky.social to Orkney 😍🤩🤞

Today, I’ve been working with the Year 5 classes at Birchwood Primary. They are reading ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman, so using that as inspiration, we made Sir Ironsoul, the mechanical knight from the story. 🤩 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

This was so incredibly moving, thank you Portia and all guests.

A visit to Shakespeare’s Schoolroom & Guildhall will introduce your students to the building where the world’s greatest playwright went to school, first experienced professional theatre & where he’s said to have written his first work. shorturl.at/msV3P

We are loving maths week! We have been exploring patterns using “jelly beans” outside on the tuff trays and using our bodies to follow patterns on the floor. We also noticed numerals on the floor and have been moving in different ways to get across to the other side. @dalmainps.bsky.social

Sharing is caring! 😉 @dalmainps.bsky.social @dalmainpseyfs.bsky.social

We really enjoyed reading our key text this week ‘How many Jelly Beans?’ this morning. We then had a go at estimating how many jelly beans there are in our class jar. There were so many guesses, from twenty to one trillion! @dalmainps.bsky.social @ncetm.bsky.social

Hello, Bluesky! We’re so excited to join Bluesky 🌤️ Here at Dalmain Primary School, we’re all about curiosity, kindness, and community. Follow us for school highlights, updates, and a glimpse of the wonderful learning happening every day. Adventure 🗺️ • Acceptance 🤝🏽 • Teamwork 💪🏾

We are so excited to be celebrating a whole week of maths next week for #MathsWeek! The whole school will be reading ‘How many Jelly Beans?’ by Andrea Menotti. Get ready for some exciting maths activities next week on our Bluesky account. #MathsIsEverywhere #MathsFun #STEM 🫘

Aya Tarek, Egyptian street and mural artist from the city of Alexandria who creates outdoor art to be accessible to all #WomensArt

Awesome sketchbook work from our Y6 children who will be painting icebergs using watercolour techniques or acrylics and pallet knives. Today focused on research and studying our focus artists. They can’t wait to get started!

‪Your art challenge cheat sheet for Nov 2–9! NEW: #FestiveDailyRobin (daily until Dec) Host list + post from them in the comments #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

Day 300 of #365DaysOfSmiles Wait, this smells like a treat, but tastes like watery disappointment

So proud! Children in Y5 have used dry brushwork & acrylic to paint these beautiful compositions inspired by Hubble photographs & artists Lucien Rudaux, Chris Rivers & Cathrin Machin. @sophieleach.bsky.social @darrellwakelam.bsky.social @penahay.bsky.social @artukdotorg.bsky.social #PrimaryArt

I am so proud of Y6, powerful images from our WW2 drawing focus studying iconic photography including Lee Miller and Robert Capa and the art of Henry Moore and Paul Nash. Super proud 🤩 @sophieleach.bsky.social @artteachjess.bsky.social @darrellwakelam.bsky.social @penahay.bsky.social #PrimaryArt

Female workers in US steel mills, WW2 (c.1942) were a subject for photographer Margaret Bourke-White. They were known as 'Rosies' based on the 'Rosie the Riveter' icon, which represented women who worked in factories and shipyards when men were absent in war #WomrnsArt

'Blood-Red Fire-Sky over Redcar' Paint : Oil Pastel Northern Art at Wilson55 Viewing Days Tomorrow & Wednesday www.wilson55.com/auction/deta...

I know I don’t often share my ‘other’ artwork here, but tributes to the legends deserve an exception… ‘’What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Dr Jane Goodall.

Sometimes I like quick results, sometimes I like a challenge. 😁😅 This ship is made entirely from recycled cardboard tubes. darrellwakelam.com #edusky

City of Fire and Beautiful Bricks’ Exhibition at The Glosthouse, Longton. Stoke-On-Trent. www.theglosthouse.co.uk An ongoing exhibition of Works both new, and never before exhibited. Painting : Drawing : Collage. Poetry : @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social #Stoke100 #SoT100

This is a must for any upper primary class (or S1 class) exploring pattern and sequences. This square is amazing - everytime I think I've found all the patterns, another one appears!

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting 2/20 Love Is In The Air - Banksky (2003)

Ruby Silvious, contemporary artist who utilises the teabag as her canvas #womensart #SundayMorning

Happy #Bluesky #Stunday! #Paintings with warm #orange in it for #ColorADay 🧡🍊🥕 'Links around the world' & 'Lifelines'. #OrangeSunday #ArtChallenge #BlueskyCommunity #BlueskyDaily #WestCoastKin #ArtYear #BlueskyMonday #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #art #BlueSkyArtist #artist #painting #abstract

Painter Jacob Lawrence was born on this day in 1917. Here I am at the New Orleans Museum of Art with one of his paintings from the Black Orpheus exhibition.

Vasily Kandinsky, Small Worlds VII (Kleine Welten VII), 1922 #europeanart #museumarchive

Get your weekly art boost with the Art UK newsletter 💌 This week's newsletter focused on Surrealism 👉 buff.ly/LttUZ9m Subscribe for more 👉 buff.ly/bLUKzEq 'The Late Sleeper' by Conroy Maddox (1912–2005) © the artist's estate. 📷 The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

U is for Underground ------ 'View Subterranea: Piccadilly Circus' (2023) by Rebecca Coleman rebeccacoleman.co.uk

When people who you admire share kind words, it means the world. Thank you, Canon Marlene Wylie, for your incredible support and for recommending my book. ​https://www.routledge.com/Exploring-your-Further-Education-Teacher-Identity-A-CPD-Toolkit/Cairns/p/book/9781032803678

If you missed it, yesterday's Guardian Weekend was an absolute banger, not least because of this.

‘In our species’ history, the urge to shape matter predates language. Sculpture is the most resistant and atavistic of all artforms, but it is also the most radical’ artreview.com/antony-gorml...

A brilliant article and much needed reminder for me this week in finding hope!