Play is the way! Yes it is.
14.03.2026 14:03
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Sounds wonderful!
Yes. Where I live (Luton) is a bit less picturesque, but a lot easier to head to the theatre for the evening!
gentle reminder that the national theatre is streaming the importance of being earnest in about 50 minutes! (yes that performance where ncuti gatwa wears a gorgeous pink gown) ✨️🏳️🌈
youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8?...
Ah, this was such a great production. My wonderful friend took me to see it for a birthday treat and got us the most amazing seats. The cast were mesmerising!
This is me. I'm essentially a walking, talking plant. Sun please!
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere
I dust my house. My AI robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
🎶"These fan letters say otherwise, just count them.
153 thousand or more."
"They're all from upcycled toasters you've programmed."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
With a few tweaks the whole thing fits.
(Forgive my edits! I spent far too long trying to make this work)
🎶I dust my house. My AI robot watches.
"It should be you," despair I,"doing this."
"Can't." It responds, "I'm writing books for Primark."
"That's not the reason you exist my robot friend."
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I was telling my teenager about this just last week! She thought it was hilariously excellent 😎
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Entitlement is not just literacy, numeracy & keeping children safe, though it is never less than that. Entitlement is the whole childhood a public service is supposed to protect. If we only guarantee what is examined, we quietly teach a bleak lesson about whose lives are allowed to be wide.
Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.
Two of Onfim’s works. On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork. On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with “I am a wild beast.”
Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.
Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.
Nice AI-image-generating tool, but it will never be as great an artist as Onfim, a child who lived in the Novgorod Republic in the mid-1200s and who scribbled these drawings and schoolwork writings on birch bark at the age of 6 or 7.
🐺✨ WORLD BOOK DAY IS COMING… ✨🐺 and I’ve got you covered. I’ve put together some easy Moonhaven Chronicles dressing-up guides so your keen readers can transform into their favourite character in time for the big day.
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These are delightful! Thanks for sharing!
Today is the last day to read this piece for free.
It might work quite well as an intro to my writing for people who only know it via Bluesky.
P.S. It's much better if you read it all the way to the end.
I mean, I would say that, but I promise: it really does.
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Yes - far too many children are expected to do things they are developmentally not ready for, and we wonder why so many present with additional needs!
We have to understand the link between the SEND Review and the curriculum review. A developmentally appropriate Primary curriculum built from EYFS up is essential to help us meet needs - we can’t be all things to all people - but doing curriculum properly now will support inclusion.
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
Tom's threads are always worth reading.
Always.
Really.
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
Thank you. It made us laugh so much!
Please read this and then watch the video. It is just too good. I scrolled back through 10 hours of my time line to find it again to show Mark.
My 13-year-old was cackling with delight reading this extract! We're both very excited to read the book when it comes out
This a thousand times. A thousand times.
The outcome is not the same thing as the process. Just because learning results in changes in memory doesn't mean that retrieving information is all you focus on. Motivation matters! If you want children and young people to love learning you have to help them understand that it's joyful. ☺️ #EduSky
So sorry, how dreadful. Sending love x
If we want more people to join the Early Years workforce, we need to bring back the JOY.
Not the paperwork.
Not the pressure.
Not the constant proving.
The joy of being with children.
Play. Development. Connection.
Pay matters. But so do conditions.
We can change this.
#EarlyYears #PlayMatters
