Riverside Cottage Nursery | Teaching Fellow & PhD Student @EdinburghUni | Interests in Sustainability, Froebel, Children's Rights + Perspectives, Geographies
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Joined October 2014
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Our new book! 'The Power of Froebel in Early Childhood Education: Exploring Ideas, Practice, and Impact in Scotland'.
To get a copy with 20% off, use discount code 25AFLY3 here - Www.routledge.com/9781032916…
An honour to help pull together this rich work from great authors!
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1889 anti Irish racist propaganda from America. Highlighting our supposed inability to assimilate with other immigrants due to our innately violent, religious extremist and terroristic nature
Coming to the end of an Education Scotland (HMIE) Inspection... feedback tomorrow...
Tune in for some reflections on the process of a short inspection of an outdoors-based early years space.
(Spoiler: a pretty positive experience with acknowledgements and caveats!).
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Please #retweet/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝
Again let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to & detrimental to genuine bee saving.
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"A total of 549 staff at the University of Edinburgh signed the letter, which was sent to senior management on Friday afternoon." Staff represent EVERY college at @EdinburghUni. Coverage by
@ScotNational
- thenational.scot/news/243115…
#DivestNOW #CeasefireNOW #RafahUnderAttack
ALT A letter from the Staff and Post Graduate Researchers (PGRs) at the University of Edinburgh asking senior Management to divest from unethical investments in Israel.
Asking a huge favour from anyone who has ever visited, worked with, or researched at Riverside Cottage Nursery - please sign our petition to save our nursery! chng.it/vSXKfDbcJ7 1/3
Despite our long history in our community, and the impact of our work with children and families (as well as the many research, training, policy and publication contributions over the years) we are facing potential closure from West Lothian councillors. 2/3
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#UNCRCScotland has received Royal Assent and is now officially the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024!
The substantive parts come into force 6 months from today (unless @scotgov commences early)
legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/…
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The @scotgov has published 'Guidance on Taking a Children's Rights Approach' This guidance will provide information and resources to support public authorities and other organisations to implement a children’s human rights approach. Read it here: gov.scot/publications/guidan…
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Public Lecture by Dr. Sharon Todd – Worlding Pedagogies: Educational and Aesthetic Encounters in the Time of Climate Emergency – The Pedagogist Network of Ontario pedagogistnetworkontario.com…
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I spoke to three Edinburgh University students who say their hopes and spirits have been 'broken' by repeated disruptions to their education over the last four years, with the uni's marking boycott response the latest 'slap in the face' scotsman.com/education/edinb…
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So simple, yet so much going on here. Great for both children and adults to have the experience of reading to/with our nursery dog available to us everyday for the last almost 11 years. After some time unwell, it's like therapy to spend this time!
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Please read; the most important piece I've written. Mass poisoning has suddenly killed off most sea life for 30 miles by the Tees. The govt claims it's natural; ind scientists warn it's manmade. The govt is desperate not to inquire too deeply as its freeport policy is at stake.
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Great from @_HannahRitchie with clear message that cultivated meat has much lower carbon impact than meat ( don’t forget the multiple other benefits- reduced land, water take, lower pollution, lower chemicals,medicines use, much lower ecological impact) hannahritchie.substack.com/p…
A child's quote from Riverside Cottage Nursery's Care Inspection report: "I love the hammock, it's like floating in the sky".
Noticing all the many little insights like this every day, really help bring adults into how children experience their spaces 😀
ALT Image showing child's quote stating "I love the hammock, it's like floating in the sky"
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A wonderful in person thought provoking @froebelfutures Practitioner Inquiry course session this evening exploring Children’s Perspectives. Thank you to the lovely @LynnMcNair & @LukeJAddison & to all the #FabFalkirkFroebelians for your commitment & passion to learn 💗
Really pleased to be in a room with a bunch of thoughtful Froebelians, discussing children's perspectives, voices & silences, developing skills as researcher-practitioners! I always come away with so much! @froebelfutures @FroebelTrust @LynnMcNair
Day 2 of Froebel and Slow Pedagogy with Alison Clark. Some really intetesting thoughts from colleagues on slow practices in different environments, with different materials, etc. Slow mealtimes @FalkirkFroebel @FalkirkELC have inspired lots of reflective chat!
Developing posters in Greece, thinking about Froebel's principles - how they make us feel, examples from practice and current challenges in our practice/policy contexts, reflections on how principles might help the process of change @froebelfutures @LynnMcNair @FroebelTrust
