Senior Lecturer in Primary ITE. Passionate about value of Expressive Arts to close the gap. Culturally responsive pedagogy & teacher voice. Views mine.

Windsor, South East
Joined February 2014
Carolyn Hopkins retweeted
It is no secret that the arts have been going through a tough time in recent years. But a major new report we're publishing today with the @uniofwarwick’s @CCMPSWarwickUni shows that things are even worse than we thought.  Read it now: campaignforthearts.org/repor…
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Labour bringing focus back to Drama, Art and Music in the Primary curriculum 🎉 This will transform millions of children’s life chances. At ⁦@TeachStMarys⁩ we have never wavered in our focus on the value of Expressive Arts @National_Drama@accessart theguardian.com/education/ar…
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Have never had to queue to vote at ‘rush hour! in our village- ever. Until this evening. #GeneralElection2024
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We’re delighted to share that the School of Education at St Mary’s has once again retained its Ofsted Outstanding rating in all categories for Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training! Find out more at stmarys.ac.uk/news/2024/ofst… Read the report: files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/…
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Carolyn Hopkins retweeted
The chatter in the corridors after your session was wonderful @moffat_andrew - the work you do is so incredibly impactful for our students and the children they teach. Thank you for your time and wisdom! @TeachStMarys
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A really valuable and inciteful day with @CWEStMarys , identifying the need to make the space in CPD, curriculum and staff timetables for supporting grieving children in the ways that they need.
“It is OK to feel angry or sad, don’t pressure children to be happy” Paige McCarthy at #BereavementEd One in every 29 children will lose a parent, carer or sibling - one in every primary school classroom. @StMarysU @AnnaLiseGordon @winstonswish
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Carolyn Hopkins retweeted
Still time to register for this⬇️ We would love you to join us! @TeachStMarys @janechambers04 @AnnaLiseGordon @letsjustwaitfor @sannah71 🌟
Come and join us for an hour of teachers, school leaders and lecturers sharing practical ideas for wellbeing! Register here stmarys.zoom.us/meeting/regi… and DM if you have an idea to share - we have a couple of presentation slots left!
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Carolyn Hopkins retweeted
Excited to be sharing at the event! @JaninePavlisDT and I will be sharing our work on making, tinkering and interactive design in computing and D&T
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Such rich and exciting learning shared today by our Primary Education students- all things well-being, resilience and the tribal classroom. Their pupils are so very lucky to have these practitioners with them in school! @TeachStMarys @WBRStMarys
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Carolyn Hopkins retweeted
Really excited to be hosting this FREE event for our @TeachStMarys partnerships schools and others that want to hear about our research! Please join us if you can. @johnmarkprice @claremartin333 @MissJGM @VikiVeale @JaninePavlisDT @gemmafcass @SarahBatty25
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Excited for this! Our Primary Foundation Degree students on everything teacher and pupil well-being! @TeachStMarys @WBRStMarys
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So many of us, for so long have intrinsically known, and felt this. Paula Briggs @accessart positions it with a new and helpful lens: Alpha and beta brain states. Could this science begin to create change? I feel a PhD coming on! accessart.org.uk
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Carolyn Hopkins retweeted
The Centre for Wellbeing in Education is now officially up and running! If you are an educator, know an educator or share an interest in wellbeing, please share. All are very welcome! Registration link and QR below! @CWEStMarys
Please register to join us for our Centre for Wellbeing in Education Launch Webinar on 1st May at 4pm. We look forward to sharing plans for the CWE and hearing from Sinéad McBrearty, CEO @EdSupportUK All welcome! stmarys.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Our Primary Education students immersed in #outdoorlearning. Designing, whittling, testing, evaluating, measuring…we tapped into five Primary Curriculum subjects and enjoyed really happy cross curricular learning! @TeachStMarys @WBRStMarys #creativepedagogy
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Vital @Cremcyastmarys webinar today @DrCEJohnston exploring alternative provision and SEN young men’s social/cultural capitals. Such important work
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This feeling…☺️ When you just had a whole day of CPD with @AdrianBethune I learned so much and my understanding of #wellbeing in the primary classroom is deeper and richer. So much to bring back to @TeachStMarys for our primary trainees. Thank you, Adrian!
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Thank you @BERANews for publishing our article on supporting the wellbeing student teachers, and their pupils, through the Expressive Arts, also through module design and approach to assessment #ITT #HEAssessment#studentwellbeing @TeachStMarys @WBRStMarys @Katfox40
📝 NEW BLOG POST Wellbeing through the expressive arts: Supporting both student teachers and pupils in the classroom @TeachStMarys @katfox40 @letsjustwaitfor Read here: bera.ac.uk/blog/wellbeing-th…
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