Outdoor learning. Author, Associate Lecturer HE. Forest school leader. Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.
Joined January 2010
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I handed in the manuscript for my first book this week. My dad, an author, just brought this round for me...🥰
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There are now novelists banned in Britain for their political opinions. And note the banned opinion is … opposing a genocide
I love these books - this is the third and, apparently, final one. 😢 The series came out of the friendship between writer Lucy Strange and artist Pam Smy, who both have a love of the gothic genre and all things spooky - an amazingly successful collaboration. @WalkerBooksUK
This is a seriously funny book! It's aimed at the 6-9 age group and that must be my humour level because I laughed out loud many times. 🙈 Readers are invited to help Buck and Ears solve the case and save them from a horrible fate... @WalkerBooksUK
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Y2 boy’s first day, he’s never been to school before. At the end of the day, I see him. You ok, I ask.
I had a great day, he beams.
Excellent, I say, you can do it again tomorrow.
He stops. I’m not coming back tomorrow, he says.
I laugh out loud. Oh my lovely lad, I say, you are.
What a beautiful space Bretforton Theatrebarn is! Saw Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett) there last night, directed by Stockard Channing and starring David Westhead. Very powerful indeed. Had a chat with David as he was packing away at the end, what a lovely person.
Managed to badly strain a calf muscle jumping on a garden spade 🙈 and wasn't able to walk on it for a short while. Finally able to walk up a local hill and see the wild horses...🥰
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While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended.
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
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EXCL: Andy Burnham will take the first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control - announcing a new government-backed body to invest in the electricity grid.
PM will announce the creation of GB Grid, which will use money previously allocated to Great British Energy to compete with privately owned companies such as National Grid.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Fascinating discussion with Eleanor Anstruther about her book Fallout, which is apparently the only fiction book based on the Greenham Common protests. I actually visited the protests as a child with my mum! @herefordfest
Such a fascinating talk by @CharlieEnglish1 as part of @HerefordFest about the CIA scheme to infiltrate millions of banned titles into the Eastern Bloc. It was emotional hearing a Ukrainian audience member describe the powerful impact of reading a smuggled copy of Animal Farm.
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'In my garden' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Had a lovely day at my Master's graduation! Wonderful to celebrate with other graduates at @WorcesterUni The focus of my dissertation was on outdoor learning to re-engage KS2 children at risk of permanent exclusion from school - there is a real gap in this research.
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A massive thank you to the University of Worcester for honouring me with a Honorary Doctorate of Letters today. I am truly honoured & humbled to have received this award. It is a privilege to be recognised in this way, and I am incredibly grateful for this special moment. Toyah x
I love @RichardAyoade 's books, always so quirky, clever and funny. The illustrations are superb. Definitely for older pupils and KS2 will appreciate not being talked down to... @WalkerBooksUK
This is such a gorgeous collection of @MichaelRosenYes 's best loved poems, with illustrations by Quentin Blake, Yasmeen Ismail, Polly Dunbar, Bob Graham and Ken Wilson-Max. It's just an absolute joy and would make a beautiful gift. @WalkerBooksUK
I mean, it's by @MichaelRosenYes ! I cd just end there! In all seriousness, this book sums up cats so well (we are here to serve them!) it's so funny, and children will love the rollercoaster of emotions. This will prompt lots of lovely discussions... @WalkerBooksUK
As soon as I picked this book up, I could hear the sound of guinea pigs wheeking in my head! Such a charming, funny book and the final page was a fantastic surprise. Just so adorable... @WalkerBooksUK
