#30DaysWild Day 21: a lucky encounter to catch these mating #demoiselles #damselflies. We haven't seen as many by the river this year, but they just loved the sunshine today ☀️

#30DaysWild day 22: evening peace on the river. Swans and lilypads, watching fish rise and riverbank mammals splash from time to time. The banks are recovering from more floods than ever this year, with fishing platforms overtaken by brambles and fallen willow. #rivertees #nature

#30DaysWild Day 23: making the most of the weather for #wildswimming in the Tees. The water is still a bit chilly but so nice to have a dip and come out to warm sunshine! ☀️

#30DaysWild Day 24: Forest school stream dipping. Take nothing but photos. Leave nothing but (tiny) footprints 👣

#30DaysWild Day 25: Repeated experiences of natural places build confident, balanced approaches to risk taking. This fallen tree is a site for balancing, sliding, hopping... And importantly a stage to enact #bearhunt, which is retold every time she passes "swishyswashy" branches.

#30DaysWild Day 26: another lovely evening on the river, connecting with friends in nature and appreciating every beautiful moment 💞

#30DaysWild Day 27: Research by the river for Chapter 3: 'Inclusive & holistic practice in outdoor learning'. Reflecting on ways to support children's belonging, safety and sensory integration through #natureconnection. Inspired by damselflies & orchestral soundtracks of birdsong

#30DaysWild Day 28: a sad start to the day. This small strip in Yarm has been scalped by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council destroying a great range of #habitats, mammals and insects finding refuge there. Why?? It's not overgrowing a path or preventing access? Absolutely bereft #RestoreNatureNow

#30DaysWild Day 29: finding love in nature 💞

#30DaysWild Day 30: taking in peaceful beach vibes breathing in space while kids splash. This challenge has taught me to embrace the Art of Slow. And opened my eyes to tough times for nature. #silentspring was a big shock, but with our help to #RestoreNatureNow it will recover 🌱

These stones aren't stones. This stick is not a stick. Wonderful worlds full of meaning, awe and wonder are inscribed in the #forest through taking it #slow through unstructured #play. #naturalplay #forestschool #slowpedagogy

Just the most wonderful day at Developing Pupils’ Agency Conference York St John University. Fantastic to meet colleagues from our partnerships & #Finland exploring #transversalcompetencies #functionallearning. Outdoor learning, teacher autonomy & 'joy of learning' adding joyful inspiration

This buddleia should be full of butterflies, bees & other insects. Not a single creature on these beautiful blooms. #silentspring continues into #silentsummer. Can anyone offer insight into what's happening this year? It's very worrying ... Hopeful for swift return of the buzz🙏

What teachers can expect from Bridget Phillipson as education secretary: Tes magazine looks at her career and the statements she has made about schools tes.com/magazine/analy…

Felt v. optimistic visiting the capital this week. A great sense of change & positive energy flows from the centre. It will take #creativity & #togetherness will fix the mess we are in. Let's Channel #postivity with eyes to the future, not dwell on sesspool fuckups of the past.

Thoughts on the implications of Portugal’s efforts to make inclusion a centerpiece of educational policymaking. Strong messages here for our new UK government. We need radical change…… but it will take time! Source: International Education News search.app/qcMySbKJ7Wwzgi…

New article in Tes magazine about literacy and phonics. You can also hear Dominic Wyse introduce this latest research in Episode 12 of the Froebel Trust podcast: froebel.org.uk/training-and-r… "This idea that there's one way to teach children to learn to read is just not tenable..." #ECEC

📝 NEW BLOG POST When ‘compassion’ is not enough: an argument for adaptive critical pedagogy in higher education By Lucy Sors and Katy Bloom, York St John University Read here: bera.ac.uk/blog/when-comp…

Proud to be published in the #berablog this week - read about why we think "critical adaptive pedagogy" is needed in Higher Educational settings 👇

What's a butterfly bush without butterflies? This empty buddleia has been the sad reality for many of us across the UK this summer 🧵👇