and i think we should now add: the role of art education is not only to develop the experience of future creatives, but to help pupils and students realise the benefits to mental wellbeing brought about through the making and engagement with art. Art education has a big job to do

Time for Labour to listen to all subject experts for Art, Craft & Design in their Curriculum Review in a way that the previous government never did. So many experts are ready to share their expertise and wisdom Prof Becky Francis Bridget Phillipson Campaign for the Arts Sarah Kilpatrick Guardian Education

Back at it! 4.45am get up to get to Warrington for the day, then onwards to Brighton for #eecera24

Great to have all of our EY colleagues join us from across The Challenge Academy Trust for an amazing and inspirational inset day. Thought provoking steeped in Educational research and evidence based practice. Thank you so much Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎

Delighted to share project on Creativity & The Arts in ELC and SAC The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth EECERA a full audience & meet colleagues centrointernazionale Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎 UK,Norway,Australia & Japan Atlantic Technological University ATU Galway City ATU Mayo ATUMayo_EarlyChildhood &student Aoife Gallagher ATU Donegal

#appreciation for all attending and organising #EECERA2024 I shared Early Education #SPACEtoFlourish that Cathy ‘Early Years’ Gunning FCCT 💎 and I work as a way of exploring what makes ‘professional development’ sustainable. #Artfulness #ThinkingEnvironment #sustainability #reciprocalformazione

What an honour to be be writing for Nursery World - 4 part series all about #intelligentmaterials

Great to highlight this work Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎 Early Education and to see you sharing this infographic perfectly summarising our project called 'SPACE to Flourish'. 💎SPACE = Supporting Pedagogies in Arts and Creativity Everywhere. Which enables us and #EYFS children to flourish

Yes - pop along if you have any questions ⬇️

Fantastic opportunity for arts projects in primary schools! Grants of up to £165,000 to support primary schools and arts organisations to work together to develop arts-based approaches to teaching & learning. ⬇️ phf.org.uk/tdf

Readying to launch into year 2 for our #SpaceToFlourish arts and creativity in early years participatory project Early Education with Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎 (photo) & me Cathy ‘Early Years’ Gunning FCCT 💎. SPACE = Supporting Pedagogies Arts & Creativity Everywhere so that all can #flourish in education 1/2

spot on. Schools & leaders looking for more information & support can get lots from Early Education Early Childhood Maths Froebel Trust & by followingEY experts such as Dr. Aaron Bradbury Ruth Swailes Laura Henry-Allain (She/her) Suzanne Zeedyk Dr Shaddai Tembo Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎 amongst many others

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Dr Penny Hay 🇪🇺🕊💙💚🌳🐝🦋🌹❤️🌈 Prof Becky Francis Bob&Roberta Smith YoungMinds So many advantages for health, creativity, confidence. I’m with you! We’re 1 yr in to our 4 yr #SpaceToFlourish project Early Education Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎 - Supporting Pedagogy in Arts & Creativity Everywhere. Hearing powerful transformational flourish stories from educators!

This week was the first day at CREC for our new MA students. Dr Chris Pascal welcomed everyone, introduced the MA & our community of practice. Reflective practice session was led by Debi Keyte-Hartland (Early Childhood)🎨🖌️💚🌳🌱🌎; Helen Lyndon provided details on academic skills & support to access BCU. #CREC

Thanks to Pete Moorhouse for inviting me to write with such a wonderful group!

Last chance to book tickets for this Thursdays Creativity in the Early Years session with Millie from Millie's Garden. Booking link below!

This is a great opportunity to hear the keynotes from the EECERA conference this past September.

Lovely example of Children's Mathematical Graphics, not recording. She is thinking her mathematics on paper. Thanks for this lovely example.

Article 3 on intelligent materials now out!