Hi folks, please forward to any parents who'd like to meet with a delightful doctorate researcher who is exploring the relationship between persistent absence, schooling and mental health. Square Peg

Anna Fazackerley That comment alone has wiped out any faith I had left in the so-called Big Listen. It’s unforgivable to blame leaders and teachers instead of looking in the mirror. Shocking lack of humility.

Same with sch funding. Over the past decade cuts (which have impacted the whole syst) have disproportionately hurt schs in poorer areas. It’s noteworthy how this pattern filters into policies across sectors.

In Eng those promoting conservative sch/g practices, those enshrined for centuries (strict rules, set curricula, exams, punitive beh policies etc) constantly position themselves as (i) victims of attack by 'orthodoxy' (even though they ARE the orthodoxy) & (ii) revolutionaries.

Nice to see that House of Imagination is shortlisted for the Creative Bath Awards :)

Thanks so much to Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition for pulling this together!

Until we are able, as a society, to move away from 'judgement' + 'inspection' (as many nations have done) and embrace 'trust' + 'collaboration' we will continue to have school evaluation practices that cause massive harm. Alt approaches do exist- statesofmind.org/breaking-the-s…

Another day, another traumatised 15 yr old who's self-worth hits rock bottom, facing another yr & a half struggling to access learning, feeling constantly, in his words, 'stupid'. It's v hard, after 12 yrs listening to these stories. Shout out to all the fam's dealing with this.

Square Peg on the main stage at #SAASHOW . Who’d have think it?

Register your free place to join: invt.io/1txbiso454z Schools & Academies Show Jon Severs Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition Crown House Publishing Independent Thinking Dr Chris Bagley 👋 Ben Davis Steve B

Come along to this session tomorrow folks :)

#EarthDay

Let's all imagine a hopeful future - together 💚

Thank you Andrew Amondson for the beautiful poster.

“In both cases [Norway & Estonia] school evaluation is about support and collaboration, not surveillance and judgment.
More supportive approaches are not a pipe dream; they are business-as-usual in many places.”

“The impact on children is real. A report this month showed children in the western world are becoming increasingly unhappy and are “really struggling”. Parents and families also keep raising the alarm about the same issue.”

Great article by Dr Chris Bagley 👋

'Many teachers live in constant fear of poor results and Ofsted inspections. This creates an internalised experience of hyper-surveillance'

👁️ Dr Chris Bagley 👋
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Arts and Culture University of Exeter Positive Light Projects The Great Imagining Canopy Yoko Ono Look at this beauty by Mimi from Bath’s Young Green Creatives 💚

“Which many parents latch on to as the key…”

No. No they don’t.

Without exception, the parents I’ve spoken to in the last decade don’t ‘ latch on to’ OFSTED.

Stop using us as your excuse, whipping boy, fall guy.

Ofsted Sir Martyn Oliver Department for Education

One of the funniest parts of hitchhiking is that many who pick you up say:

'It must be so hard to hitchhike these days... does anyone even pick you up?'

This is hilarious when you hear it from a half-dozen people in a single day of hitchhiking, and they often say it while they

Dream team meeting today! 💚🌈 ForestofImagination®