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Juliet Robertson
@creativestar.bsky.social
Retired Education Consultant: Outdoor Learning & Play. Former HT. Author: Dirty Teaching, Messy Maths. Blogger: See linktr.ee/creativestar. Churchill Fellow. D.Ed. (Hon) from @qmuniversity.bsky.social. Living with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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I've just created an outdoor learning and play enthusiasts starter pack. Let me know if you want to be added. Experiments never fail... go.bsky.app/BUwWDT2 #EYFS
#eyoutdoors #playworkers #forestschool #childrennature
#outdoored #riskyplay #primaryoutdoors #KS1outdoors #KS2outdoors
The "Pass-it-on" Experiment - let me know your thoughts TIA open.substack.com/pub/julietro...
The "Pass-it-on" Experiment
A Blood Lines fun fundraiser.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Planning ahead for Outdoor Classroom Day? 🌳

Teaching outdoors doesn't have to be complicated. This free resource from @creativestar.bsky.social offers a ready-to-go activity that helps children connect with nature & find calm: buff.ly/f2f2TqM

Find more like this in #DirtyTeaching: buff.ly/Em34F0e
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Surprise of the evening! I am featured on RADIO 4's PICK of the WEEK
It's the final pick of the show 37m 54s. No idea that was going to happen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #BloodLines #cancer #cancerpoetry #cancerstories #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #terminal #illness
Pick of the Week - James Crawford - BBC Sounds
James Crawford presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Delighted to be featured on Radio Scotland's Out-of-Doors programme last Saturday. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #outdoor #cancer #geese #poetry #blether
Out of Doors - A Kitchen Garden, the Trossachs Explorer and 200 Years of the Modern Railway - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Thank you Radio Scotland Out-of-Doors programme for creating a podcast from our blether about outdoor learning, impact of the outdoors on ourselves and much more. Listen at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #outdoor #learning #education #cancer #geese #poetry #blether #leukaemia
BBC Sounds - Music. Radio. Podcasts
Listen without limits, with BBC Sounds. Catch the latest music tracks, discover binge-worthy podcasts, or listen to radio shows - all whenever you want.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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We are so proud of our pupils for stepping out of their comfort zones — it’s not easy, but that’s where growth happens 😃 Spotting a Lighthouse too is amazing 🥾 🌊 🐚
#OutdoorLearning #ComfortZone
#UNCRCArticle31
Lovely day with Outdoor Education on a coastal walk in South Queensferry. We explored the area, asked lots of questions, took a mindful moment listening to the waves. We managed to walk 5K.
@ghslighthouse.bsky.social we even spotted a lighthouse.
@grangemouthhs.bsky.social @drmatheson.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The National Poetry Centre in Leeds - really looking forward to this become a reality. More info on their website nationalpoetrycentre.org.uk
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September 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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7 essential principles for outdoor learning in Scottish schools, from @creativestar.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
7 essential principles for outdoor learning in Scottish schools
Class teachers must be given flexibility to go out into school grounds and beyond, says leading outdoor-learning expert Juliet Robertson
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September 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Worthwhile. Got my first newsletter today - very good summary.
The free weekly Tes Scotland email newsletter returns this p.m. after a festive break - make it your resolution to sign up if you haven't already. It's the best way to keep up with Scottish edu news and analysis from me and @emmaseith.bsky.social tes.com/magazine/new...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Delighted to see another positive review about #BloodLines esp. the comment "Unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library cancer and medical issues..." #cancer #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology
Delighted to see #BloodLines by Juliet Robertson (@blood-lines.bsky.social) reviewed in the Midwest Book Review!

This moving poetry collection exploring her journey with cancer offers comfort & hope, plus all royalties go to charity.

👉 Read more: buff.ly/4S5j2ZF

📖 Get the book: buff.ly/n7GJYHV
September 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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So lovely to finally be joining Bluesky with the happy news that my debut poetry collection Nettles is out now! 🌿

To celebrate its launch, signed copies are available here nazaretranea.com/item/nettles/
July 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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This event is worth supporting, given the poor proportions of minority ethnic teachers (and especially leaders) in the Scottish school system - 'History and future of BME Teachers in Scotland', Monday, October 6, Strathclyde Uni

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-an... @nuthmani.bsky.social
History and future of BME Teachers in Scotland
Celebrating the history and contributions BME educators and teachers have made in Scotland.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Who’s excited for the dazzling display on offer this #autumn? 🍂

From Harebell to Bramble and Scarlet Waxcap to Honey Fungus - it’s going to be a good show!🍄

Lookout for these flowers and fungi this September - and download our FREE spotter sheet👇
https://loom.ly/n_JtLLM

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September 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Forest School Training at Chartham in Kent. Term 2. November 2025. Check fsli.co.uk for full details! We'd love to see you here!
September 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Replanting our apple tree involved digging a BIG hole, planting filling & treading down the soil & sweeping up. Understanding how nature works. Holistic learning #beingme @intfroebelsociety.bsky.social @sachapowell.bsky.social @lintonlass.bsky.social @marcellatowler.bsky.social @roddi33.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Unknown artist. Gift 18: Peas work (Kindergarten material based on the educational theories of Friedrich Froebel). c.1880-1900 📸MoMA
August 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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An opportunity to develop place-based learning practice and explore your local spaces! @creativestar.bsky.social @edscotlfs.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reading and writing poetry was and still is a cathartic release for managing all the ins and outs of cancer. What creative activities do you do when coping with adversity? www.buzzsprout.com/2512967/epis...
#BloodLines #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #creativewriting #haematology #oncology
Taking Action with the real David Cameron and Juliet Robertson - Taking Action
This episode is with the remarkable Juliet Robertson. It focusses on her collection of poetry, Blood Lines, which deals with the trauma of living with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. The book is aston...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Claim your free pea seeds, plant them with your second level learners, and bring measurement and data recording to life using our engaging learning pack. rhet.org.uk/teachers/pro...

@edscotsciences.bsky.social #STEMNation #growyourown
September 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Yes, finally an update... the last few months haven't gone to plan. Will do a Caring Bridge one in due course. julietrobertson.substack.com/p/blood-line...
#BloodLines #Cancer #poetry #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology #BooksThatMatter
Blood Lines - An update!
Thanks goodness this blog is not a library book - otherwise I'd be fined
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September 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This is a brilliant book and every school needs a copy... challenges a lot of myths and assumptions but positive about changes in practice.
August 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As part of @mathsweek.scot there is an adult (any adult) and a secondary school category for writing fibs. Entries can be submitted 1st Sep to 3 October 2025. More detail in the weblink mathsweek.scot/schools/math... #poetry #competition #ScottishPoetry
Fibonacci Poetry Contest - Maths Week Scotland
For our poetry contest, we are inviting young people of secondary school age, as well as independent adults, to write their own poem based on the Fibonacci Sequence.
mathsweek.scot
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM