Dominic Gunn
@dominicgunn.bsky.social
Early Childhood Education, Symbolic Play (also known as learning, or ‘play’ - I’m calling it ‘plearning’), Creativity, Justice.
Organizations: Early Education, SEBDA, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy 0-11 at UCL
Also @Edtangled, on the old platform!
Organizations: Early Education, SEBDA, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy 0-11 at UCL
Also @Edtangled, on the old platform!
Brotastic Bubblenomics by Carole Cadwallader.
Sometimes we have to work hard to make visual aids work. But when we do…
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Sometimes we have to work hard to make visual aids work. But when we do…
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Brotastic Bubblenomics by Carole Cadwallader.
Sometimes we have to work hard to make visual aids work. But when we do…
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Sometimes we have to work hard to make visual aids work. But when we do…
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Non-linear progress in Early Years.
The National Strategies, 2008.
Clearly accepted that educators can incorrectly or incompletely assess ‘progress’ if under-trained and reliant on linear assessment models.
We’re not doing that now, are we? Especially with SEND, or non-SEND learning differences?
The National Strategies, 2008.
Clearly accepted that educators can incorrectly or incompletely assess ‘progress’ if under-trained and reliant on linear assessment models.
We’re not doing that now, are we? Especially with SEND, or non-SEND learning differences?
July 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Non-linear progress in Early Years.
The National Strategies, 2008.
Clearly accepted that educators can incorrectly or incompletely assess ‘progress’ if under-trained and reliant on linear assessment models.
We’re not doing that now, are we? Especially with SEND, or non-SEND learning differences?
The National Strategies, 2008.
Clearly accepted that educators can incorrectly or incompletely assess ‘progress’ if under-trained and reliant on linear assessment models.
We’re not doing that now, are we? Especially with SEND, or non-SEND learning differences?
The purpose and the process of education should be the same - Yana Manyukhina, after Dewey.
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The purpose and the process of education should be the same - Yana Manyukhina, after Dewey.
Overhead at 10:03pm for all you locals! And Samatha Harvey fans.
May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Overhead at 10:03pm for all you locals! And Samatha Harvey fans.
I’ve obviously known her since she was born but I’m still stunned to see Tallulah standing next to her Psychology Degree poster presentation X
May 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’ve obviously known her since she was born but I’m still stunned to see Tallulah standing next to her Psychology Degree poster presentation X
International Space Station passing over Hythe at 9:12pm tonight. For anyone whose enjoyed ‘Orbital’
May 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
International Space Station passing over Hythe at 9:12pm tonight. For anyone whose enjoyed ‘Orbital’
Carlo Rovelli reminds us that sunsets literally don’t exist.
‘The Little Prince’ reminds us that sunsets are a source of joy and melancholy, emotion and calm, deeply connected with the human experience.
Different perspectives tell us so much.
#TheUniqueChild
‘The Little Prince’ reminds us that sunsets are a source of joy and melancholy, emotion and calm, deeply connected with the human experience.
Different perspectives tell us so much.
#TheUniqueChild
May 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Carlo Rovelli reminds us that sunsets literally don’t exist.
‘The Little Prince’ reminds us that sunsets are a source of joy and melancholy, emotion and calm, deeply connected with the human experience.
Different perspectives tell us so much.
#TheUniqueChild
‘The Little Prince’ reminds us that sunsets are a source of joy and melancholy, emotion and calm, deeply connected with the human experience.
Different perspectives tell us so much.
#TheUniqueChild
Poetry in Education - where did it all go? (cont):
Just beautiful from Seamus Heaney, bringing us ‘to our senses’.
Just beautiful from Seamus Heaney, bringing us ‘to our senses’.
May 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Poetry in Education - where did it all go? (cont):
Just beautiful from Seamus Heaney, bringing us ‘to our senses’.
Just beautiful from Seamus Heaney, bringing us ‘to our senses’.
Restore the Music article in this weeks Big Issue.
Music education has a positive impact on attendance, engagement and attainment. It also makes us happier.
The DoE move to increase arts education is encouraging but creativity is not an ‘enrichment’ to the curriculum, it is the heart of learning.
Music education has a positive impact on attendance, engagement and attainment. It also makes us happier.
The DoE move to increase arts education is encouraging but creativity is not an ‘enrichment’ to the curriculum, it is the heart of learning.
April 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Restore the Music article in this weeks Big Issue.
Music education has a positive impact on attendance, engagement and attainment. It also makes us happier.
The DoE move to increase arts education is encouraging but creativity is not an ‘enrichment’ to the curriculum, it is the heart of learning.
Music education has a positive impact on attendance, engagement and attainment. It also makes us happier.
The DoE move to increase arts education is encouraging but creativity is not an ‘enrichment’ to the curriculum, it is the heart of learning.
‘Hope is the thing with rivers’
Great reference by Robert Macfarlane in his Byline Times article, preparing the way for his new book ‘Is a River Alive?’
Great reference by Robert Macfarlane in his Byline Times article, preparing the way for his new book ‘Is a River Alive?’
April 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
‘Hope is the thing with rivers’
Great reference by Robert Macfarlane in his Byline Times article, preparing the way for his new book ‘Is a River Alive?’
Great reference by Robert Macfarlane in his Byline Times article, preparing the way for his new book ‘Is a River Alive?’
Starting School
Transition time again, everyone!
But isn’t it always?
With increasing numbers of children who ‘have difficulty with transitions’, it’s time to reflect on where resilience and enjoyment with transitions really comes from…
Also available on Substack if that suits:
lnkd.in/eRbEPZqX
Transition time again, everyone!
But isn’t it always?
With increasing numbers of children who ‘have difficulty with transitions’, it’s time to reflect on where resilience and enjoyment with transitions really comes from…
Also available on Substack if that suits:
lnkd.in/eRbEPZqX
April 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Starting School
Transition time again, everyone!
But isn’t it always?
With increasing numbers of children who ‘have difficulty with transitions’, it’s time to reflect on where resilience and enjoyment with transitions really comes from…
Also available on Substack if that suits:
lnkd.in/eRbEPZqX
Transition time again, everyone!
But isn’t it always?
With increasing numbers of children who ‘have difficulty with transitions’, it’s time to reflect on where resilience and enjoyment with transitions really comes from…
Also available on Substack if that suits:
lnkd.in/eRbEPZqX
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
What would happen if we stopped talking about SEND regarding individual children and just talked about SEND in relation to the environments and adults that our unique children have to negotiate?
What would happen if we stopped talking about SEND regarding individual children and just talked about SEND in relation to the environments and adults that our unique children have to negotiate?
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
What would happen if we stopped talking about SEND regarding individual children and just talked about SEND in relation to the environments and adults that our unique children have to negotiate?
What would happen if we stopped talking about SEND regarding individual children and just talked about SEND in relation to the environments and adults that our unique children have to negotiate?