Ready to kick off the ‘Dive into Developmental Science’ event at the Ulster Museum today! Can’t wait to see what fun and wacky games the children can create at our physical literacy station! @ulstermuseum.org @ulsteruni.bsky.social

Was great to welcome people from across the education and sport sector to launch this guidance document yesterday! A massive thank you to my co-authors @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @profvicsimms.bsky.social @jjw-research.bsky.social (and those not on Bluesky!) and the wonderful co-dev working group 🤗

Just over 2 weeks to go until we launch the Building Active Schools in Special Education co-developed guidance document! Looking forward to welcoming educators, community members and policymakers to discuss our work on whole school approaches to physical activity, movement and play. Come join us!

Had SO much fun running a ‘walk and talk’ focus group with kids with additional needs and disabilities from a local school. These photos were taken by them. They took us on a tour of the school campus showing us all the places they love to play and be active. Love my job & all the cool kids I meet!

Fort building, tree climbing, and mud painting. Fantastic few hours of child led play in the woods today. Such great exploration and activity! Happy, muddy kids having the best time 😁 #littleexplorers #outdoorplay #riskyplay #naturebasedplay

Fab choice by the 7 year old as a gift from Santa. Beyond physical skills I see the building of many other social and cognitive skills e.g.
problem-solving, concentration,
communication, resilience, confidence, mastery, imagination, planning, inhibitory control and so much more! #play #playmatters

New year, new opportunity!

Come join us to explore whole school approaches to physical activity in special education schools

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iPad: 0, giant Amazon box: 1

Is there a function in Amazon where we can order a super small item but ask for it to come in a giant box? 🤔

Great to see all the imaginative things she can come up with!

#play #activeplay

Enjoyed welcoming special education community members to Ulster Uni today to discuss how we can adapt and implement whole school approaches to #physicalactivity in #SEN settings in NI. Fantastic discussions and collaboration, and always inspiring to feel the passion this community has!