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Dr Kate Smith
@katesmithok.bsky.social
Early childhood, writer, education consultant, Froebel 🍁

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“You have to really know your families in order to be able to connect with them in any way whatsoever. It has to be real. It has to be meaningful,” – Holli Williams
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This will be unmissable!
Good news: the Little Angel Puppet Theatre's wonderful production of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' with great music by Barb Jungr is going to run in house and on tour for a year, starting from early September.
June 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Steve McQueen’s Resistance photography exhibition at Turner Contemporary is fascinating. This is the sentencing of Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst, and Flora Drummond at Bow St magistrates. Their tiredness and frustration is so relatable.
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Closing the Gap in Early Childhood Education.

There’s a lot of noise again, as we prepare for Starting School and transition to KS 1, but most of it is (with best intentions) a distraction from our best education.

Here’s why:

open.substack.com/pub/dominicg...
Closing the Gap in Early Childhood Education
An urgent discussion is required, but not quite the one we are hearing.
open.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Electric dreams exhibition www.tate.org.uk
Electric lights with an imagined orchestra 💡
April 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This was a brilliant project to research and evaluate on www.littleangeltheatre.com/charlie-cook...
Thank you @littleangeltheatre.bsky.social for all the work you do to support children’s love of stories and imaginative play.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⭐️
Charlie Cook Literacy Project - 'Reading Through Play' | Little Angel Theatre
www.littleangeltheatre.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Prepping natural materials for the clay workshops at @froebeltrust.bsky.social
Sheffield conference on Saturday. Now, have I got enough?… 🍃 😉 @earlyyearshead.bsky.social @sachapowell.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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The 2025 Jericho Prize for Children's Writing is now open 🖊️

The prize is dedicated to showcasing the next generation of Black-British children’s writers & is open to unpublished and self-published Black-British writers. #Writing #Writingforchildren

Find out more
tinyurl.com/yy3a5b9b
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Upskilling your team to engage in reflective practice and action research can boost staff retention and wellbeing, as well as the quality of provision. Charlotte Goddard writes about our new toolkit: Reflection with Guidance.

Here's the article with a link to the toolkit: https://buff.ly/40rIOJ6
January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Would you like to work somewhere dedicated to supporting families? If yes, Families First Guildford is recruiting for a number of different roles as soon as possible.

Visit our website for more details: guildfordnscc.surrey.sch.uk/jobs/
January 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I recommend you watch / listen / read / delve.
#edusky #slow #timetothink

froebel.org.uk/training/fil...
Froebel Trust Lecture 2024: Prof. Alison Clark & Donna Green
froebel.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM