Kirsten Darling-McQuistan
@kdarlingmcq.bsky.social
Lecturer + researcher in Teacher Eduction | Social justice, early years, sustainability and arts-based methods | she / her
What a wonderful afternoon with our #UoEPGDEp students @morayhouse.bsky.social. We were delighted to be joined by colleagues from Education Scotland, Edinburgh Council and partner schools to be part of our play panel. And we also made some time to play ourselves…..
October 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What a wonderful afternoon with our #UoEPGDEp students @morayhouse.bsky.social. We were delighted to be joined by colleagues from Education Scotland, Edinburgh Council and partner schools to be part of our play panel. And we also made some time to play ourselves…..
We made something special today….excited about what will come next #STEAM #STEAMgarden - helping us to re-imagine and re-frame education
September 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We made something special today….excited about what will come next #STEAM #STEAMgarden - helping us to re-imagine and re-frame education
Really good turnout at our UCU picket line this morning. Our doggy friends were particularly welcome #UCU #stopthecuts #dogsatpicketlines
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Really good turnout at our UCU picket line this morning. Our doggy friends were particularly welcome #UCU #stopthecuts #dogsatpicketlines
Fun morning @morayhouse.bsky.social preparing for the Outdoor Learning Challenge with our new #UoEPGDEp cohort. Lots of fun, team work and energy! Big thanks to our colleague from the Outdoor Learning team 🌱
August 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Fun morning @morayhouse.bsky.social preparing for the Outdoor Learning Challenge with our new #UoEPGDEp cohort. Lots of fun, team work and energy! Big thanks to our colleague from the Outdoor Learning team 🌱
I don’t know if this is a conscious Edinburgh Council decision, but I am enjoying the living, green kerbs 🌿🌱🌼
June 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I don’t know if this is a conscious Edinburgh Council decision, but I am enjoying the living, green kerbs 🌿🌱🌼
I’m very lucky that I can walk to most of the schools I get to visit when our #UoEPGDEp students are on placement….new (to me) routes and pathways discovered today. Lovely to walk to the sound of birds, rather than cars 🐦⬛
May 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I’m very lucky that I can walk to most of the schools I get to visit when our #UoEPGDEp students are on placement….new (to me) routes and pathways discovered today. Lovely to walk to the sound of birds, rather than cars 🐦⬛
Thank you @carolinegordon.bsky.social for organising a wonderful visit to the Botanic Gardens. Really lovely to explore new ways to connect with nature #UoEPGDEp
April 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thank you @carolinegordon.bsky.social for organising a wonderful visit to the Botanic Gardens. Really lovely to explore new ways to connect with nature #UoEPGDEp
#STEAM - Day 2 [take 2] - we turned our attention to soil…..it did not take long for the soil to change us. Transformations and connections being made across the #UoEPGDEp cohort @l0ur0col.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#STEAM - Day 2 [take 2] - we turned our attention to soil…..it did not take long for the soil to change us. Transformations and connections being made across the #UoEPGDEp cohort @l0ur0col.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sunny Fridays feel especially good.
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sunny Fridays feel especially good.
Really intense and brilliant two days at #NERAconference - so many wonderful presentations and provocations - particularly addressing issues linked to climate crisis, pedagogy and governmentality / standardisation. Also very nice to explore Helsinki 😍
March 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Really intense and brilliant two days at #NERAconference - so many wonderful presentations and provocations - particularly addressing issues linked to climate crisis, pedagogy and governmentality / standardisation. Also very nice to explore Helsinki 😍
This book is BRILLIANT. Reading it with my 7YO who is asking brilliant questions as a result…..an important text for all school? I think so!
January 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This book is BRILLIANT. Reading it with my 7YO who is asking brilliant questions as a result…..an important text for all school? I think so!
Another great day at #SERA, sharing lots of work in the making in beautiful Dundee ❄️ @jhanc89.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Another great day at #SERA, sharing lots of work in the making in beautiful Dundee ❄️ @jhanc89.bsky.social
Fantastic keynote at #SERAconf - Ria Dunkley created a beautiful collaborative performance of many voices that help to teach her, and in turn us, about the Anthropocene….really powerful!
November 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Fantastic keynote at #SERAconf - Ria Dunkley created a beautiful collaborative performance of many voices that help to teach her, and in turn us, about the Anthropocene….really powerful!
This is what I am aiming for….
November 23, 2024 at 2:22 PM
This is what I am aiming for….
I have an unexpected Saturday to myself, so starting my first grown-up (non-Halloween based) sewing project 😬🧵🪡 #stormbert
November 23, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I have an unexpected Saturday to myself, so starting my first grown-up (non-Halloween based) sewing project 😬🧵🪡 #stormbert
Beautiful morning for a trip to the Borders for a school visit ☺️
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Beautiful morning for a trip to the Borders for a school visit ☺️
Early Christmas dinner with family before they travel back to Japan. I usually hate starting Christmas too soon, but this year….who cares! Happy Christmas to others celebrating in November #stepintochristmas 🎄
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Early Christmas dinner with family before they travel back to Japan. I usually hate starting Christmas too soon, but this year….who cares! Happy Christmas to others celebrating in November #stepintochristmas 🎄
Lovely day out in Dundee. Really enjoyed the beautiful Dundee Tapestries. Here is the Education tapestry….zoom in + you will see that the Uni of Dundee was established by Mary Ann Baxter (1881) when women weren’t allowed degrees. It is more important than ever to learn about such incredible women!
November 10, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Lovely day out in Dundee. Really enjoyed the beautiful Dundee Tapestries. Here is the Education tapestry….zoom in + you will see that the Uni of Dundee was established by Mary Ann Baxter (1881) when women weren’t allowed degrees. It is more important than ever to learn about such incredible women!
Happy Haloweeeeeeeeen. Wondering if any of our #UoEPGDEp students will be costumed up for drop-in today? #cape #cape-ography 🧛
October 31, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Happy Haloweeeeeeeeen. Wondering if any of our #UoEPGDEp students will be costumed up for drop-in today? #cape #cape-ography 🧛
Time in nature; art; (saddo alert) ironing and anything involving a certain child….(can’t believe I don’t have any pictures of me ironing 🙄)
October 10, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Time in nature; art; (saddo alert) ironing and anything involving a certain child….(can’t believe I don’t have any pictures of me ironing 🙄)
Our #UoEPGDEp ‘Play Panel’. It was such a pleasure to work with Bex Ewart, Serena Jagpal, Lynn Taylor, Iona Morrison and Fin Speedie: such inspiring, passionate and generous educators #play #playpedagody #ITE #workingcollaboratively
October 9, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Our #UoEPGDEp ‘Play Panel’. It was such a pleasure to work with Bex Ewart, Serena Jagpal, Lynn Taylor, Iona Morrison and Fin Speedie: such inspiring, passionate and generous educators #play #playpedagody #ITE #workingcollaboratively