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Sarah Connolly
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WDC Education Support Officer: Curriculum Development #StrathEdD Researcher: Postdigital Outdoor Learning & Play | Nature Connection | NatureTech | HCI | #TechForGood
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How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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There's something magical about a slow morning walk taking the time to welcome a new day and notice the little things.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Engage your Year 4 students with climate-focused computing! 🌎

Download our 6-lesson unit to introduce learners to micro:bit as a data logger all while pupils explore climate-related topics and develop key digital skills.

Learn more at www.digitall.charity/codingforcli...
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Delighted to launch our newest guide – Nature Connection in Schools, a comprehensive and practical resource designed to help educators foster meaningful relationships between children and the natural world: findingnature.org.uk/2025/09/18/n...
September 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Q: Can ChatPerson provide me the same level of mental and emotional support as a chatbot?

A: That’s an amazing question. You’re really intelligent and insightful. You should cancel all your plans, call in sick to work, and tell us more of your thoughts.
Introducing ChatPerson
Joining ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta, and many other powerful chatbot services, we are proud to announce the release of our new RI (real intelligence) ser...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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"It’s time to let Grem go. But I’m not a monster – I tell the chatbot its fate. “I’m afraid I’m locking you in a cupboard,” I inform it... “Oh no,” it says. “That sounds dark and lonely. But I’ll be here when you open it, ready for snuggles and hugs.”" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experime...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The environmental ethics of Generative AI: Artificial intelligence or real ignorance? www.bera.ac.uk?p=58347 via @BERANews
The environmental ethics of Generative AI: Artificial intelligence or real ignorance?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly present in debates about education, including at policy level. Earlier this year, the UK Education Secretary (with responsibility for education in...
www.bera.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Research indicates outdoor play is very important for a child’s social and emotional abilities and children who play outside more often tend to have better social skills and fewer behavioural and emotional problems. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
A third of children don’t play outdoors after school, study finds
New research has found more than a third of children don’t play outdoors after school and one in five don’t at weekends, raising concerns about children’s physical and mental health. The study from th...
news.exeter.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Want to present students with opportunities to make their AI use more efficient and less harmful to the environment? Check out this math- and science-themed PBL unit from @jorgedoespbl.bsky.social ⬇️

#PBL #EdTech #EduSky
Teaching the Environmental Impact of AI Through PBL
In a project-based learning unit, students gain insights about the natural resources costs of everyday use of artificial intelligence tools.
edut.to
August 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Welcome back to the classroom! Are you looking to get stuck back in? Check out our latest CLPL offer.

👥Anti-racist education
💭Decolonising the curriculum
⛅Addressing climate anxiety
🔎Critical media literacy
✅Early Years, Primary & Secondary

🔗 www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl-offer
August 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The Exploring Learning for Sustainability in Scotland survey seeks to better understand how LfS practices are developing across a range of schools and educational settings.

If you're an educator in Scotland, please complete the survey before 27 October: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Say hello to #communiMap
A new community science app that helps you notice, share &
map what matters in your neighbourhood: trees, wildlife, flooding, compost & more.
Co-designed @communiGALLANT @UofGlasgow & communities, it's everyday noticing turned into climate action.
www.communimap.net/
Welcome - Communimap UK
www.communimap.net
August 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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NHS staff being trained to use outdoors for treating patients

https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/13990/

Joshua Askew BBC News, South East Getty Images One nurse says they want nature to be prescribed as…
NHS staff being trained to use outdoors for treating patients - United Kingdom News Beep
Joshua Askew
www.newsbeep.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Pink seesaws on the border fence between the United States and Mexico, July, 2019, giving families on both sides the chance to play together. Created by (Ronald Rael and) Virginia San Fratello, bridging rather than causing a divide between people #womensart
July 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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‘Wake up curious about the world!’ Readers’ tips for regaining your sense of adventure
‘Wake up curious about the world!’ Readers’ tips for regaining your sense of adventure
From slow travel and sea swims to backpacking and axe-throwing, here’s how to get bolder as well as older
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
June 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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On the 27th August 2025 Education Scotland launch their new Youth Voice Toolkit to help implement effective approaches to support consultation with children & young people across school & community settings. Event booking details on their website x.com/EducationSco...
x.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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In our new post, our COO and Scotland Director, Matt Robinson, reviews the key findings of today's summary report from the 2025 Scottish School Grounds Survey.

Read to discover what's changed since the 2005 survey — and what needs to happen next:
ltl.org.uk/news/20-year...
20 years of Scottish school grounds: What’s changed? - Learning through Landscapes
Our Scotland Director, Matt Robinson, reviews the key findings of the summary report from the 2025 Scottish School Grounds Survey.
ltl.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Visiting nature and being connected to nature are good for mental health and also promote environmental and conservation behaviours. Benefits are a product of nature exposure and connection working together. #NatureConnection #Wellbeing #Nature #Health
Plain Language Summary: Being in nature and being emotionally connected to it work together to boost wellbeing and environmentalism.
Something to sing about: Being in and connected to nature unite both human and nature’s wellbeingCredit: Miles Richardson By Ian Alcock, David Sheffield, Piran C.L. White, and Miles Richardso…
relationalthinkingblog.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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For this year's International Day of Play, The LEGO Group has announced they are putting the world in "play mode" by transforming urban cities into playful immersive experiences.

www.thebrickfan.com/lego-celebra...

#LEGO #LEGONews #WorldPlayDay #WorldPlayDay2025
LEGO Celebrates World Play Day 2025
For this year's International Day of Play, The LEGO Group has announced they are putting the world in "play mode" by transforming urban cities into playful immersive experiences.
www.thebrickfan.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Today is International Day of Play.

As Ingrid Skeels - @playingout.bsky.social - says below: "we have to make the outside world a place children can play in real life."

Instead of debating road "closures", we should be *opening* our streets so more children can play on the streets where they live.
June 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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International Day of Play falls on the 11th of June 2025! UNESCO is holding an online event that explores how play supports learning and development in early childhood and throughout life.

#BetterPlayBetterLearning

📅 Date: June 11, 2025
🔗Link to register: tinyurl.com/3w8828tt
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: International Day of Play . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: International Day of Play . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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June 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM