As a teenager in Neustrelitz (East Germany), I painted small stones purple and left them all over town. Did it for years. It drove the police and Stasi nuts. It meant nothing. It just felt good to do something they couldn't control or understand.

Your reminder that Britain already has one of the lowest biodiversity rankings in the world.

'Special remedial help should be given to posh people to help them become artists' Point eight on Grayson Perry's 'Red Alan Manifesto'

Playing the spoons. Do people do that any more?

Join the #schools excited about their #teaching & #learning outcomes with THE BIG THINK #children - happy, critical thinkers, aspirational #culture - compassionate, inclusive, kind #curriculum - engaging, exciting, relevant Go to the-big-think.org now! #PSHE #PSED #values

We were asked to come up with our manifesto recently. It's a great exercise to do as a school/department/class/tutor group or even just for yourself. This is ours. What's yours? independentthinking.co.uk/resources/the-…

"Education is about partnership – and we owe it to all our children to work together in their best interests" - Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson writes for Mumsnet as kids return to school👇 mumsnet.com/talk/guest_pos…

🗣️It was the 3rd of September🔥🔥🔥

Remember, if you have limb-different children starting in your class this term, we can help via our friends at LimbBofoundation independentthinking.co.uk/resources/free… Free booklets to download here

I’ve had an amazing day delivering a whole school inset day. We’ve explored relational and restorative practice. 💙Building connection, belonging and community. 💙Restorative conversations 💙High challenge and high support Independent Thinking

‘Clear and unambiguous’

Allport's Scale of Prejudice en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allport%2…

I’m super excited to be the keynote speaker this morning at Shine Academies all schools event. I’ll be taking about all things relationships ! Independent Thinking

Brand new vinyl from Sunflower 🌻 Thieves 💥😎 Better get yourself to the tour that starts tonight in Liverpool so you can get yourself a first pressing 😳😻👏🌻😊

Delighted to receive this today! Thank you Ros Wilson 😃😃

HYWEL ROBERTS😀🦈 Ros Wilson She’s timed her new book on Oracy perfectly… While others jump on the bandwagon having said/done little about it for 14 years… Holding many children back, in ‘their place’ Who better to seize a thought (and doing) leadership position on this than someone who’s dedicated

In honour of all the CPD taking place this week, here are some icebreakers #Helsinki