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Dr Kate Smith

@katesmithok.bsky.social

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Early childhood, writer, education consultant, Froebel 🍁 uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/supporting…

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Dr Kate Smith @katesmithok.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I just signed a @globalactionplan.bsky.social petition: Stop Dirty Data Centres. Sign here: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-d...

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Stop Dirty Data Centres

The unchecked expansion of AI data centres in the UK is jeopardising climate goals, threatening water security, and contradicting local community needs. Add your voice to the petition now to put a sto...

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Froebel Trust @froebeltrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

“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

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Dr Kate Smith @katesmithok.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

This will be unmissable!

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Dr Kate Smith @katesmithok.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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.

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Dominic Gunn @dominicgunn.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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...

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Closing the Gap in Early Childhood Education

An urgent discussion is required, but not quite the one we are hearing.

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Dr Kate Smith @katesmithok.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Electric dreams exhibition www.tate.org.uk Electric lights with an imagined orchestra 💡

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Dr Kate Smith @katesmithok.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⭐️

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Charlie Cook Literacy Project - 'Reading Through Play' | Little Angel Theatre

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Dr Kate Smith @katesmithok.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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

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The Froebel Partnership @froebelpartnership.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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: buff.ly/40rIOJ6

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Guildford Nursery School and Family Centre @gnsfc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

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/

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Cathy Early Years @cathygunning.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I recommend you watch / listen / read / delve. #edusky #slow #timetothink froebel.org.uk/training/fil...

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Froebel Trust Lecture 2024: Prof. Alison Clark & Donna Green

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