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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Story Steps: The Power of Storytelling with Trisha Lee

Early Excellence Podcast · Episode

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 19

Yes!

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 19

I love it when an @earlyexcellence.bsky.social room plan comes together!
Great to meet the lovely team at St Michael’s School in Pelsall today.

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 16

I’m in St Bees, Cumbria for an @earlyexcellence.bsky.social room plan.
It’s pretty wild here!

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 16

Absolutely!! Wonderful to see. Thank you for sharing! 😊

Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 15

Yes, I love the way that it looks to have been drawn with confidence. It’s not a tentative drawing. The curves are almost drawn with a flourish! Wonderful to see😊

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 15

Love this!

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Joolone @joolone.bsky.social · Dec 1

Nursery child draws a trumpet suspended by a cord from the ceiling.

His noticing eye and hand capture the mathematics of shape, space, number, angle, design, valves, finger buttons…

We see the anatomy of a trumpet.

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Joolone @joolone.bsky.social · Dec 7

A nursery child starts their journey into the world of recorded mathematics in classic style:

“Look…I’m doing maths…my big brother does maths!”

Joy!

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Joolone @joolone.bsky.social · Dec 14

Nursery child’s playful sculpture

made from the Pink Tower + Footprints + Grimm’s Rainbows

Calculations:

area

order

length

weight

centre of gravity.

Each calculation adjusted & refined at every inevitable crash and reconstruction

Then…Joy

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Joolone @joolone.bsky.social · Nov 29

EYFS child painting flowers:

He looks through the glass jar at the water the flowers stand in.

‘How do you draw water?’ he asks

“That’s a big question” I respond “Lots of artists have wondered about that”

“I know, I’ll draw the waves inside it!”

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 15

This episode of The Early Excellence Podcast will warm your heart in the run up to Christmas.
#EYFS #earlyyears

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Young and Old Together: Exploring Intergenerational Practice with Judith Ish-Horowicz

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 15

Good morning Sarah 😊

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 10

Looking forward to a day of filming at the @earlyexcellence.bsky.social Studio!

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Dec 8

This week’s episode of The @earlyexcellence.bsky.social Podcast has a SEND focus.
Available to listen on Spotify, Google and Apple Podcasts.

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SEND Focus: Developing Learning Environments in Specialist Provision

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Cathy Early Years @cathygunning.bsky.social · Nov 25

Weaving critical hope into #ECEC and #EYFS through #thinkingroom #spacetoflourish reflective dialogues 💭
Reading @lisa_stephenso @NathanArcher1 @DrAnkeSchwittay
giving me courage and determined critical hope to make a difference for young children.

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Dr Nathan Archer on LinkedIn: Discerning Critical Hope in the work of Montessorians

New paper based on a project from 2023: Discerning Critical Hope in the work of Montessorians in underserved areas of England. #Montessori #ecec

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 26

Brilliant! Congratulations Nathan! 😊

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 26

Brilliant! Thank you 😊

Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hi Aaron, yes please 😊

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 25

Definitely!! 😊

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 25

Fantastic news! Congratulations!!

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Professor Alison Clark @westrayalison.bsky.social · Nov 24

A great example of being attentive to children’s questions and having the confidence to enable children to go ‘off track’ beyond what is planned #slowpedagogy

Simon Gregg @simon-gregg.bsky.social · Nov 24

It was about time I got back to writing blog posts:

In it, I talk about how we make more of those student ideas and questions that aren't in our anticipated direction for the lesson.

#EduSky #InquiryMathematics #DocumentingLearning #Pedagogy

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things counter, original, spare, strange

As an IB school, "inquiring" is pretty much the first word that comes up as a statement of principles . But somehow, in mathematics especial...

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 23

Wonderful to chat with the inspirational Judith Ish Horowicz about the UK’s first intergenerational nursery.
#EYFS #earlyyears #Edusky
Listen here:
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Young and Old Together: Exploring Intergenerational Practice with Judith Ish-Horowicz

Quickly and easily listen to Early Excellence Podcast for free!

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Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social · Nov 23

I use clay all the time with children and young people. Research shows that manipulating clay is therapeutic and clay is also forgiving. If a child creates something that doesn't align with what they had in mind, they can squish it and start again. #edusky

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Andy Burt @andyburteex.bsky.social · Nov 23

Loved talking to Dr Jools Page for The @earlyexcellence.bsky.social Podcast yesterday. Here’s a video all about her very important research on professional love in the EYFS.
#EYFS #Edusky
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'Professional Love: The dance of reciprocity.' Research in Early Years education and embodied dance.

YouTube video by Think Brighton

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