Lorna Willimott

Most people in the UK think the theat from climate change is really serious. So why are politicians pandering to the minority who do not? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/07/2…

happinessishereblog.com/saying-no-to-s… Interesting blog post and thought provoking point of view.

It is so hard for a society to believe they mistreat their own children. It is so hard for well-meaning ppl operatng in systems to see they contribute to mistreatmnt. Why can't we see? Because *denial* protects us. Where to start? #FierceCuriosity helps you see beyond denial.

3. So the key things young children need right now, some of which I had time to stress in this morn’s intvw, are: - Play - esp outside. - Time with attuned adults. - Conversation. - Adults who calm & emotionally regulated. - Delay start of formal schooling until age 5 or 6.

Ystrdy a teacher friend of mine said: “What I learned was how much childrn dislike having their name public on t board in Behaviour & Reward Charts.” I thought of ths recent @TesScotland photo, which I spoke abt at t time. “Building community” = one a child *wants* to belong to.

This article wins the internet today. The school which adopted trauma-informed relational practice in order to reduce exclusions. Themes recommend in our #SquarePegs book! 😍 Well done ⁦@EveningStandard⁩ and Beacon High 👏🏻🙌🏻👍🏻 standard.co.uk/news/education…

Today, the AJC publishes a report on Improving Local Authority Decision-making in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. It found that over 90% of appeals to the SEND tribunal were in the appellants favour, resulting in a positive outcome for parents or young people. 1/4

Special mention in SEND dispatches tonight for @CamdenCouncil - despite austerity, they recently broke the £1m spending barrier, fighting families of disabled children £1m spent in 8 years on the services of one of SEND's most notorious legal firms... 1/

#Oliverscampaign I am absolutely exhausted I have been awake until 2am this morning trying to get people to sign Olivers petition After being in parliament yesterday I know we can do this Please help by Signing & Sharing petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6390…

New blog on blocked care in education. How educators' relationships with children, families, colleagues, and services can become characterised by defensiveness, inflexibility, and negative narratives. epinsight.com/post/blocked-c…

@ToneLangengen If you make something in the UK the carbon cost of that is on our books. We can influence that directly. If you make something elsewhere, we reduce our apparent carbon footprint but have now transfered it to somewhere we may have no influence over with added shipping carbon cost.

These roles are leveraging existing UK strengths: its science and research base, its financial centre & green finance strengths & its diplomatic service. This could be sources of growth, prosperity and prestige internationally, whilst tackling international climate change End/

It was such a privilege to talk about a progressive future vision for net zero policy at yesterday's Future of Britain conference. I talked about how we can deliver the decade of electrification Britain needs. But also the importance for UK policy makers to keep this⬇️in mind /1

I’ve been to an awards ceremony at my son’s school today. Kids were awarded for 100% attendance, and specifically for coming into school when ill and “pushing through.” A teacher was awarded for working every evening &always being available. This needs to stop. It’s just wrong.

@LifeInMotionUK @teamsquarepeg And therein lies the inequitable nature of the English education system. Allows one third to fail GCSEs at 16 but importantly excludes the most vulnerable in primary & secondary because schools aren’t sufficiently resourced or incentivised to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.

This is like the prison ships of the 18th/19th centuries. Hard to describe how awful this plan is. Shame on our Govt.

@SagenwirMariani @75ThunderRoad livingjoyfully.ca This might be helpful, lots of podcast episodes and articles. Your journey can be an opened ended ramble, it's a very different approach to a whistle-stop tour with everyone seeing the same handful of places on a strict timetable. Big hugs to you all.

@LornaWillimott @75ThunderRoad Thank you. I need to follow up on unschooling, I think. At the moment the word education is upsetting...

Some Truths about Education - A Thread My daughter is one of the 1.8 million pupils currently classed as persistently absent from school. She's not lazy. My daughter was one of the 1.4 million under-18s referred to mental health services in 2022. The trauma is real. 1/

When you have a autistic child you have to fight for everything, from diagnosis to education to social care and everything in between usually the people you are fighting are the very people that are supposed to be helping and supporting you , the fighting doesn't stop once your child becomes a adult .

@1funnylife @lisawino The interpretation of guidance varies wildly. Some schools won't even accept GP letters confirming anxiety.

@SagenwirMariani @75ThunderRoad Not sure if it will be any help, but potentially looking up your local home education or unschooling community might give you some ideas for non conventional routes forward. Education can be so much broader & life long than school. Wellbeing comes first though. Good luck & hugs.

@75ThunderRoad My daughter is the same. 17 today. No GCSEs, no school, no interests, plans or motivation. Just trauma. We now need to find a path out of a very dark place to an unknown future. No access to the accepted path ... what next? It didn't have to be this way.

4/ The blaming of parents, and the attempting to invalidate children's stress and trauma, are a distraction from the prevailing problems in education...