Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) CIC
Helping schools to strategically and sustainably improve their play opportunities. www.outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk #OPALSchools #PlanForPlay
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Play experts, advocates and inspiration
Just some of the people and orgs that are championing play in the UK and around the world!
@comicresearch.bsky.social
Child Orientated Mental Health Innovation Collaborative (COMIC). A team of NHS researchers developing research with children, young people and their families.
@cfyounglives.bsky.social
We are a new independent think tank and delivery unit dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people, and families. Our Exec Chair is Anne Longfield.
@playscotland.bsky.social
The national organisation driving the play agenda in Scotland Email: info@playscotland.org #PlayEveryday https://linktr.ee/playscotland
@playwildcic.bsky.social
Weston-super-Mare based outdoor learning, Forest School, nature connection and environmental education community interest company. Weston’s only ‘Gold’ Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Business.
@abigailatelier.bsky.social
Artist/designer for young audiences, Early Years Atelierista, sometimes lecturer. Pedagogy, art, well-being and play in nurseries and public cultural spaces. EYTS. Museum/gallery educator for V&A, Orleans House and RMG. https://linktr.ee/abigailhorn
@salawatson.bsky.social
History, cities, cycling, planning and play. Often on a bike or in a museum. Researcher - Newcastle University Co-host - activetravelcafe.org.uk Trustee - historictownstrust.uk
@makespaceforgirls.bsky.social
Campaigning for public spaces designed with girls in mind. Reg. charity 1193772. makespaceforgirls.co.uk
@aplayfulcity.bsky.social
@drjonwinder.bsky.social
Historian, geographer, heritage practitioner | currently working on everyday experiences of extreme heat (MeltingMetropolis.com) | research interests include climate, nature, cities, play
@attention2place.bsky.social
Education, place-responsive and relational pedagogical encounters with more-than-human worlds. Transdisciplinary, materialist, posthumanist perspectives 🌳 Our current fascination lies with South Down landscapes and chalk streams.
@playgroundology.bsky.social
PlayGroundology advocates for a wider variety of play opportunities for kids in public spaces. Since 2010, the blog has been read by parents, play enthusiasts, practitioners, and policy makers in over 200 countries - playgroundology.wordpress.com
@emmet.quiddity.ie
research. language. lay ethnomethodologist. broadstone based. mundane methods of pedestrianism + active travel also: D7 Play Streets, almost always (running) in the phoenix park worst taste in music: @yesboyicecream.bsky.social
@flutterbyknits.bsky.social
Cargo biker, Bicycle Mayor of Inverness, playstreets advocate, co-founder of Every Body Outdoors, Kidical Mass Inverness
@positivelyplayful.bsky.social
(she/her) Play and playfulness. Cycles to get places. Worcester, UK
@playworcester.bsky.social
Championing play for all children across the city of Worcester. Let’s make Worcester a playful city
@naomifisher.bsky.social
Community Architect/ Cyclist/ Mum/ Charity Founder www.roam.org.uk Active Travel and Children’s Free Play advocate. At home in #Birmingham
@carriepaechter.bsky.social
Professor Emerita, Nottingham Trent University. Sociologist of gender, childhood and youth, children’s identities, active girlhood, education, skateboarding, informal learning. Neurodivergent. Trainee Pilates teacher. Secular Jew. She/her. Views mine.
@meridethgattis.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science / Teaching research methods / Researching how environments influence cognition communication & parenting
@theplayactivist.bsky.social
The Original Learning Approach is a play responsive pedagogy rooted in social justice Play activist - because if play flows the children will thrive. Some words that feel important to me Collective autonomy, decolonisation, wonder, curiosity, joy...
@yinkaolusoga.bsky.social
Lecturer in Education | Researching histories/practices of childhood, play & education | Views my own | Foucault would dispute this
@roomtoplay.bsky.social
Researching pedagogies of place & play. UBC PhD candidate 🌱 Early Learning Teacher Consultant #schoolgardens #outdoorclassrooms #riskyplay https://meganzeni.com/
@ewdevon.bsky.social
Children's advocate, Forest school leader, Right to play & Playing Out supporter. Have been eg women's aid, law centre solicitor, legal researcher, foster parent, Pedal Power joint founder, Freiburg University lecturer, Guatemala Human Rights volunteer.
@millsdray.bsky.social
(they/them) Educator, change practitioner, and researcher on play, children's rights and queering strategic design for social change. #FreePalestine
@amfms.bsky.social
Educator at York University, Toronto, Canada. Children’s Geographies, Museums, Films, Playgrounds
@zoebanksgross.bsky.social
Healthy, sustainable places & physical activity, #cycling, #walking #running #wheeling, #greenspace #bluespace #kidicalmass #playingout #justttransition
@bethan-opal.bsky.social
OPAL Mentor. Passionate about play. The opinion expressed here is entirely my own and not necessarily the views of @opal-cic.bsky.social
@hechingerreport.org
The national nonprofit newsroom reporting on innovation & inequality in education. 📨 Newsletters: http://hechingerreport.org/newsletters/
@chalkbeat.org
Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news network covering schools and education policy across the U.S. Follow our education journalism at chalkbeat.org. Have a news tip? Here's how you can reach us: ckbe.at/contact-chalkbeat or email us at community@chalkbeat.org
@edsource.org
EdSource is a nonprofit journalism organization reporting on education issues in California. Largest education reporting team in the state. EdSource.org
@edweek.bsky.social
Inspiring and empowering you to make a difference in your K 12 community. 💻 Website: www.edweek.org 📧 Newsletters: https://www.edweek.org/newsletters/
@opencampus.org
Higher ed is a local story. We're a nonprofit newsroom that tells it that way, in partnership with more than a dozen newsrooms across America. opencampus.org
@chronicle.com
Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence. Website: www.chronicle.com
@nicholedobo.bsky.social
Manages product, audience and innovation at The Hechinger Report. @UMWallaceHouse, class of '22. My heart is in the hills of western Pennsylvania.
@nobleingram.bsky.social
engagement editor at @hechingerreport.org talking to readers about teaching, schools and students | newsletter-er | he/him
@jackiemader.bsky.social
Senior early childhood reporter at The Hechinger Report Mom of two, former special education teacher '23-'24 Spencer Fellow Austin, TX
@casamuels.bsky.social
Deputy Managing Editor for The Hechinger Report. We do education.🎓 Former employers: Ed Week, Washington Post, Miami Herald. FAMU grad.🐍 Signal: cas.37
@arielgilreath.bsky.social
Covering education with The Hechinger Report. Signal: arielgilreath.46
@jillbarshay.bsky.social
I write about education for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for my once-a-week (always free) newsletter: https://hechingerreport.org/proofpoints/
@andrewujifusa.bsky.social
I'm an editor at Chalkbeat, a national nonprofit news organization and a division of Civic News Company. I previously worked at Education Week's Politics K-12 vertical, and also at Maryland and Mississippi newspapers. I taught at two high schools in Japan.
@mattbarnum.bsky.social
K-12 education reporter at the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/news/author/matt-barnum
@ariannaprothero.bsky.social
I'm an education reporter on the best beat: tech, youth well-being, and the intersection of the two at Education Week. I'm also a proud public radio alum of WLRN Miami & WFIU Bloomington, Ind. Say hi! Stories: https://www.edweek.org/by/arianna-prothero
@marklieberman.bsky.social
K-12 school finance reporter for @edweek.bsky.social and proud member of @edweekunion.bsky.social. mlieberman@educationweek.org Signal: malieberman.25
@mirandadunlap.bsky.social
htx. i write news about community colleges @ houstonlanding.org & open campus. nose probably in a book. michigander turned houstonian https://houstonlanding.org/author/mdunlap/
@emilysays.bsky.social
Education journalist, EWA's public editor. Writing book on early desegregation history of DoD schools for UNC Press. ‘23 Spencer Education Fellow, '11 Knight-Wallace Fellow.