Creative Minds; Shaping the Future

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Ian is a Cartoon Wall Artist, Workshop Presenter & Motivational Speaker. He offers Maths & Art Cross Curricular Workshops which schools say encourage students to embrace challenges, view mistakes as opportunities for learning, and celebrate their progress, leaving them feeling empowered and motivated.

He is a huge fan of Carol Dweck’s work on Growth Mindset and integrates this into his workshops explaining how Practice, Preparation, Trying Your Best, Belief in Yourself, Not Giving Up and Making Mistakes impact on his role as...

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Dr. Alistair Bryce-Clegg has dedicated over three decades of his career to Early Years education. His passion lies in fostering children's potential and enhancing early childhood education practices. He draws on his experiences as a teacher and headteacher, doctoral researcher plus his many years of consultancy, working with settings nationally and internationally! You may be familiar with Dr ABC does https://abcdoes.com/ or 'My First Five Years' child development app or perhaps you have watched Channel 4's BAFTA-winning series "Old People's...

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Five Acre Wood school in Maidstone, Kent (affectionately known as FAW) is the largest special needs school in the UK; currently catering for 878 pupils aged between 4 and 19 with a wide range of needs such as those with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Medical needs, sensory challenges and those on the autistic spectrum.

Pupils at Five Acre Wood School are grouped into one of eight learning approaches, which provide a personalised curriculum and learning environment that reflects their individual learning style...

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Suzanne Miles is a Social Scientist, personal and performance coach, author and trainer. She is also the creator of Trick box. 

Trick Box believe that individuals of all ages can thrive by developing personal Happy Life Habits to get the most from life whilst navigating life’s challenges both in the here and now and the future. All we need are a few tricks up our sleeves! 

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Reading for pleasure is reading which someone has chosen to do for fun in their free time, with no tests or school rules. The National Literacy Trust’s annual survey showed that the proportion of children reading in their free time had sunk to its lowest in 20 years and stood at under one in three children. 

The UK-wide National Year of Reading 2026 is a major government and charity-backed campaign led by the Department for Education and the National Lit...

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Dr Jacqueline Harding, is an international child development and education expert, recognised for her work advising government, practitioners and parents. 

She is a former Headteacher, Government Consultant, and BBC Education Editor, for shows such as Peter Rabbit, Teletubbies and Bing.

She is also the founder of Parentchannel.tv, director of 'Tomorrow's Child' and author of best-selling books about children's learning and development. Her latest book is called The Brain that Loves to Play which examines how play affects t...

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Prof. Adele Diamond, PhD, FRSC is the Canada Research Chair, Pioneer and Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She holds a PhD from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale Medical School. She has been named one of the “2000 Outstanding Women of the 20th Century,” and has been listed as one the 15 most influential neuroscientists alive today. 

Prof. Diamond is a world leader in Psychology and Neuroscience and has given over 600 keynote addresses and i...

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Rachael Hall is a trained Royal Academy of Dance Classical Ballet teacher, Master Matwork Pilates teacher, Franklin Method Educator and Biomechanics Coach. 

At the age of 11, she attended the Royal Ballet School and received full-time professional classical ballet training, which she says taught her to be conscientious, strive for the impossible and to push her limits. After graduating from The Royal Ballet School, she danced professionally with several companies, including The Royal Ballet, The Birmingham Royal Ballet and Ballet Im A...

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Martin is a Live Poet, Creative Educator, Musician, Writing Tutor: Young People's Laureate for Wales 2013-16. He is also in a global folk band. 

Martin began his practice as a creative educator in Liverpool in 1996 when he was put on a scheme for artists claiming unemployment benefit. Since then, he has facilitated workshops with 40 000+ participants in a very wide range of settings including Schools, Youth Groups, Youth Detention Centres and Adult Prisons to LGBTQ+ Groups, Homes for the Elderly, and P...

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Chloe Clayton is a pianist, musical director, composer and teacher. 

Chloe studied at Exeter College where she discovered a love for musical performance when playing within pop and rock ensembles. She then went on to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to pursue a career in piano performance and graduated with first class honours. Chloe has performed regularly not only as a soloist, but as an accompanist for solo singers, choirs, musical theatre ensembles, and as part of e...

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Caroline Preston is a unique and contemporary origami artist. She has featured in global advertising for HSBC with Saatchi and Saatchi, Channel 5 TV, Vogue Magazine and exhibits nationally and internationally. She is also the Education Leader at Beaford Arts where experienced arts practitioners inspire imaginative learning techniques in which the arts can enrich education. 

Today I am joined by Caroline and her colleagues. From their many years of experience, Beaford know that Arts based learning can support significant improvements in o...

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Karen Greaves is a children’s writer, tutor and workshop leader. She has worked as a tour guide, classroom practitioner and literacy intervention teacher. Her writing career has included a range of well-received stories and playscripts commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, and Granada TV.

Karen is a great believer that reading for pleasure empowers children to find the voice inside themselves and her workshops are aimed to develop writing skills, 'out-of-the-box' thinking, and an ability to understand the 'power' of wr...

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Claire Sundin has worked as a professional actor across the UK, in the West End and New York. She is the Artistic Director of Embracing Arts, making high quality theatre experiences interactive & accessible to all.

Embracing Arts is a theatre company dedicated to creating work for children with special educational needs and/or life limiting conditions. Interactive, multi-sensory shows, parties and workshops are tailored to the unique needs of each audience and they use storytelling, song, music and puppetry to...

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The curriculum in many primary schools, in recent history, became worryingly narrowed such that children were being prepared for tests more than their lives were being enriched with a variety of knowledge, skills and experiences. It is clear that it is the latter that enables them to perform well in tests and in life, so the time for change is now! This book seeks to empower teachers and school leaders...

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Paula Briggs is the author of 'Drawing Projects for Children' and 'Make, Build, Create: Sculpture Projects for Children'. She is a determined advocate for the importance of art, and art education, in all our lives. She studied sculpture at Norwich School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art. Paula is the CEO and creative Director of AccessArt, which she formed with her colleague Sheila Ceccarelli and it is now a self sustaining arts organization (a Charity, Limited Company and...

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Natasha Nechat-Murphy is a dedicated and experienced primary educator with a First Class Honours degree in Primary Education Studies. Her career has taken her through various roles—from nursery nurse to SEN support assistant, teaching assistant, and now, primary tutor. She has contributed to published books and online magazines, sharing her insights with educators and parents alike. 

Drawing on her unique blend of classroom experience, research-driven insights, and a deep commitment to empowering young artists she crafts art curricula to ins...

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Gloria Garbujo is a Creative Arts Therapist, Coach, Supervisor, and Consultant. She helps individuals and organisations cultivate resilience and embrace change through creative methods. She has over a decade of professional experience working with clients across Europe and internationally as a registered Arts Therapist (Dramatherapist) with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and a member of the British Association of Dramatherapists. Her Mindful Arts Workshops incorporate story telling, creative writing, ink painting, mindful movement and breathing techniques to promote awareness, self-expression...

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Jo runs a social enterprise 'Progressive Education' which is raising awareness of alternatives to conventional schooling. She is passionate about education which gives young people appropriate skills for the 21st Century and puts children’s rights, social justice and wellbeing at the core. 

The ProgressiveEducation.org website includes initiatives to improve the learner experience at school, changemaker campaigns, articles and research. In collaboration with Limitless, she also runs a membership for people wanting to set up their own schools and lea...

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Shonette Bason is a primary school teacher and Early Years specialist with over 30 years of classroom experience. She is also an author and motivational speaker, passionate about exciting children’s and practitioner’s learning. Her boundless energy, happiness and love for play are just some of the reasons she is a sought after speaker. 

You may be familiar with her innovative approaches to early writing such as 'Dough Disco' now delivered in over 50 countries worldwide or 'Squiggle Whilst you Wiggle' or 'S...

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Hywel Roberts has taught in secondary, primary and special settings for almost 30 years. He shows others how to bring learning to life for all children and young people. In particular, he has drawn on and adapted the work of Dorothy Heathcote, with whom he studied, and her powerful Mantle of the Expert approach to learner engagement.

He contributes to university education programmes and writes regularly for TES as the 'travelling teacher'. Hywel deals in botheredness, creative practice, curriculum development and...

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Winsy is the Global Director of Education & Innovation at Rocket Productions.

With over 16 years in the British independent education sector, she has held leadership roles, developed pedagogical frameworks, designed learning environments, delivered teacher training, and led action research.
For more than a decade, she has been developing innovative educational projects that go beyond traditional schooling, rooted in the belief that education should evolve with the world, and be meaningful, adaptable, and human. She is clear that modern education should...

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Dr Mark Williams is an internationally recognised professor of cognitive neuroscience, (cognitive neuroscience is focused on studying the brain and learning, how it uses thought, senses and experiences to inform understanding and gain new knowledge) with over 25 years experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. He has taught neuroscience to a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as publishing more than 70 scientific articles which have featured in outlets globally including The New York Times...

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Dr Lewis Fogarty is a director of a small group of nurseries in Berkshire and director of Teaching and Learning for the Department of Education at Brunel University. 

Lewis explains that creativity is both for ourselves and for others, he notes that it requires a certain level of confidence to stand out from the crowd and we discuss together the importance of a psychologically safe environment to innovate, both for students and teachers. 

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With a strong commitment to driving a positive impact in underprivileged communities in Uganda, Timothy Wambi was recently nominated for the Top 40 Under 40 Ugandans by the national News Paper Newvision. 

He is the founder of Ajibu Community- a community-based organization dedicated to championing quality education for children by developing engaging and hands-on play and learning resources as well as teachers’ competencies in ensuring better learning outcomes for children. 

Ajibu Community provides educational opportunities to children who wouldn't have rece...

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Kavita is a classroom educator and co-founder of Catalyst learning labs, which guides school leaders and teachers through a cultural transformation that reconnects them to their original passion for learning, leading to increased student engagement and academic achievement.

With Kavita’s guidance, educators around the world and the young people they learn with come alive with curiosity, confidence and creativity; preparing students to be the empowered creative problem solvers that the world needs.

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Dr Poppy Gibbson, an Education researcher, author and lecturer joins us for this episode.

Poppy shares her understanding of creativity creating new neural pathways, she agrees that creativity provides the opportunity for risk taking in safe environments and the opportunity to have fun. She highlights that collaborative creativity opens our minds to new ideas and it is from these new ideas we grow and make connections. 

Poppy shares an interesting exercise she carried out over 7 years with trainee t...

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Gavin McCormack, recognised as one of the top ten most influential global educators joins us for this episode.

Gavin dispels the misconception that creativity is just art on a Friday afternoon and defines is at being able to look at a problem from multiple perspectives, critical thinking and data analysis playing a large part. 

He shares examples of his own creative approaches and explains why creative thinking is crucial in todays information rich climate. 

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Pie Corbett is an English educational trainer, author and poet who has written more than 200 books. He is best known for 'Jumpstart Grammar' and 'Talk for Writing'. 

In today's episode we discuss the importance of igniting the spark in our children and that curiosity should be nurtured.

He argues that knowledge without values can be a dangerous thing and that creativity is an antidote. Pie understands we need the creative arts but we can also be creative thinkers a...

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In this episode we meet the inspirational leadership team at St Ebbe's primary school in Oxford; Headteacher Tina Farr and her Deputy Clare Whyles.

We discuss a 'living curriculum' philosophical questions and igniting fire in the bellies of children and adults alike. We highlight the importance of curiosity, context and connection and hear stories of happy learners and attendance above the national average!

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