Keen on art, design and photography, social justice, equality and a great start for children through Play.
Joined September 2011
- Tweets28K
- Following1.6K
- Followers2.2K
- Likes41.7K
Pinned Tweet
10 years this coming year since we launched!
Can you spare a tenner to keep us going for another 10 years?
Every donation really helps us to keep going. justgiving.com/campaign/plea…
Edinburgh Through a Childs Lens next week at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Sue Palmer @upstart.scot and Tim Gill will be on a panel on Tuesday. eventbrite.com/cc/edinburgh-…
Kate Johnston retweeted
Scottish premiere in Balerno, Edinburgh, 11-9-26 with Q&A by @suzannezeedyk & Ian Smith.
@fultonsnp @KateJohnston3 @givetimescot @_ChildrenFirst @JonoLesley @connect_scot
eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-…
Kate Johnston retweeted
Looking forward to speaking at this event in September - 24 authors, all speaking about subjects linked to Upstart's aims. Sounds like a terrific day for £15!
lanternhousearts.org/events/…
@KateJohnston3 @JonoLesley @GiveTimeScot @suzannezeedyk @connect_scot @CalumCampbell_ @fultonsnp
Require every primary school to have a published plan for outdoor free play - Petitions petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Kate Johnston retweeted
Day of Play next Saturday at QMU. Sounds brilliant! Hope lots of Upstarts will be there.
@KateJohnston3
@JonoLesley @tam_baillie @PlayScotland @connectedbaby @connect_scot @Creative_Voices @stramashoutdoor linkedin.com/posts/fiona-kir…
Malta’s free childcare success must now prioritise inclusion timesofmalta.com/article/mal…
Free Range Kids & Parenting | Play It Forward Podcast S2 E12 | Wearthy wearthy.co/education/podcast…
Exactly why @UpstartScot is advocating for a mixed age Kindergarten Stage
open.substack.com/pub/peterg…
Kate Johnston retweeted
Jings!
All Scotland's political parties' attitude to 'childcare' misses the point. If we want society to thrive, we have to provide the two essential ingredients for healthy development. They are LOVE and PLAY.
This isn't rocket science. It's the science of human development.
Reform in Scotland has absolutely no policy on childcare.
This is recording of @UpstartScot hustings where Reform candidate said there’s no mention of childcare because it’s complicated and they haven’t figured out a policy yet. Jings. youtu.be/S2qJrSZl3ZY?si=He6r…
This Friday afternoon. Lots of thought provoking talks.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrati…
Kate Johnston retweeted
There's also the question of what children should be doing INSTEAD of screentime. Once upon a time, they used to play...
Screen time guidance is a start – we must support families to make it work - CYP Now cypnow.co.uk/content/comment…
Nordic-style kindergarten pilot helped isolated families | The Herald heraldscotland.com/news/2604…
Kate Johnston retweeted
I find it incredible that the starting age set in Victorian times still stands. The leaving age has been changed many times since then, as society has changed. Why have we never changed the starting age?
No such thing as a free schoolbag — Common Weal commonweal.scot/articles/no-…
Attendance at school is dropping as more children become too anxious to go to school and yet if you have been following the Scottish Greens post on a Kindergarten Stage and Raising the School Starting Age as part of their manifesto
substack.com/@petergray/note…
Over 150 years since the school starting age was decided. Isn’t it time for a change?
In this substack, Peter Gray argues that it is a human right to refuse to attend school. substack.com/@petergray/note…
We need to have a proper debate about this but Upstart has an Online Hustings on the 21st where you can enter the conversation
Would it not be better if our schools were children ready rather than ……. ?
eventbrite.co.uk/e/upstart-s…
