David Wright
@Mr_PaintPots
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Ambassador for Paint Pots Southampton, Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award recipient 2022
Southampton, UK
Joined May 2009
Have you watched my virtual TEDx talk on the passion and compassion of teaching? https://t.co/AAaTcJe4Rh
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Grief and pain can be an unexpected catalyst of deeper connections and empathy to those around us. By understanding and utilizing feelings of pain and empathy, it is possible to spread and teach...
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Our #TakingAction Podcast keeps growing, reaching across a wide variety of people -- showing how the insights around ACEs, relationships & connection have been acted upon by all sorts of people in Scotland. @realdcameron @UpstartScot @KateJohnston3 @grahamchatterl2 @Mr_PaintPots
The way we treat children changes their biology. For life. A kindergarten stage for Scottish children would alter their biology - for the better. It is welcome to hear @realdcameron talking this week on #TakingAction w/ @UpstartScot about this idea. https://t.co/hMaC8IMci8
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✨ Gender inclusion doesn’t “just happen” - it’s built, learned, and lived. If we want children to grow up believing every possibility is open to them, then we have to do more than agree with inclusion… we have to train for it.
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Just in case you were thinking of inviting the little fella this year 😇
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"‘Have you been good? Are you on the naughty list? He won’t bring you anything if you aren’t good."
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This article in partenrship with Shaping Lives is one of the most practical, employer-focused pieces of content on supporting more men into early years. This is a roadmap for every nursery who means it when they say they want gender diversity.
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Is this a new definition of commuting? BBC News - Migrant who returned to UK after removal sent back to France https://t.co/uo8FTyq3ei
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Home Office sources say Wednesday's return flight included the man who returned to the UK last month.
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Not a positive status report on the goverment's roll-out of more funded early years hours. https://t.co/iK0kBDHtxP
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More than half of providers are unable to meet parental demand for the expanded entitlements, according to the Department for Education’s own research.
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How exciting. Time to dash out in the rain and soak those waterlogged flower beds!!
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A good read
Dr. Jeremy Davies, deputy CEO and head of impact at the Fatherhood Institute, shares some memories from his early childhood https://t.co/K3ibbCn1mL
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A great video to share with families about the underfunding @CoalitionEdCare @MartinSLewis @BBCtrending @theJeremyVine @Mr_PaintPots @MumsnetTowers @ChildmindingU @Telegraph @guardian @FinancialTimes @TheEconomist @thetimes @Independent
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It’s true: Infants not only babble with an accent, but even their cries reflect the unique musicality of their mothers’ native languages. Many of you tagged me this week on this video shared by p0lar_fawn (X), which depicts the babbling of a happy French baby. If you listen
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COOKIE THIEF GETS LECTURE! 😂😂😂 She is bold, articulate and just precious! ❤️❤️
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Look at these 2 bad boys, only £7 the pair! You get a better class of Oxfam book donation in Winchester. #poetrybargains
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@Mr_PaintPots Whether you’re a father, parent, or early years professional, this piece offers reflection, reassurance, and real-life insight into raising emotionally secure children. 👉 Read the full article here: https://t.co/1QIVP6clpo
#PositiveDiscipline #ParentingWithLove #Fatherhood
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Discover how positive discipline and healthy boundaries guide children with respect, build resilience, and strengthen family relationships.
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✨ Discipline isn’t about control - it’s about connection. ✨ In our latest article, created in collaboration with @Mr_PaintPots, mentor for our Fatherhood Programme, we explore what positive discipline and boundaries really mean.
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Brazilian musician and Lord Vinheteiro gently plays Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” for his beloved son Bernardo, as the baby feels the music’s vibrations. 🎹💖 https://t.co/gK5T7zv2wd
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DADA! I’ve run across many great reaction videos, filmed as toddlers realize a parent has returned from work. But this one, shared to IG by thecooleats, is remarkable - not just for the excitement this little one shows as her father arrives home, but also for the window it
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There will be no mention of the impact of the fiasco regarding the equivocal & ever-changing guidance & directives for early years settings - as they remain an afterthought. BBC News - https://t.co/dQVDc5xH0X Covid inquiry live updates: Boris Johnson gives evidence - BBC News
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The former PM says closing schools, which happened for most children in the UK in March 2020, was a "personal horror" - but felt unavoidable.
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"Guidance is often authored by individuals and organisations embedded in social and professional contexts where time, stability, literacy capital and institutional trust are assumed. The child is assessed against a developmental story they were never resourced to live." AMEN
If school readiness is really about children, we need to stop pretending context doesn’t matter. https://t.co/KpKS6QqOs1
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This video was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Blue Danube. https://t.co/ysg8KjKCsX
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