Karen Dell’Armi
@karendellarmi.bsky.social
Creativity in education consultant; Arts Council of Wales Creative Learning Lead; Regional Leader of Governance; ESTYN Lay Inspector; Chair of Governors; Leadership Coach; Mindfulness Trainer; Artist & Jeweller; LGBTQIA+ ally; Anti-racist; dysgu Cymraeg
Last call…..get a wiggle on…..
‼️NEW DEADLINE: EXPERIMENT AND EXTEND‼️
📅 Midday (12pm), Friday 31 October 2025
Join the movement transforming learning and leadership in schools across Wales.
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📅 Midday (12pm), Friday 31 October 2025
Join the movement transforming learning and leadership in schools across Wales.
🔗 Experiment t.co/lMwXMcwZSr
🔗 Extend t.co/J7tfTxPIzq
#CreativeLearningCymru #CreativeEducation t.co/FH5SGERKd6
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Last call…..get a wiggle on…..
A humbling, hopeful and happy day 💗
June 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A humbling, hopeful and happy day 💗
Reposted by Karen Dell’Armi
How have years of austerity, Covid and rising costs impacted the fundraising landscape? 📈
Join us next week for Empowering Growth: Sustainable Fundraising Strategies to hear about the latest approaches and trends – and explore how museums can face the future with confidence.
Book now from £36 👇
Join us next week for Empowering Growth: Sustainable Fundraising Strategies to hear about the latest approaches and trends – and explore how museums can face the future with confidence.
Book now from £36 👇
Empowering Growth: Sustainable Fundraising Strategies - Museums Association
Fundraising is an essential survival tool for museums of all shapes and sizes – from nationals to civic to small …
www.museumsassociation.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How have years of austerity, Covid and rising costs impacted the fundraising landscape? 📈
Join us next week for Empowering Growth: Sustainable Fundraising Strategies to hear about the latest approaches and trends – and explore how museums can face the future with confidence.
Book now from £36 👇
Join us next week for Empowering Growth: Sustainable Fundraising Strategies to hear about the latest approaches and trends – and explore how museums can face the future with confidence.
Book now from £36 👇
Always look for the why, get curious not cross. Every member of a school community deserves to feel safe in school. It’s such a complex issue and not one schools can be expected to tackle in isolation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ammanford school stabbing: Knife exclusions 'too simple' - Estyn chief
The Welsh education inspectorate's Owen Evans says a more nuanced approach is needed.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Always look for the why, get curious not cross. Every member of a school community deserves to feel safe in school. It’s such a complex issue and not one schools can be expected to tackle in isolation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is so needed in the sector right now. Hopefully the full pay award is covered and separately to the LA delegated budgets. www.gov.wales/2255m-fundin...
£225.5m funding boost to support education in Wales | GOV.WALES
The education sector is set to benefit from £225.5m in funding, with schools, colleges and other settings receiving funding to help meet the needs of learners across Wales.
www.gov.wales
December 12, 2024 at 5:41 PM
This is so needed in the sector right now. Hopefully the full pay award is covered and separately to the LA delegated budgets. www.gov.wales/2255m-fundin...
Lovely Laugharne, fab friends, rest and relaxation 💗🙏🏻
December 1, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Lovely Laugharne, fab friends, rest and relaxation 💗🙏🏻
youtu.be/t1suFA6BXvg
Great short film about the importance of creating a shared sense of belonging in schools
Great short film about the importance of creating a shared sense of belonging in schools
Building Belonging in Schools
YouTube video by Jonathan Hutchinson
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 6:50 PM
youtu.be/t1suFA6BXvg
Great short film about the importance of creating a shared sense of belonging in schools
Great short film about the importance of creating a shared sense of belonging in schools
Great news. Congratulations to Baroness Shriti Vadera. Lots to build on as the creative industries are disproportionately disadvantaged at times of austerity.
RSC Chair Baroness Shriti Vadera to lead Creative Industries Council, as work kicks off on growth plan for the sector www.gov.uk/government/n...
RSC Chair to lead Creative Industries Council, as work kicks off on growth plan for the sector
Baroness Shriti Vadera has been appointed by the Culture Secretary as the new co-chair of the Creative Industries Council - a key forum that brings together government and the businesses and public bo...
www.gov.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Great news. Congratulations to Baroness Shriti Vadera. Lots to build on as the creative industries are disproportionately disadvantaged at times of austerity.
Reposted by Karen Dell’Armi
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We need to care for families so children get a good start. Austerity has been a disaster.
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten Bell
Research reveals that Tessa Jowell’s programme not only helped early years children but went on to reduce youth crime
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We need to care for families so children get a good start. Austerity has been a disaster.
Reposted by Karen Dell’Armi
The sector needs to stop, listen, and engage… forcing chn into schools that cannot support their needs, or worse, place them in a constant state of stress, is immoral. We are punishing chn and families for struggling within a system that was not built for them.
www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-v...
www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-v...
Adam Vasco on LinkedIn: Primary school pupil suspensions in England double in a decade
Square Pegs….The Rising Tide of Suspensions
The doubling of primary school pupil suspensions in England over the last decade is shocking but, sadly, not…
www.linkedin.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:26 AM
The sector needs to stop, listen, and engage… forcing chn into schools that cannot support their needs, or worse, place them in a constant state of stress, is immoral. We are punishing chn and families for struggling within a system that was not built for them.
www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-v...
www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-v...
Wonderful weekend enjoying vitamin sea 💗
November 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Wonderful weekend enjoying vitamin sea 💗
November 5, 2024 at 6:50 PM
November 5, 2024 at 6:50 PM
October 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Karen Dell’Armi
September 4, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Morning stroll and caught sunrise in Tragaki
September 4, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Morning stroll and caught sunrise in Tragaki
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August 29, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Not new news to those involved in education/CYP health & wellbeing, but a sobering reminder of the task ahead. Has to be a multi agency approach - education alone shouldn’t be asked to solve all society’s ills. But it should be inclusive and adaptable.
Not new news to those involved in education/CYP health & wellbeing, but a sobering reminder of the task ahead. Has to be a multi agency approach - education alone shouldn’t be asked to solve all society’s ills. But it should be inclusive and adaptable.
‘Happiness recession’: UK 15-year-olds at bottom of European satisfaction league
Quarter of British teenagers in age group report low life satisfaction, compared with 7% of their Dutch peers
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2024 at 8:28 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Not new news to those involved in education/CYP health & wellbeing, but a sobering reminder of the task ahead. Has to be a multi agency approach - education alone shouldn’t be asked to solve all society’s ills. But it should be inclusive and adaptable.
Not new news to those involved in education/CYP health & wellbeing, but a sobering reminder of the task ahead. Has to be a multi agency approach - education alone shouldn’t be asked to solve all society’s ills. But it should be inclusive and adaptable.
Some useful resources here for families
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This Padlet is for children with #SEND and their families. Feel free to use, pin, embed...
Instructions are on the Padlet.
#SENDfamily #ukedu #edusky
This Padlet is for children with #SEND and their families. Feel free to use, pin, embed...
Instructions are on the Padlet.
#SENDfamily #ukedu #edusky
SEND Information Links for Children, Young People & Families
➡️ Topics are arranged A-Z. Simply scroll along from left to right.
🔎 Once you’ve found the topic you’re looking for you scroll down the list to search.
🟢 Anything that is specifically for children an...
padlet.com
August 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Some useful resources here for families
Hello @edusky.bsky.social Interested to hear how the new academic year has started for colleagues. Key personal goals this year? Curriculum conundrums? Creative approaches to T&L? What feels different so far? How can governance better support you?
August 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Hello @edusky.bsky.social Interested to hear how the new academic year has started for colleagues. Key personal goals this year? Curriculum conundrums? Creative approaches to T&L? What feels different so far? How can governance better support you?