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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 received any education at all, the community develops and distributes play and learning resources to make learning engaging and meaningful for children. They also run community workshops on early childhood education and train rural parents on purposeful home-based learning.

Timothy envisions a world where all children have the tools to succeed and change the world.

Link to Ajibu Community:

https://ajibucommunity.org/

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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.

Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/catalyst-learning-labs/

https://www.catalystlearninglabs.org/

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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 teachers which you can try with your own students.

Link to the research mentioned in this episode:

Pahl's study: https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=4867

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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.

Links:

https://upschool.co/

https://upschool.co/courses/write-a-book/

https://www.evertreen.com/

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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 across the curriculum and he is clear that imagination is central to creativity which enables a joyful life.

KS2 poem created by children from Oakridge Parochial Primary School - with grateful thanks to all who contributed.

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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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This episode is a brief introduction to me, your host and this new podcast. I am a passionate educator keen to discuss creativity with others.

I have some fantastic guests lined up, some you will already know and some you will want to know more about.

Other episodes will be longer than episode 0; see this episode as a 'snack' whereas the others will be a 'feast' for your ears!

I look forward to Episode 1 at the start of April where I will be talking to an inspirational Head and Deputy who tell us more about curiosity, courage and connection. They have a passion for play, with 'joy and belonging' at the heart of their school and they have written a 'Curriculum of Hope'. If you want to find out more, subscribe to be alerted when a new episode drops. I always aim to publish within the first week of each month.

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