Ed Finch

@edfinch.bsky.social

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Thinking about primary education, Big Education Conversation, storytelling, strumming, singing, linocutting.

A rushing stream on Dartmoor.
Me and Katie in a lovely stream on Dartmoor.
Packaged 'Palestine Action Man' figurine.
Screengrab from my justgiving page showing we've raised £1,354!
QR code to my justgiving page.
A vinyl record with handmade labels reading Lakefest 2025 on one side and STEAMCO: Our Art Camp on the other.
Me and my sister
Ed in front of a wild pool on dartmoor.
A packaged action figure wearing a keffiyah and with a placard reading 'Stop Genocide' labelled Palestinian Action Man
Cover of 'Small and Mighty - Conersations about small schools' edited by Aimee Tinkler. Available from John Catt.
Cactus (or maybe some form of giant Euphorbia?) In a pot on my windowsill. It has big green, flanged sections flying off in all directions. I love it but it's crazy!
Jumbotron Bullpen
Ed playing harmonica alongside a group of friends.
Rachel Higginson, speaking at the Whole Education Summer Conference, quotes Sarah Watkins; 'Placeness: the quality of havingnor occupying a space'
Rachel Higginson speaking about the power of intrinsic motivation. The slide shows extrinsic motivation (money, points, stickers, levels) and intrinsic motivation (purpose, mastery, drive, self knowledge)
Ron Berger speaking in front of a large audience at the Whole Education conference. A slide on the screen behind him reads; "When a student is finished with school and moves into adult life, she will be judged not by her ability to perform on a teat of basic skills, but by the quality of her work and her character." Ron Berger Ethic of Excellence, 2001
Ron Berger speaking at the Whole Education conference.
A small square cage with a gate into it with a sign reading 'Guide Dogs, keep locked'.
Rubbish AI maths poster.
Hilariously bad AI generated maths poster .
Graphic saying 'You've been nominated for the JustGiving Awards 2025'
Statue of a man on a horse with a traffic conw on his head.
David Bull, the new chair of Reform on stage in front of a banner which has been doctored to read 'Most Haunted'.
Cover of 'The Boy Lost in the Maze' by Joseph Coelho, published by Otter Barry.
Hyperrealistic watercolour painting of a grinning mask hanging on a weathered wooden fence.
'Swimming for Palestine' graphic.
I'm Speaking! 3-4 July 2025 Wellington College educationfest.co.uk
Balter: v. To dance gracelessly, without particular skill or art, but perhaps with some enjoyment. (MIDDLE ENGLISH)
T shirt print saying 'My Dad went to the Mysterious Obelisk and all I got was this LOUSY T-shirt
Page from a dictionary. Balter: to dance gracelessly without particular art or skill, but perhaps with some enjoyment.
Screengrab from The Daily Telegraph. 'We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can't go on five holidays'
World Kid Lit logo. A child sitting on a big pile of books and reading.
Tank Girl poster. "I can't let things be this way. We can be wonderful. We can be magnificent. We can turn this shit around."
A stroop wafel gently warming atop a lovely mug of tea.
Linoprint in the style of Fumi Yanigimoto showing a girl with a cat. One with a white background, one with aquamarine and one with mustard yellow.
Screenshot of a localised news push story reading 'The Worst Burger Joint In Thr Country Is In Pontypridd'
My three colour test print alongside the final block.
A lino block with a design of a young woman and a cat cut into it ready for printing.
Me in a dressing gown, holding the tubey bit off the hoover.
Cliffs, water and blue, blue sky!
Ed Ball's famous 'Ed Balls' tweet from this day in April 2011
Presentation slide: "We always knew that good schools were human places: exploiting every moment, warm in every crevice and celebrating learning for every person. Good schools are joyous and purposeful places where people enjoy being together, they connect with a real world, have memorable and funny events, happinesses and sadnesses. They help pupils to think for themselves and act for others"
Slide from a presentation saying, "Children learn best when they are actively engaged in constructing something that has a personal meaning to them - be it a poem, a robot, a sandcastle, or a computer program." Seymour Papert Professor of learning Research, MIT
Ed grinning with the legendary Hywel Roberts.
Photo of Mark Wilson, CEO of Wellspring Trust, opening The Next Decade Conference at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
Very large and very red painting of a pontiff of some sort.
Cover of 'Please Find Attached' by Laura Mucha, published by Bloomsbury.
Three T-shirts printed with a 'Pigeon with a crown' motif.
The stellae field at Axum in Ethiopia.
Lino cut T-shirt design that reads 'My dad went to the Mysterious Obelisk and all I got was this LOUSY T-shirt.
Two plants growing towards the middle of the shelves in my kitchen. The tradescantia is just touching the support bracket in the middle.
Ed holding up a copy of Please Find Attached by Laura Mucha.
Graphic for #SwimmingForPalestine showing the names and an image for each of the locations where Ed has already swum and a yellow rectangle with the letter of the alphabet for each of the locations he's yet to tick off. The letters A, G, J, N, O, P, Q, R, U, V X and Z are still to get.