BeBrave.Create

07/02/2026

I guess we just found out our next project 😁😍:

Family coat of arms 🤩

N: Mum, what’s the symbol of the school where you work?

(we look it up on the internet)

B: It’s a crown in a circular shape. The school is called Kingshurst. And what about your school…?

N: It’s kind of like a shield shape, with a big letter P in it, and a red bird feather!

B: Oh yes, that’s right! By the way, did you know that this isn’t actually called a symbol, but a coat of arms? You know, like in the old days when kings had them too. They painted them onto their big flags when they went into battle, so everyone could see from far away who was coming. For a coat of arms, they really did use symbols though—for example, Kingshurst school chose a crown as its symbol and put that onto their coat of arms.

…I remember when I was at school, once we had to make a family coat of arms…

N: I know what I would maaaake! A big love-heart ❤️ shape, and inside it lots of smaller love hearts and kisses, and—
(He shows it with his arms)
two arms in this hugging position… and we’d be the three of us inside it, and the two big arms would have lots and lots of wheels! That’s the symbol of how wherever we go, we hug!

…And my family coat of arms would be purple!

B: Really? How come?

N: Well, because the colours they say are “girly” are really beautiful. And the ones they say are “boy colours” are really beautiful too, but for example brown isn’t that pretty, they don’t really call it anything. They say purple is girly, so I choose that for our coat of arms!

25/01/2026

Always ask your children about their art. Don’t judge just be open. 🥰 Apologies for the Hungarian, it’s a fight scene from the Kungfu Panda 2. 🐼 🐯 🐺 🦚😁 🎨

17/12/2025

Him: Mama, do we have school tomorrow?
Me: Yes.
Him: Oh nooooo!
Me: Why “oh noooo”? I thought you like going to school.
Him: Mama, there are too many rules. I just want to lie down sometimes. It’s really hard to always do what the teachers say. Mamaaa… it’s hard to always be perfect!

(The best critics are children.) 💛

08/12/2025

One of the best ones. 🩶

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D1swfVeqC/

01/12/2025

DON’T KILL THE IDEAS!

I first listened to her TED Talk four years ago, and I still couldn’t agree with her more. The more I learn about the education system, the more her words resonate with me — as a former pupil, a parent, and now a trainee teacher.

What is the purpose and value of Art education in the 21st Century? Foley makes the case the Art’s critical value is to develop learners that think like Arti...

25/10/2025

Just because I have nothing else important to do… 😅🤪😅 I work in a Year 5 classroom and I added my touch to their scrapbook. Their curriculum for this year includes Anglo-Saxons, Ancient Greece, and Space Exploration.

18/10/2025

Do not say that “I can’t draw!”
You can! Watch this amazing video (with your children if you have any 🥰) and find your magic pen! ♥️

Roger was super-creative but he had a major secret. Until one day..... In his first animated film, best-selling author Danny Gregory tells the story of how...

12/10/2025

Always ask your kids what's happening in their pictures...
You wouldn't guess, but here there's a big castle where my family lives, called "Love Castle." My husband and I are a king and a queen, and there's a big fight going on. Our royal family's symbol is this "upside-down L," and the enemy's symbol is the "+." We're fighting them fiercely. Knight Nassim, who is also the prince, is on top of the tower and has just pushed away a knight who tried to attack him climbing up a ladder. There's no question that we're going to win!
👑 🤴 👸🏻 🫅 ⚔️ 🐴 🏰 ❤️

13/09/2025

My son is in Y1. He brought this colouring sheet home from school, showed it to me, and said...
N (disappointed tone): Mom, my classmates told me I was colouring the picture wrong!
B: Really? Why?
N: They say it’s just scribbling and that I’m not doing it right!
B: Hmm.. but what about this rainbow colour dinosaur?
N: I did that too! You know why?
B: Tell me!
N: Because I wanted to prove them that I CAN colour the same way like they do!
B: I see! And which type of colouring do you prefer?
N: The other three dinosaurs, Mama! That’s the real NASSIM!
B: This is art, and there is no right or wrong in it, so just be yourself, even if the world wants you to be different! I absolutely love the real Nassim!

What about you? How were you taught about colouring when you were a child? I remember I only got compliments if I stayed inside the line and everything got the “right” colour.. how boring, don’t you think?

Have a nice weekend and don’t forget to be brave! And create! ♥️🙃 🌞

23/07/2025

“This is the war in Palestine, Mama. The blue soldier is Israeli, the colored one is Palestinian. This down here, this red, is the Palestinian castle. This is the prison, can you see? For the prisoners of war. A wall separates the cells, because one prisoner is Palestinian, the other Israeli. They are both sad. I want the Palestinians to win, Mama, because this is their home. Our home is ours, no one should just take it away.”

N, 5 years old

17/07/2025

Garden mural for Cambian Group. 🙃