Topsy Page 10 March 2020 Practical examples Video: P4C Enquiry in Early Years Topsy Page 10 March 2020 Practical examples Four-year-olds participating in Philosophy for Children.
Topsy Page 21 February 2020 Practical examples, Thoughts P4C engages 'reluctant talkers' Topsy Page 21 February 2020 Practical examples, Thoughts Secondary teacher watching P4C saw his class change.
Topsy Page 3 January 2020 Practical examples Effect of prioritising oracy in a primary school Topsy Page 3 January 2020 Practical examples Significant improvements in teacher talk and pupil reasoning, before and after a school’s “Talk Project”.
Topsy Page 15 November 2019 Practical examples We didn't listen to the teacher! Topsy Page 15 November 2019 Practical examples Through P4C, children see the value of listening to each other.
Topsy Page 8 November 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples The Picture Frame Game Topsy Page 8 November 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples A lovely example of a game which generates creative thinking and can give children ownership of their talk.
Topsy Page 29 October 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Video: P4C Daily Question in Early Years Topsy Page 29 October 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Starting with simple/fun questions in Early Years helps children develop the skills to consider deeper ('more philosophical') questions over time.
Topsy Page 25 October 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Concept Towers Topsy Page 25 October 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples A way to explore the key concepts in a stimulus and enable children to practice building on others’ ideas.
Topsy Page 18 October 2019 Practical examples SAPERE P4C School Awards Topsy Page 18 October 2019 Practical examples Manchester school receives P4C Silver Award! The SAPERE award scheme can help you ensure P4C is embedded and having impact in your school.
Topsy Page 4 October 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Talking Toys to develop confident, thinking communicators Topsy Page 4 October 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Talking Toys enables children to immediately organise their turn-taking.
Topsy Page 16 August 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Amazing effect of more than one right answer Topsy Page 16 August 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples An example of raising engagement in learning using the power of open questions.
Topsy Page 19 July 2019 Practical examples I will... the impact of pupil voice Topsy Page 19 July 2019 Practical examples Examples of what staff decided to do differently, after reading pupil voice about talk in their classrooms.
Topsy Page 12 July 2019 Practical examples Children want to change partners! Topsy Page 12 July 2019 Practical examples More pupil voice about the idea of changing talk partners more often.
Topsy Page 20 June 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Use RAG cups to transform teaching and learning Topsy Page 20 June 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Children continually reflecting on their learning and selecting the right level of challenge.
Topsy Page 2 April 2019 Practical examples All this in seven months! Topsy Page 2 April 2019 Practical examples What a class of Manchester nine year olds decided to talk about in P4C.
Topsy Page 25 March 2019 Practical examples Ofsted comments about P4C Topsy Page 25 March 2019 Practical examples In a recent SAPERE P4C update it was great to hear that P4C is being recognised by Ofsted as helping pupils with life readiness and wellbeing.
Topsy Page 7 March 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples P4C Daily Question Topsy Page 7 March 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples A great way to start the day in Early Years - developing early language and reasoning as well as engaging families in their child’s learning.
Topsy Page 16 January 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Instant impact of my Talk Prompts Topsy Page 16 January 2019 Tips and techniques, Practical examples Pupils immediately speaking in more powerful, articulate sentences as a result of a really simple technique.
Topsy Page 11 December 2018 Practical examples P4C makes teachers better teachers! Topsy Page 11 December 2018 Practical examples Over the past few months I’ve been asking teachers whether they think P4C has changed them.
Topsy Page 10 April 2018 Practical examples Active learning Topsy Page 10 April 2018 Practical examples Children getting out of their seats to vote for a philosophical question.
Topsy Page 1 March 2018 Practical examples P4C can motivate children to write Topsy Page 1 March 2018 Practical examples I’ve been working with a group of Manchester teachers to discover how to optimise P4C in the teaching and learning of English. It’s been lovely to hear from pupils and teachers about some really positive experiences.
