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28 May 2021
Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Did you put your hand up at school?

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28 May 2021
Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Pupils tell us why they think their peers don’t raise their hands

Tagged: hands up, pupil voice, pupil engagement, talk audit, less confident talkers / 'quiet children', talk/oracy, speaker chooses

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21 May 2021
Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Please could you speak a bit louder?

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21 May 2021
Thoughts, Tips and techniques

Creating a classroom culture that shows you value pupil talk

Tagged: pupil voice, pupil talk, pupil engagement, teacher talk, audibility, talk prompts, peer support

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14 May 2021
P4C/Talk stimulus

What's the big idea?

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14 May 2021
P4C/Talk stimulus

A series of excellent P4C stimuli for young children

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), early years / EYFS

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7 May 2021
Recommended reading, Tips and techniques

Selective Mutism

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7 May 2021
Recommended reading, Tips and techniques

Written from the perspective of a child with Selective Mutism, this book is well worth a read

Tagged: less confident talkers / 'quiet children', talk/oracy

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30 April 2021
Tips and techniques

Who can repeat that?

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30 April 2021
Tips and techniques

A game-changing talk move

Tagged: listening, talk/oracy, talk moves, whole-class talk

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23 April 2021
Tips and techniques

Good boy! Fantastic! Amazing! ...bad habit?

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23 April 2021
Tips and techniques

Why positivity alone isn’t enough

Tagged: feedback, teacher talk, talk audit, praise

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23 April 2021
Professional development

Quick P4C survey for SAPERE

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23 April 2021
Professional development

SAPERE would greatly appreciate your responses to this survey

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children)

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16 April 2021
Tips and techniques

Get every child to talk

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16 April 2021
Tips and techniques

Another simple-yet-effective talk game

Tagged: talk/oracy, less confident talkers / 'quiet children', circle time, talking objects, early years / EYFS, oracy activities, talk/oracy games

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9 April 2021
Recommended reading

Beautiful Thinking – EYFS metacognition

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9 April 2021
Recommended reading

A fascinating, accessible book about thinking in the Early Years

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), Thinking Moves A-Z, metacognition, talk/oracy, early years / EYFS

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2 April 2021
Recommended reading

Plato Was Wrong!

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2 April 2021
Recommended reading

A thought-provoking and practical book about doing philosophy with young people

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), critical thinking, reasoning

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26 March 2021
P4C/Talk stimulus

Should I take the stairs? Fun P4C stimulus

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26 March 2021
P4C/Talk stimulus

If we made exercise more fun, would people be healthier?

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C / philosophical concepts, talk/oracy

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19 March 2021
Tips and techniques

Simple structures for teaching vocabulary

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19 March 2021
Tips and techniques

Accelerate pupils’ learning of new words

Tagged: vocabulary, reasoning, planning, question stems, dialogue, talk/oracy

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5 March 2021
Research, Thoughts

EEF findings on Philosophy for Children

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5 March 2021
Research, Thoughts

Teachers report impact on confidence, respect and reasoning

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), pupil voice, teacher voice, empathy, life readiness, P4C across the curriculum

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26 February 2021
Recommended reading, Research, Tips and techniques

Bridging the Word Gap

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26 February 2021
Recommended reading, Research, Tips and techniques

Vocabulary report and practical ideas

Tagged: vocabulary, literacy, talk/oracy, planning

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19 February 2021
Tips and techniques

Hand signals for dialogue in live online learning

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19 February 2021
Tips and techniques

Another simple way to increase interaction and develop pupil talk

Tagged: online learning, home learning, dialogue, listening, active learning

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12 February 2021
Tips and techniques, Professional development

Two Thinking Moves you can use today

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12 February 2021
Tips and techniques, Professional development

Examples showing how you can start using the Thinking Moves A-Z to gain the benefits of metacognition for your pupils

Tagged: Thinking Moves A-Z, metacognition, critical thinking, review and reflection

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5 February 2021
Resources

HomeTalk – free weekly resource for families and teachers

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5 February 2021
Resources

A high-quality, easy-to-access resource that gets children talking

Tagged: home learning, parental engagement, talk/oracy, dialogue, P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C questions, Thinking Moves A-Z

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29 January 2021
Tips and techniques

Live online lessons - talk tip

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29 January 2021
Tips and techniques

Instantly make learning more interactive, and talk more purposeful

Tagged: online learning, respectful challenge, talk/oracy, RAG cups, home learning, dialogue, critical thinking, pupil engagement

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22 January 2021
P4C/Talk stimulus

The Three Robbers – P4C stimulus

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22 January 2021
P4C/Talk stimulus

An entertaining short video which will stimulate lots of dialogue

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C questions, P4C / philosophical concepts

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15 January 2021
Tips and techniques

Three lovely activities to raise spirits

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15 January 2021
Tips and techniques

Community-building activities which are good for wellbeing as well as vocabulary development

Tagged: empathy, talk/oracy, P4C starters / games, collaborative thinking, life readiness, online learning, whole-class talk, wellbeing, community-building, circle time

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