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22 March 2024
Tips and techniques

What does collaborative thinking look like in P4C?

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22 March 2024
Tips and techniques

A detailed description including building, helping, sharing and working together

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), collaborative thinking, whole-class talk, pair talk / talk partners, listening, circle time, caring thinking, modelling, talk prompts, P4C facilitation, peer support

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15 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

'Ping-pong' – a simple talk partner structure

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15 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Examples of purposeful talk for learning

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk/oracy in Literacy, young children, vocabulary, pair talk / talk partners, learning through talk, pupil talk, turn-taking, writing, oral rehearsal, oracy across the curriculum, talk/oracy games

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8 March 2024
Thoughts, Recommended reading

Should we be worried about screen time?

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8 March 2024
Thoughts, Recommended reading

Let’s start talking about the impact screen time might be having on language development

Tagged: early years / EYFS, young children, talk/oracy, screens

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1 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Recommended reading

The 4Cs of P4C

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1 March 2024
Tips and techniques, Recommended reading

Explaining caring, collaborative, critical and creative thinking

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), caring thinking, collaborative thinking, creative thinking, critical thinking, thinking skills

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23 February 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

Dim the sun? P4C stimulus

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23 February 2024
P4C/Talk stimulus

A radical proposal for the future

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

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16 February 2024
Tips and techniques

Talk to the blue bean bag!

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16 February 2024
Tips and techniques

Oracy skills development - using different volumes

Tagged: talk/oracy, audibility, physical oracy skills, talk/oracy games, oracy activities

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9 February 2024
Thoughts, Practical examples, Research

TWiTCH – developing thinking and talk in young children

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9 February 2024
Thoughts, Practical examples, Research

The power of stories in small groups

Tagged: talk/oracy, early years / EYFS, pupil talk, reasoning, repetition, young children, vocabulary, traditional tales, impact

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2 February 2024
Tips and techniques, Resources

Learning to ask philosophical questions

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2 February 2024
Tips and techniques, Resources

How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), P4C questions, P4C facilitation

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26 January 2024
Thoughts

Can you listen with your hand up?

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26 January 2024
Thoughts

It’s great that they are motivated to speak next, but are they really listening?

Tagged: talk/oracy, whole-class talk, hands up, listening

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19 January 2024
Tips and techniques

Have your class agreed ground rules for P4C?

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19 January 2024
Tips and techniques

How do they want to behave to become great 4C thinkers?

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), collaborative thinking, talk/oracy, ground rules / talk agreement, listening

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12 January 2024
Tips and techniques

Three ways to use talk to enhance learning in history

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12 January 2024
Tips and techniques

Deepen and consolidate learning through pupil dialogue

Tagged: talk/oracy, oracy across the curriculum, vocabulary, oracy in history, P4C and history

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5 January 2024
Thoughts, Practical examples

Speak up in 2024

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5 January 2024
Thoughts, Practical examples

The power of Philosophy for Children

Tagged: pupil voice, talk/oracy, P4C (Philosophy for Children), respectful challenge, life readiness, life skills, impact

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2 January 2024
Professional development

Final call for P4C Level 1 training in Manchester

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2 January 2024
Professional development

16th and 23rd January 2024

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children)

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29 December 2023
Tips and techniques

Festive things – talk game

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29 December 2023
Tips and techniques

A seasonally-adapted talk game to enjoy with family and friends

Tagged: talk/oracy, creative thinking, talk/oracy games, festivals

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22 December 2023
P4C/Talk stimulus

The Big Dreaming – P4C stimulus?

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22 December 2023
P4C/Talk stimulus

A beautiful book that could make a lovely stimulus for P4C

Tagged: P4C (Philosophy for Children), picture books for P4C

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15 December 2023
Tips and techniques

Festive fun ‘Questions Only’ game

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15 December 2023
Tips and techniques

An entertaining talk challenge

Tagged: games, talk/oracy, creative thinking, talk/oracy games, festivals

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8 December 2023
Resources, P4C/Talk stimulus

Christmas wonderings from Wonder Ponder

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8 December 2023
Resources, P4C/Talk stimulus

A free, downloadable, shareable booklet

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

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1 December 2023
Practical examples

Bertie's speech

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1 December 2023
Practical examples

The impact of a speech competition, plus an inspirational winning example.

Tagged: talk/oracy, public speaking, video, presentational talk

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24 November 2023
Tips and techniques

Sticky note concepts

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24 November 2023
Tips and techniques

A tip to ensure you are always ready for P4C sessions

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

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17 November 2023
Tips and techniques

Talk Prompts for thinking about new topics

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17 November 2023
Tips and techniques

Use prompts to get students talking

Tagged: talk/oracy, talk prompts

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