Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Philosophy for Children, also referred to as P4C, is a subject that enables children to think with others and for themselves. Children learn and engage with four key skills in P4C which are: caring, collaborative, creative and critical. Within their P4C lessons, children explore big ideas that exist both in education and their day-to-day lives. Children also take part in dialogue and enquiry to help them to think, speak, listen and learn to live together more effectively.
Van Gogh Class – Amazing Collaborative Thinkers
Van Gogh class put on their philosophy hats as they have been exploring what it means to be a collaborative thinker in Philosophy 4 Children. The children came up with ideas of what they thought being a collaborative thinker meant before warming up their brains with...
P4C – is technology always a good thing?
This week in P4C, Kahlo Class used a scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for a discussion stimulus....
Hokusai HOPE to reduce static 🤗
A surprise delivery from The Undercover CareTakers Agency! In a recent P4C lesson, Hokusai explored the idea of gratitude and discussed the BIG question, "Is it possible to show you are grateful if you are stressed?" This led to further pondering, and, thanks to Ms...
What Do You Think?
Philosophy for Children, otherwise known as P4C, is a subject in which children participate in philosophical enquiry. This enhances children’s thinking and communication skills and boosts their self-esteem. There are 4 skills of P4C which are: caring,...
What Do You Think?
Philosophy for Children, otherwise known as P4C, is a subject in which children participate in philosophical enquiry. This enhances children's thinking and communication skills and boosts their self-esteem. There are 4 skills of P4C which are: caring, collaborative,...
Kindness in Kahlo
This term Kahlo class are exploring all things KINDNESS! So far, we have been thinking about and discussing; what does kindness mean to us? How can we show kindness? And, what is the impact of kindness on others? In our first P4C session, the class wrote kindness...
Make new friends, but keep the old!
Goldsworthy class have been talking about friendships during their Philosophy 4 Children (P4C) lessons. Today they learnt a song called 'Make New Friends but Keep the Old' and talked about the importance of friendship. "Making friends is good because you have people...
Riley Class go Online
With our school having moved to online learning in light of the recent school closures, students in Riley Class have already embraced Google Classrooms and have started to explore the online resources that the school has provided to them. Learning packs were also sent...
“What is Peppa Pig?”
This week in P4C, we watched a video stimulus inspired by Chinese New Year titled 'What is Peppa Pig?". In the video, a kind grandfather goes to great lengths to make a gift for his grandson who loves Peppa Pig. But as he is old, he has never heard of Peppa and has no...
Happy World Philosophy Day!
Today we went to Manorfield Primary School to take part in the Philosothon to celebrate World Philosophy Day! We started off with a name game using bean bags in order to learn each others' names. After that, we watched a short clip called The Little Freak:...