Barbara Vidion
on 31 October 2009 at 14:40
Having submitted our first assembly draft to the publishing
company, the feedback was very encouraging. We have been
asked to put forward a more formal proposal for consideration
at their next editorial meeting. If this is accepted our work
will begin in ernest!
In the meantime, Dot has tried one of our assemblies in a
Norfolk primary school and it went down very well with the
children. Dot saw lots of evidence of deep thinking amongst
the children and possibilities for further development.
Dot Lenton
on 25 October 2009 at 10:02
This enthusiastic feedback has been supplied by the head
teacher of a school that we worked with recently. He has
given us permission to use it in our blog!
"Every KS1 class has had structured P4C since the
training and I think staff and children are learning a
lot! As ever, the better we seem able to deliver
(whether the story works better or engages the children) the
better the children respond. I had my best session last
week where the children (Y1-2 class) were really engaged.
"The children were a Y2 class and two comments amazed
me.
"One child said… ‘I think I agree with Sarah now…’ which
was brilliant. We briefly stopped and discussed what it
means if you say that
(the now being so
significant). I was thrilled as it suggests an open
minded approach – it was also a boy who took on a girl's
viewpoint which I thought was interesting.
"Another child later said something along the lines of
‘I’ve been thinking about what James said and I agree with
him’ which again shows that children can reflect! This
is after six sessions – I can’t wait to find out what it will
be like for Y2 next year after having had a year doing it in
Y1."
We are absolutely delighted and look forward to seeing just
how far the children will have progressed in their thinking
by next year too!