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    Conversation about conservation

    As part of Thoughtful's ongoing partnership with the National Trust, Grace describes a workshop for young visitors.

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P4C and Reluctant Speakers

Silver Fellow Izzie Kirk writes about P4C and how to encourage reluctant speakers
Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropshire, seen from the south Wiki Commons
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Conversation about conservation

As part of Thoughtful's ongoing partnership with the National Trust, Grace describes a workshop for young visitors.
A picture of black people being segregated on a bus
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P4C in SEN Hub

Silver Fellow Izzie Kirk describes using P4C at the SEN Hub in her school, it's impact on the children, and the thinking of the adults working with them.

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What happens in P4C Club doesn’t stay in P4C Club

Following the 2024 Wonder Wander fundraising campaign, Thoughtful was able to offer a school 10 free P4C sessions. Emma Leeson, Thoughtful’s Training and Resources Lead, reflects on this P4C voyage into an unknown community.
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Why we need P4C in every UK classroom

Peter Timms is Headteacher at Ben Rhydding Primary School in Ilkley, West Yorkshire and writes about why he believes we need P4C in every classroom.
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P4C and the Power of Talk

Following the achievement of his school’s Bronze award, P4C Lead Mark Needham discusses his own discovery of P4C as a teacher, facilitator and leader; the process of successfully embedding the pedagogy across his whole school and the profound impact on children and colleagues.
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Thirty years of P4C: #13 — A voice for everyone — Summerbank’s story, courtesy of Neil

How could a school with a high proportion of pupils speaking English as a second language hope to make the best of Philosophy for Children (P4C), a pedagogy based on everyone talking to each other, often about the deeper, knottier concepts? There were reservations. But SAPERE Trainer Neil Phillipson explains how the risks themselves were transformed into a new sources of inclusion and community.
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Thirty years of P4C: #9 — Problem solving and self-understanding — Ez’s story

What happened when a young person who was bullied for being different, started attending an after-school Philosophy for Children club?

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