Professional Learning

Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th June 

This two-day Level 1 P4C Foundation course will be delivered by Neil Phillipson and is suitable for teachers from all key stages, student teachers, teaching assistants, governors and parents.

Elements of the course include:

• An introduction to the theory and practice of P4C
• Opportunities to experience philosophical enquiry first-hand
• Developing children’s capacity to ask meaningful questions
• A framework for developing children’s caring, collaborative, critical and creative thinking skills
• Connecting P4C with the curriculum

Delegates will:

• Gain certification at Level 1 from Sapere (opening the way to progression to Levels 2 and 3)
• Develop the confidence to start practising P4C in the classroom
• Experience pedagogical approaches that can be applied to their wider practice
• Get a copy of Sapere’s comprehensive Level 1 Handbook (valued at £30)

The Course Leader

Dr Neil Phillipson has sixteen years of teaching experience covering all five key stages. He is an experienced provider of high quality CPD and is a Sapere registered trainer.

Cost: The cost per person is £210.00. This represents great value for money – a third less than the usual cost of a Level 1 course.

Booking Details: To book your place click here.

Wednesday 27th June 9:30 – 3.30pm at Keele University

Who should attend: Key Stage 1 and Early Years Teachers and Practitioners

Cost: £50 to include tea / coffee and biscuits, but you will need to bring your own lunch.

Course Leader: Sara Stanley. Sara is an Early Years educational consultant specialising in philosophical play and the creation of Storyworlds. Sara has pioneered philosophical play as a means of working philosophically with the whole child using picture books, children’s own stories and imaginative play. Sara has recently been creating philosophical play spaces in refugee and transit camps in France. Her publications include:

• Why Think? Philosophical Play 3-11, Bloomsbury, 2012
• Creating Enquiring Minds, Bloomsbury, 2014
• But Why? Continuum, 2008

Course Content: In this interactive workshop you will learn how to run philosophical enquiries and have philosophical conversations with children aged between 3 and 7.  You will:

• Use stories as starting points for philosophical enquiries
• Explore the concept of philosophy
• Develop enquiries through imaginative and creative play
• Use picture books to create long term child driven enquiries

Places are limited, you will be joining our Early Years Specialists at the end of their ITE year.

Click here to book your place

Associate Teachers from Keele and North Staffordshire Teacher Education would like to invite you to come and find out about  how they used Middleport Pottery as a curriculum resource.  They will be sharing curriculum materials that relate to English, mathematics, science, physical education, geography and history in relation to the primary curriculum and art in relation to Key Stage 1.  These materials will then be available free to you and your schools to use and adapt as appropriate to your own pupils and settings. It is very significant to us, that our local cultural heritage is shared and sustained meaningfully and appropriately.  We very much hope that you can join us.

The event is free and afternoon tea and cake is kindly being provided by Middleport Pottery.

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To book your place, please use the following link.

SAPERE and its HEI partners are organising this one day conference for NQTs, RQTs and soon to be qualified teachers. P4C’s future is highly dependent on the enthusiasm and passion of newly and recently qualified teachers. If you are passionate about P4C, or want to find out more, please come along. The day promises to be both practical and inspiring, with many ideas and examples of good P4C practice to help to get you started and to keep going! There is an online resource pack for all those who attend. 

Programme

• 10.30am – Arrivals and coffee
• 11am – Introductions
• 11.15am – Getting Started with P4C
• 12pm – 1pm – Workshops

o   Enquiry

o   Planning (connections with the curriculum) and evaluation

• 1pm – 1.45pm Lunch
• 1.45pm – 2.15pm Whole school P4C, Jane Yates (Global Educator of the Year 2017)
• 2.30pm – 3.30pm workshops am and pm

o   Enquiry

o   Planning (connections with the curriculum) and evaluation

• 3.30pm – 4pm ‘TeachMeet’ style short presentations/case studies
• Dialogic activities
• P4C Top Tips
• Building confidence with P4C

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