Author name: Tom Bigglestone

This week, a session we created for a recent demonstration lesson at Chigwell School in Essex. It began as something for young children but has developed into an enquiry that challenges all ages. In this last month we’ve trained over 450 teachers and worked with over 1100 children. Interested in us coming to your school? […]

This week, explore the ethics of space exploration in a session written by our colleague Marley Davies in response to a request from one of our Zoom philosophy groups over at p4he.org. Plus, we’ve added another free webinar on metacognition due to high-demand! Scroll down for more.   Warm-up: What’s this? Click the image to see

This week, two activities inspired by Thinking Moves A-Z, co-written with Roger Sutcliffe, who conceived this great way to embed metacognition in everyday teaching and learning.  The 26 moves make metacognition simple and understandable for all. The simple framework gives children a vocabulary for their thinking, so they can draw attention to the moves and become better