Philosophy for Children provides an opportunity for children to learn through enquiry and the exploration of ideas. Children learn that their ideas have value, and that the ideas of other children have value too. Through Philosophy for Children, our pupils realise that people have different opinions and during regular P4C sessions, they gain the confidence to ask questions and learn through discussion. Philosophy for children helps children to think deeply and formulate opinions. It also helps children to develop social cues and take part in discussions and debates through listening and turn taking. Children are given progressive sentence stems to help them offer their ideas, build on other children’s ideas or politely challenge the opinions of others. As a school who prioritise oracy across the curriculum, P4C provides the perfect opportunity for all pupils to develop their spoken language skills and it helps to embed the work we do with the Voice 21 programme. P4C sessions take place for every year group from F1 right the way to Year 6. They cover many thought-provoking topics and help to enhance all aspects of the curriculum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are our F1 children. They asked some big P4C questions about love. Can you love more than one person? Does my pet love me? Who do we love?

 

For more pictures of our P4C debates click the link and visit our Speaking and Listening page.