What does P4C look like at Weeke?
All year groups participate in P4C sessions at different levels, from Year R to Year 6.
P4C looks at the key concepts or big ideas that are encountered in life, for example;
friendship, growing up, love, money, choices, differences, courage, good, power and many
more. We have been trying to embed P4C into our new curriculum so children see it as a way
of learning rather than a stand-alone subject; from Literacy and History to PSHE and RE.
The children usually start off with a warm up, working on a particular skill, then they are
presented with a stimulus. Enquiry stimuli can be anything from videos and books to
artefacts, music or art. Anything that is concept rich and will get the children thinking!
Then, depending on the age of the children, they will discuss and share their thoughts, ask
questions, and formulate their own philosophical questions. If they have come up with their
own questions, the children vote for the one they’d most like to discuss for their enquiry.
Enquiries are child led and the teacher acts as the facilitator, guiding the children through
their thinking, without influencing ideas or opinions.