"If you want your children to really experience empathy; to actually be in a moment, to be able to problem solve, articulate, to propel their own inquiry and thought, then I would suggest that yo
What People Say
Rebecca Ford from Lawns Park Primary School
‘I learnt not to be scared…I’m normally frightened of standing up and speaking, but I’ve done it loads!’
Oliver, Year 3, Hobmoor Primary School
‘The actors didn’t have any pre-conceptions ...each child was equally valued and this brought out some amazing things.
Clair Year 4, Middleton St. Marys Primary School
‘Many of the pupils who are usually quiet, and seem to find imaginative work difficult just grew and grew over the project…especially the boys’
Sam Limbert, Year 4 Teacher, Kirkstall St. Stephens Primary School
It was the best day of my life
Three children at Clapgate School Leeds
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‘I don’t normally think like this, I’ve come alive!’
Joshua, Year 6, Pudsey St Josephs Primary School
‘Gawain gave me lots of ideas but most of all it helped me to realise that if I want children to write, I have to create a context for them to be in first – make it real for them – make them feel it,
Heather Knox, Year 5 Teacher, Wykebeck Primary School
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‘The evidence was in black and white in their writing – the standard genuinely rose after a days work together – amazing!’
David Eton, Deputy Head at Mount St Marys Primary School
‘I was given a totally different way of looking at children’s learning…and a wide range of learning styles that I can now develop and re-design to suit different purposes in the classroom’
Heather Taylor, Year 3 Teacher, Clapgate Primary School
‘They could live a whole story from beginning to end – they were part of every detail and it was so real for them. They actually touch the Worzlum and drank the potion’
Julie McCaul, Year 4 Teacher, Holly Bush Primary School.
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