The charity @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social (formerly SAPERE) invites you to their first-ever conference in Wales — and their first under their new name! A full day of talks, workshops and conversation on philosophical education. 👉 Full details & booking:

Patron Charlotte Blease is the author of Dr Bot, a new book exploring how AI can transform patient care by changing how healthcare works, making it more effective, ethical and responsive. In this blog Charlotte asks how young people can be ready for the world AI is creating.

We are thrilled to announce that we have secured a grant from #MOPACLdn, supported by @groundworklondon.bsky.social to work with teachers across London to confidently use #p4c to help counter extremism, hate and radicalisation. If you'd like to join in, get in touch! buff.ly/aHmsCwj

October 10th is World Mental Health Day and we have produced a free resource to help people explore ideas around coping, resilience, feeling alone and being challenged. The resource consists of several short exercises as well as a longer enquiry you could facilitate

Read about our pilot project with Starlight to see if AI coaching can help assist facilitators to reflect and improve their practice

We wondered and we wandered, now please help @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social meet our fundraising target so we can bring the benefits of good conversation to care-experienced young people. sapere.org.uk/wonder-wander/ #WonderWander2025 #P4C #PublicPhilosophy #CareExperienced

Our news this month is full of collaborations and community: we join forces with The Philosophy Foundation, APIS and Starlight, our Conference gains funding by The Royal Institute of Philosophy & Analysis Trust, plus our annual fundraiser #WonderWander2025, buff.ly/VBBThEA 1/2

Missing home in Pembrokeshire & seeing the Pembrokeshire ponies on my morning run. A quick update to say that all resources from our events are uploaded & we hope they will serve as a bit of inspiration for you to bring #philosophyinthewild @inparenthesis.bsky.social into your own contexts 1/4

To celebrate the new term you can access our new parent resource for FREE until the end of September! The resource created in collaboration with Tooled Up Education, focuses on LEARNING. Is it possible to have a no learning day? Find it here: p4c.com/talking-to-c...

Experience P4C is an online webinar aimed at teachers, parents and other professionals working with young people and the public, and anyone else curious about the power of philosophical enquiry. The webinar, led by one of our community of trainers, will show you what it’s like to philosophise 1/4

Whether you choose online or face-to-face, our Level 2 course builds on the Level 1 Foundation course & equips you with the knowledge, skills and experiences you need to reflect on and develop your P4C practice. Dates this term: In-person 18th-19th Sept, online 12th, 19th, & 26th Nov buff.ly/m8fU0Mc

Want to take P4C further in your school? Our Lead P4C Course is designed for teachers + leaders who want to embed P4C and sustain it long-term. 💻 3 live online twilight sessions 💷 £275 | Practical + inspiring 🗓️ Oct–Jan & Mar–Jun cohorts available Limited spaces – book today:

Young men in HMP Deerbolt have been working with artists to create their own exhibition and artists' book. Find out more about their work and share your responses, which will be fed back to the artists. Find out more and book a place for this free, online event: wearebluecabin.com/latest/pages...

Our new Level One training will get you started on the Thoughtful pathway to bring philosophical thinking to your classroom or education space. Our courses help you experience, theorise, plan, evaluate, facilitate, and apply P4C.

Very many congratulations to Queen's Inclosure Primary School who have gained a Bronze Award to start the year! Our Awards help support and celebrate schools on their P4C journey, allowing them to deepen practice across the school and community. buff.ly/PsWQtYl

The year starts well for Sedlescombe Primary who have achieved a P4C Bronze Award this Summer. They are heading for Silver now as well! Congratulations to all the staff, pupils and governors for the work put into embedding philosophy in your school.

Last year Grace and Emma ‘wondered’ across the Peak District for 5 hours talking about all the questions you donated to raise money to give young people philosophy sessions in school.

#p4c can support #EYFS educators to develop the children they work with in every single one of the critical 6 social and emotional skill areas identified in The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood's recent 'Shaping Us' Framework ⬇️

What has been the greatest benefit of #p4c in your life? Our upcoming #WonderWander2025 event will raise money so that children in care can enjoy those benefits too. Please help us by making a donation now, and follow the link below to see whether you could join in. buff.ly/Un2oBRW

“Pedagogically, P4C changed how I taught, informed why I taught, and improved every aspect of teaching.“ Read about Jan's experience here: buff.ly/JrfCIPY Book yourself onto our August course to start September with a change buff.ly/13cahFy

P4C improves both cognitive and socio-emotional skills. Join us for our Level One Course this August, delivered over 3, 4-hour online sessions (26th, 27th, 28th of August). The course is dynamic, interactive, and very practical. We do first and reflect aftewards. buff.ly/13cahFy

Wonderful Angie Hobbs, honorary patron of The Philosophy Foundation and one of our Keynote Speakers at our Annual Conference in November gives us her questions for #Wonderwander25 our campaign to bring philosophy into more people’s lives and to specifically run sessions for looked after children.

Our lovely new Trustee Amanda Burgess gives us her question for our #wonderwander25 fundraiser event. Send us yours on social media or on the form on our website. #p4c #philosophyforchildren #philosophyforlife #edusky www.sapere.org.uk/wonder-wander/

In addition to embedding climate, nature and sustainability in education, young people need to develop skills in confident communication and robust mental dexterity. #Oracy and #P4C are vital. Check @voice21oracy.bsky.social & @saperep4c.bsky.social 🌱 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

New Trustee Brian Grady gives us his questions for #WonderWander25. We are raising funds to work with looked after children and we need your questions to power us on our wanders in London, Derbyshire and Dartmoor. Find out how you can join in or donate www.sapere.org.uk/wonder-wander #edusky #p4c

Like Indiana Jones grabbing his hat… Ann Edwards C of E Primary School clinches a P4C Gold Award right at the end of term! Only 19 schools hold Gold – what a way to finish the year! 🏆 #P4C #PhilosophyForChildren #Education buff.ly/9OBjToi

As we wrap up an incredible academic year, we're thrilled to share our final newsletter edition! Discover upcoming courses, celebrate recent achievements, and get a sneak peek into what's ahead buff.ly/QruNJsx #edusky #p4c

Llongyfarchiadau i St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, after just 18 months have turned their Bronze into Silver. If you want to know how to get started on embedding this proven pedagogy that improves oracy and critical thinking then get in touch. buff.ly/l5Gq6VL #Edusky #P4C #Oracy #Thinking

SAPERE Award holding school Rokeby has received an Outstanding in Personal Development from Ofsted this term. Their use of philosophy to enable this was mentioned in the report. Congratulations Rokeby - to see some of their work using P4C watch this film: buff.ly/OPAn8s6

We've had a question submitted for #wonderwander25 by our youngest ever contributor this week, age 4, who asked 'where was I before I was born?' How would you answer? Tell us in the comments below⬇️ Join in with our #P4C Wonder Wander challenge in September this year: buff.ly/LdR30cu

We loved hearing from @saperep4c.bsky.social at the #StoryPowerConference last week. Thanks to Emma for sharing her insights 😊✨

Peter Timms is Headteacher at Ben Rhydding Primary School in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, and after organising a SAPERE Level 1 course for his cluster of schools he has written a blog post for us about why he believes we need P4C in every classroom. You can read his reflections here buff.ly/QZMxBOa

SAPERE led a workshop at the #StoryPowerConference last week for 'Campaign for Learning' and supports the immense power of stories to open up important conversations about questions and ideas that matter to young people, and their families.

This year for #WonderWander25 we’ll be walking and talking and thinking around London about all the questions you send us. We’re raising money to work directly with looked after children. Please give us more questions here: sapere.org.uk/wonder-wander/ #philosophyforchildren #edusky

The importance of developing socio-emotional skills alongside cognitive skills, as P4C does, is highlighted in this Nuffield report by Lee Elliot Major, Andy Eyles, Esme Lillywhite, and Steve Machin. buff.ly/sOhiaKZ #P4C #PhilosophyforChildren #oracy #criticalthinking #wellbeing

Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Ysgol Panteg, who have gained their Gold Award with us. Their assessor wrote: 'Ysgol Panteg is a pioneering establishment' and their 'overall approach, techniques & solutions deserve wide publicity, not just in Wales, but on the international P4C scene.'

Our new Level One training is available to book now from August to June next year - join us in person or online to learn how to facilitate philosophical conversations around any curriculum subject: buff.ly/8k9OwOm #internationalcourses #internationalCPD #P4C #philosophyforchildren

The last session of P4C club today and we thought about wisdom and whether we had become wiser, using a note found in Hypatia's cloak to push our thinking. We evaluated and reflected and and they felt wise. To help more young people feel wiser do donate to #WonderWander25 here: buff.ly/NFHok4C

So incredibly proud to be speaking at the @saperep4c.bsky.social annual conference about our #PhilosophyInTheWild project inspired by the work of #MaryMidgley @inparenthesis.bsky.social And a conference in my beloved #Wales! #Midgley and #JudithHughes (Mary’s co-author for #WomensChoices) 1/3

Two more stops added on our Wonder Wander tour this September - we will be visiting the house that Iris Murdoch shared with Philippa Foot and popping past Philippa Foot's place on our way to Bloomsbury. Please support us by donating questions and money: buff.ly/evWvn6w

P4C club today started with two playing cards laying face down and the children were told one of them was red, and to decide which one – it turned our neither were red. The trick had worked! Why did they believe one was red? Donate here to fund more clubs: buff.ly/gUEGfQX

Join Emma Leeson, @saperep4c.bsky.social at the #StoryPowerConference next week 🎤 Emma's workshop will use story to open up philosophical questions and generate meaningful conversations. Don't miss out! Book your place here: bit.ly/StoryPowerCo... #FamilyLearning

As the population ages, we will soon face a crisis of eldercare. Emily Kenway talks about whether technology might be the answer. Should robots look after the elderly? #philosophyforeveryone www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Bj...

Congratulations to Rutherford House School on achieving your SAPERE Silver award! We enjoyed hearing about all the wonderful Philosophy taking place, from the inclusion of Philosophy in your Maths Week, to the flourishing Philosophy club.

Maya Angelou's poem 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me' led us to consider at P4C Club: Should life frighten you? We ended the session with the children paying each other a 4Cs of Method complement. Enable more children to have this experience by donating to #WonderWander25 here: buff.ly/0M7YJVz

The next parent resource in collaboration with Tooled Up Education has just been added to P4C.com: Talking to children about global citizenship. If you’re interested to find out more we have a free online Consider Geography & P4C session on 23rd June 15:30-16:15 you can book here: buff.ly/CB9DDtV

Emma Leeson is running a workshop at the National Family Learning Conference on 3rd July, demonstrating how to use stories to open up compelling philosophical conversations with children, young people and adults. Find out more here: buff.ly/PjYxNh1

Our lovely Patron Stephen Fry talks to Philosophy Now about AI, the lure of language, and of course, philosophy in schools in a wonderful interview in their latest issue about the digital world: buff.ly/XBUHXY5 #Philosophyforchildren #p4c #philosophy #EduSky

P4C Club today involved making ourselves and then 'losing our heads' by swapping them with someone else's! Where are you? Your body, your brain or your mind? Help this year's #WonderWander25 campaign raise money for future free P4C clubs for children in care here: buff.ly/0M7YJVz

Our final two Level 1 courses of the year are in August online & in person (in Thailand! The online course is running at a time when colleagues in Asia should also be able to access it). Find a pedagogy that will inspire your classroom practice and help every child flourish. buff.ly/SDjjYat #Edusky