Working with schools to enable children to become confident, thinking communicators.

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Working with schools to enable children to become confident, thinking communicators.

Topsy’s Pupil Talk Prompt resource cards including “I think…”
Topsy’s training is based on research and fits perfectly with the reality of teaching in a turbulent climate.
— Headteacher, Manchester

CPD for teachers and TAs

Very effective – high expectations, thoughtful interventions, considered questioning,
great level of challenge, valued all opinions.
— EYFS Leader, Manchester
Learnt loads, packed with information, really useful, ideas that I can use straight away in class… Would definitely recommend it to other teachers/LSAs/Heads.
— SENCO, Salford, in relation to P4C Level 1 training
 

Talk and P4C videos


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Thanks Topsy for your help over the course of this term. I feel like it has had a huge impact on the teaching and learning in my classroom. Last week, a child made a statement which took us in a slightly different direction - we ended up using talking strategies for the whole lesson. I used the talk toolkit to deepen the conversation further. In the following session the children wrote an information text to record the discussion. The writing was of a much better quality than it normally would be. The children felt more confident in the subject matter and a lot of my reluctant writers were enthused to write. The writing session began at 2pm on a Friday afternoon... I couldn’t believe the quality of the session and the focus from the children.
— Year 4 teacher, following her second coaching session on High-Quality Talk for Learning