Thoughts and Evidence

When the Classroom Becomes a Stage for Adult Anxieties

When the Classroom Becomes a Stage for Adult Anxietiesby: KatePublished on: 02/01/2026

Children arrive at school with stories about who they want to become. The question is whether the classroom makes space for those stories or replaces them with ours.

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When the Classroom Becomes a Stage for Adult Anxieties

What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primary

What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primaryby: KatePublished on: 06/06/2025

Year 5 children at Beckfoot Allerton Primary Bradford become authors for a day. What they produced and what they said about it.

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What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primary

Psychologists Coach Teachers, We Should Ask What That Tells Us

Psychologists Coach Teachers, We Should Ask What That Tells Usby: KatePublished on: 28/02/2025

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Psychologists Coach Teachers, We Should Ask What That Tells Us

The Rules We Apply to Children, We Do Not Apply to Adults

The Rules We Apply to Children, We Do Not Apply to Adultsby: KatePublished on: 21/02/2025

We ask children to live by rules we would refuse for ourselves and then we are surprised when they stop believing their own perspective has any standing.

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The Rules We Apply to Children, We Do Not Apply to Adults