Blisworth Community Primary School is with Hughes Hall, Cambridge.

14 hours ago

Tonight’s post is something a little different and I thought you would like to hear about how our school has featured in international training. Many of you who follow this page were part of the development of our school values several years ago, so I thought you would like to hear that the origins of our values and all that the school has become were part of a series of lecturers received by teachers from China.

The teachers came to undertake a course ‘Experiencing Education: teaching, Mentoring and Coaching in the AI era run by KnewSTEP Education and supported by a group of Cambridge Academics. It was held in the stunning Hughes Hall, Cambridge.

The session looked at how all of you in our community joined together to establish the values for our school, how they now underpin the curriculum and how our values lead to the type of education our children receive. The teachers loved to hear about the children’s experiences - the sleep over (often courage), Dare to be Different days and all the curriculum days to name but a few. They were also very interested in our collaborative approach to our children’s childhood with families to help our children grow up into good people and the best that they can be.

Personally, I learned a great deal about Chinese education systems and it was a privledge to hear all their information about their curriculums - the teachers were so dedicated to their roles, it was inspiring. They also gave me some very unexpected and thoughtful gifts at the end of the session. The wonderful team there including Dr Winnie Sin Wai Pui (course founder), Loki, Joanne, Dr James Underwood and the PHD students all made me so welcome and we look forward to many more sessions together.

As I delivered the session, I felt great pride about our community school and that small places like our school can make a big difference. If you would be interested in hearing some of the key parts of this lecture, do let me know and I can run a session for our community to hear about the school and curriculum design (perhaps in a different way!)

It was such an exciting summer moment!

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