Category Archives: Resources

Assessing School Impact on Vulnerability

Assessing School Impact on Vulnerability
By | June 30, 2020

Not just for the pandemic My career history has been in the charity and community sector delivering approaches to build capacity in communities considered ‘vulnerable’. Vulnerability – and often associated terms such as disadvantage and resilience – have their challenges… Read More »

Resources from Every Child Should

Resources from Every Child Should
By | June 11, 2020

At Every Child Should one of the things we try to do is bring together research, great thinking and the real life experiences of school, communities and charities to help develop practice. We share this via blogs and newsletters and at our input into conferences and research. In response to requests we are pulling out some of this thinking into free downloadable resources.

Kids Adventure Books – Spark Their Imagination

Kids Adventure Books – Spark Their Imagination
By | June 8, 2020

It’s devastating to know that over 500,000 young people are missing out on their first residential this year. And as much as parents across the globe have taken on the task of home schooling, it’s safe to say that outdoor learning is going to be a part of the recovery for children and young people as we move back to a more ‘normal’ way of life. In the meantime though, it’s important that we engage them with colourful ideas for planning future adventures, connect them with wildlife and excite them with endless possibilities to explore the world around them.

Covid-19: Measuring the impact of school responses

Covid-19: Measuring the impact of school responses
By | April 3, 2020

I listened with interest to the Business as (un)usual: Supporting vulnerable learners through Covid roundtable (#CovidRoundTable). We heard of families pushed to the limits through social distancing, of vulnerable children without the safety net that schools provide and of the… Read More »

A Free Pass for Families

A Free Pass for Families
By | October 22, 2019

I love the National Trust. Kids ran riot in several of their properties over the summer (sorry). And I was struck by their inclusion in this pretty sensible list of money saving tips for children’s holiday adventures. Indeed, National Trust… Read More »

Passport: an entitlement to enrichment

Passport: an entitlement to enrichment
By | November 27, 2018

An entitlement to enrichment and the extra-curricular underpins much of our work. The notion of ‘passports’ as a method of prompting and supporting a broad range of experiences is a familiar approach. London Challenge – held up as one of… Read More »

Do you want the good news…..?

Do you want the good news…..?
By | August 19, 2018

At face value it has been an encouraging two months in policy terms for those of us interested in a rich and rounded curriculum. Much ‘good news’. The OFSTED ‘leak’  in last week’s Sunday Times (for leak read ‘testing the… Read More »