I also managed to have a little time at the University College Cork in Ireland with Professor Kathy Hall and her colleagues thinking and discussing Loris Malaguzzi’s work and that of Reggio Children many thanks for the thoughts! … Lauren Hill, the first CU Fellow… and a few grown-ups too (including Headteacher Janet Baxter and local MP Natascha Engel) And that’s Lauren Hill, our very Children’s University Fellow 1,000+ hours (1,030 … hours in fact) of CU learning beats the lot! Lauren has just finished her last year at Temple Normanton Primary School in Derbyshire but somehow I think we will see more of her in the future, perhaps even at the 2016 Olympics in Rio she is a bit of a gymnast too apparently – …!! Alisha McLean and Lucy from Overfields Primary School in Redcar and Cleveland Children’s University followed hot on Lauren’s heels they are jolly good CU Fellows … “for too of course”!!! Late 13c., "beginning"; early 15c., "tempering, refining of something to a certain degree”; early 15c., "action of receiving or giving an academic degree"; 1894, "student formal dance in celebration of graduation” … Just a bit of food-for-graduation thought!!! Graduations Have a look at what the youngsters from Colchester Children’s University …? make of it (and Debbie didn’t know but shed a little tear after seeing this!) … http://vimeo.com/38150441 And finally: new partnerships More than you can shake an Olympic relay baton at: …? Natural History Museum, more B&Q, Esmee Fairbairn, Random House publishers, KidZania I hear someone say yes, KidZania and watch this and that space … “Kid-what?” … …!! Citius, Altius, Fortius a ring of commitment? … Faster, Higher, Stronger or Citius, Altius, Fortius it’s about celebrating what we are capable … of and that’s amaaaazin’! And that surely is the reason to enjoy – …! Oh and have a great summer too!! …
I also managed to have a little time at the University College Cork in Ireland with Professor Kathy Hall and her colleagues thinking and discussing Loris Malaguzzi’s work and that of Reggio Children … many thanks for the thoughts! Lauren Hill, the first CU Fellow… and a few grown-ups too (including Headteacher Janet Baxter and local MP Natascha Engel) And that’s Lauren Hill, our very Children’s University Fellow … 1,000+ hours (1,030 hours in fact) of CU learning beats the lot! Lauren has just finished her last year at Temple Normanton Primary School in Derbyshire but somehow I think we will see more of her in the future, perhaps even at the 2016 Olympics in Rio – she is a bit of a gymnast too apparently …!! Alisha McLean and Lucy from Overfields Primary School in Redcar and Cleveland Children’s University followed hot on Lauren’s heels … “for they are jolly good CU Fellows too of course”!!! Late 13c., "beginning"; early 15c., "tempering, refining of something to a certain degree”; early 15c., "action of receiving or giving an academic degree"; 1894, "student formal dance in celebration of graduation” … Just a bit of food-for-graduation thought!!! Graduations …? Have a look at what the youngsters from Colchester Children’s University make of it (and Debbie didn’t know but shed a little tear after seeing this!) … http://vimeo.com/38150441 And finally: new partnerships …? More than you can shake an Olympic relay baton at: Natural History Museum, more B&Q, Esmee Fairbairn, Random House publishers, KidZania … “Kid-what?” I hear someone say … yes, KidZania and watch this and that space …!! Citius, Altius, Fortius … a ring of commitment? Faster, Higher, Stronger or Citius, Altius, Fortius … it’s about celebrating what we are capable of – and that’s amaaaazin’! And that surely is the reason to enjoy …! Oh … and have a great summer too!!
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