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Playing with Fire: Embracing Risk and Danger in Schools
Mike Fairclough
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Description for Playing with Fire: Embracing Risk and Danger in Schools
Paperback. Mike Fairclough, renowned headmaster at West Rise Junior School, TES Primary School of the Year, demonstrates how teachers and leaders can cultivate a culture of risk-taking and danger within their students - and themselves. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK; JNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
There is a misconception, within the teaching profession and the general public, that Ofsted, the Health and Safety Executive and the establishment are against children being exposed to danger and that schools are prevented from giving children experiences which involve risk. Mike Fairclough, headmaster at West Rise Junior School, has blown that theory out of the water. In the superb Playing With Fire, Mike urges all schools to follow his lead, empowering other Heads and their schools to provide activities for their pupils which include an element of risk and danger. With entertaining and visual examples of his work at ... Read more
There is a misconception, within the teaching profession and the general public, that Ofsted, the Health and Safety Executive and the establishment are against children being exposed to danger and that schools are prevented from giving children experiences which involve risk. Mike Fairclough, headmaster at West Rise Junior School, has blown that theory out of the water. In the superb Playing With Fire, Mike urges all schools to follow his lead, empowering other Heads and their schools to provide activities for their pupils which include an element of risk and danger. With entertaining and visual examples of his work at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Catt Educational
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Suffolk, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911382072
SKU
V9781911382072
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mike Fairclough
Mike Fairclough is headmaster at West Rise Junior School, the TES Primary School of the Year. He is a regular contributor to the TES and conference speaker.
Reviews for Playing with Fire: Embracing Risk and Danger in Schools
This is a very important, very necessary, and very beautiful book for all parents educators around the world to treasure. Read it and rediscover the best of your childhood-and how to bring it to children everywhere. ; Barbara Oakley, PhD, author of New York Times science best seller, A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science, and ... Read more