Open Futures Resources

Strategies specifically for exploratory talk and playful puzzling with younger children.

Numeracy in the garden for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6!

A selection of films from the filmit website including behind the scenes info, tips and ideas

Open Futures provided lots of opportunities for schools to engage with parents and their communities. This short film shows one school inviting parents in to show them how they teach the children and to pass on some of the skills. Cooking is an excellent way into maths, science and literacy with tasty results.

It is what it says on the tin! Oh, no tins! It's all healthy and fresh.The children had great fun with askit, cookit and filmit making adverts for healthy foods.

Slug facts and how to deal with them.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking heads' films. Children all over the country recorded their thoughts on Open Futures, hear what some of them have to say.

Storyboard template to plan your films.

Education Endowment Foundation Philosophy for Children Evaluation Report and Executive Summary July 2015 (Durham University)

This brochure provides an overview of the research findings from an Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Efficacy Trial carried out by Durham University and published in 2015.