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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.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking Heads' films. In this film, Headteachers talk about how Open Futures brings a buzz to their schools which is liberating everyone.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking Heads' films. In this film Headteachers talk about how Open Futures is supporting them to engage with their communities be they hard to reach families or older members of the community who bring the added benefit of expertise.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking Heads' films. In this film, End Notes captures Headteachers views on the Open Futures mentoring, training and support model. How it's flexibility can help them to develop their curriculum in line with their needs, vision and most importantly their children.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking Heads' films. In this film Headteachers talk about why enquiry-based learning is so powerful.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking Heads' films. In this film Headteachers talk about how Open Futures brings a buzz to their schools which is liberating everyone.

This film is one of a series of 'Talking Heads' films. In this film Headteachers talk about how they worked with Open Futures to address the needs of their children. Learning by Doing encourages independence, a real sense of achievement and enjoyment. "It gives the children a purpose."

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.

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.

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.

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.

A chance to hear from Teachers working as a cluster group and how this helps them develop Open Futures in their own schools.

This short film introduces askit (P4C) the underpinning pedagogy of the Open Futures enquiry and skills based approach to learning and teaching. Join an askit session, see how it works and hear from the staff about how childrens questions are moving their thinking forwards.

This lovely short film, shows how children in Hull are learning through askit, growit, cookit and filmit.

This was our first promotional film made with Teachers TV in 2006 and introduced the Open Futures approach, which placed 'growing' at the heart of childrens learning.

This filmit film, made by the school, shows how they brought their community together and built their school garden in one day. As the Headteacher says about Open Futures, “It enthuses and excites everyone and leads to great developments within the school. The pupils love it. Everyone can achieve. It’s not just another strategy, but a vehicle to impact on our community.”

Alan Johnson MP paid a visit to an Open Futures school in his constituency. The children were ready for him with lots of questions. An example of filmit and askit giving the children agency!