8 Together

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”

Helen Keller

Let's all go off and play

When was the last time you heard someone direct that comment at you? How old were you?

Playtime…It's funny really, because for many, it's a childish term; children play and most of the time, certainly at nursery or at school, they play together. Sadly, as we rise up through the education system, many of us are taught that learning moves from a collaborative process to a solo activity. Education becomes about me, my abilities, my knowledge, my skill and my ambitions.

As young children, we begin our education journeys surrounded by others and as the years go by the numbers fall away.

Like so many of the things that we look back on from ...

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