Taking maths/literacy outdoors use of the racoon circles - The workshop will explore speaking and listening elements of the National Curriculum, using Raccoon Circles and BIG questions. Participants will be shown ways to organise thoughts and ideas for the purposes of debate, discussion, explanation and narration, with a focus on building vocabulary skills. Underlying this will be developing social awareness, as the new curriculum identifies ‘gaining, maintaining and monitoring the interest of the listener(s)’ as a separate objective. The framework also states that ‘All schools should make provision for PSHE education, drawing on good practice’, and this will be addressed using team work and team play.