Children’s Friendships in the Infant School Context
About this episode
In this ninth episode Dr Caron Carter talks to Headteacher, Cathy Rowland about children’s friendships in the Infant School context. This episode delves into the friendship joys and challenges that emerge for children, educators, teachers and parents, reflecting on what we might learn from both practice and research. Here we explore the benefits of friendship, how schools currently scaffold friendships and advice for parents supporting their children’s friendships as they start school.
Guest speaker
Cathy Rowland is Headteacher at Dobcroft Infant School in Sheffield. She trained at Edge Hill and is in her 39th year in Education (across 6 schools).
She has been a Headteacher for 25 years (across 3 schools) and she still loves it.