Primaria primaveral…

"On September 1st and 2nd, Heads and staff from all three sections attended the annual Conference organized by Essarp, this time on the topic “Educating for a Changing World”. It was a great opportunity to reflect on what is going on in a wider context, beyond local experiences. Given the speed of change it is practically impossible to predict the future, but we know that current students will face a very different scenario from today's, and the programme -carried out by internationally renowned speakers, catered for various aspects of educational change. Among other talks, it included:
- What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?, and
- Quality and equity in Finnish schools. Considerations for policy and practice, by Pasi Sahlberg.
Some ideas we reflected upon:
- Assesment for the 21st Century
- A learning Lab: Upgrading Each Classroom with the new Literacies: Digital, Media and Global, and
- Future schools Now, by Heidi Hayes Jacobs.
- Influential Leadership. Lessons from Julius Cesar, by Ben Walden.
- Developing Skills, knowledge and attributes to equip students for life in our changing world, by John Guy.
- Communicating on screen. New literacies, new challenges, new identities, by Claudia Ferradas.
All in all, the Conference was a great opportunity to listen and to learn from one another... and indeed a highly meaningful experience."
- "We must be the change of what we want to inspire in others". M. Gandhi
- What should we cut, what should we keep and what should we create in order to change and prepare our learners for the future?
- Equity in education: every child must have an opportunity to be successful.
- Develop imagination: Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- "Metalearning". Making sense of one's own learning. Learning to learn .
- Learning technologies are resources, not our competitors!
- Rethink daily the use of time.
- We should let children play... and never stop reading stories to them...
HARDY AND TWITTER GO HAND IN HAND
S5 students have been working on Thomas Hardy´s poetry. As personal responses students have to twiit their opinions on the poet´s work. These twitts are excellent examples of thesis statements for literary essays in only 140 characters. Their work has been illustrated by Tomás Bréard-Anderson in a marvellous drawing showing Hardy writing inspired by Emma, his dead wife. Congratulations to all!