getting to grips with GLOBAL LEARNING!

After our successful training event in January 2018, our project teachers have all returned to school, eager to plan, deliver and reflect on the techniques we learned together.

The training was based around participatory approaches to learning.  On day one, we explored Philosophy for Children, through games, stories and visual stimuli, to generate "big questions" that cannot be answered through a Google search, or Wikipedia!

Everyone has returned to school to try out this methodology for themselves.  We will be reporting back on how everything went when we meet again in May.

Our second training day focused on the Global Teachers Award.  We worked together to examine global issues and how they can be investigated across the curriculum.  How can we support young people to develop the critical thinking skills, values and attitudes needed for 21st Century life?  We had a closer look at practical activities that we could take away, adapt and use in our own classrooms.  Everyone is preparing to submit a written reflection on one activity, in order to achieve Global Teacher Award Level 1 certification.