school happens. do you what motivates us to learn?

School School HappensHappens

DO YOU

What What motivatesmotivates us us

to learn?to learn?

Interesting Interesting lessonslessons

motivate usmotivate us

Good, Good, kind kind

teachers!teachers!

motivate usmotivate us

Learning from Learning from each othereach other

motivates usmotivates us

The way we The way we learn needs learn needs

thinking thinking about in about in new and new and

better waysbetter ways

We learn We learn best when best when our work our work is variedis varied

We all learn best We all learn best when we are when we are

challenged and challenged and set interesting set interesting

taskstasks

We learn best We learn best when we are when we are

asked to work asked to work togethertogether

We learn best We learn best when we are when we are asked to come asked to come up with ideas, up with ideas, answers and answers and suggestionssuggestions

More chances More chances to suggest to suggest what & how what & how we are to we are to

learn learn

motivate usmotivate us

More More choice of choice of

where and where and when we when we

learnlearnmotivates usmotivates us

DO YOU

We think

Good Good teachers teachers are open, are open, firm and firm and friendlyfriendly

Good teachers Good teachers ask interesting ask interesting

questionsquestions

Good teachers Good teachers help us learn by help us learn by giving the right giving the right amount of workamount of work

Good teachers plan Good teachers plan for variation in our for variation in our work and the way work and the way

we learnwe learn

Good Good teachers are teachers are

funfun

Good Good teachers ask teachers ask

usus…..…..

Good teachers make us think !

Good Teachers Good Teachers remember remember

incentives help incentives help “make us “make us

bothered” – bothered” – punishments punishments

don’t!don’t!

DO YOU

More choice More choice means more means more involvement involvement

in our learningin our learning

Ongoing projects & Ongoing projects & challenges allow us challenges allow us more time to learn more time to learn

things wellthings well

Mixtures of length Mixtures of length of periods for of periods for

classes would help classes would help us learn betterus learn better

Longer periods for practical Longer periods for practical classes are more efficient - classes are more efficient - save time on coursework, save time on coursework,

more in depth - less rushedmore in depth - less rushed

Rethink what is Rethink what is meant by core meant by core subjects – have subjects – have

more “extra more “extra curricular lessons” curricular lessons”

in the timetablein the timetable

Give us more Give us more opportunities to opportunities to

work across work across subjects subjects

More personalised More personalised online learning and online learning and

access to ICT access to ICT

More work-More work-place & work place & work

related related learning learning

opportunities opportunities for allfor all

including teachers!including teachers!

More choices each week More choices each week where we can choose to where we can choose to

do some in- depth do some in- depth learning……orlearning……or

…….where we can go for .where we can go for extra help when strugglingextra help when struggling

Link year groups so Link year groups so we can work up or we can work up or

down as we need todown as we need to

We need more We need more non-non-sportsport related extra related extra curricular activitiescurricular activities

Give longer for Highers!Give longer for Highers!

- S4 exams not needed - S4 exams not needed any moreany more

Right now we are taught Right now we are taught how to pass exams and how to pass exams and

not for learningnot for learning

If we have to If we have to have exams, have exams, agree on agree on one marking one marking scheme scheme – less confusing– less confusing

Accept more folio workAccept more folio work- so we can contribute our own - so we can contribute our own

ideas not more of yours!ideas not more of yours!

Have more Have more on-line on-line examsexams

We all

School School mattersmatters

Most of us Most of us work hardwork hard

Most of us Most of us behavebehave

Most of us want Most of us want to do wellto do well

So what do we mean?

School Happens