Personal vision

Personal vision

1. Technology

   • Paperless Classroom
     • Use of Seesaw
       • Allows pupils to independently document their learning
     • Cost implication
       • For a truly paperless classroom, each child would need access to a tablet of scome kind
     • E-safety concerns
       • Confidentiality- use password protected software
         • Each child has a password for their own 'portal'
         • Shared with child, parent and school
     • What about writing skills?
     • Class storage areas
       • dropbox
       • Google drive
   • Wearable technology

2. Pedagogy

   • Flexible Seating
     • Pupils have a range of seating options
       • Carpet squares
       • Standing
       • Chairs
       • Bean bags
     • Increases pupil comfort- allowing for more focused students?
       • Wroblaski (2011)
   • Problem solving based
     • Investigation style lessons
       • Fractions investigation with KS2 (Year 3/4)
   • Outdoor learning
     • Forest schools
     • Practical lessons
       • Map work outside

3. Physical

   • Grouped tables
     • Mixed ability- allows children to share their knowledge with each other.
   • Resources
     • Constantly available for pupils to access
     • Matched to the topics being taught
   • Working walls
     • Opportunities for children to interact with their learning throughout a topic
   • Soft Reading corner
     • Designed to encourage reading for pleasure

4. Education is about preparing children for their future- whatever that may be