Learners as Teachers

We both love this You tube clip.

Kid President's Pep Talk to Teachers and Students!

We have been thinking alot about our curriculum especially in terms of opening our MLE next year. We need to ensure that our Learners are Teachers and that we are future focussed and their learning is shared.
I was doing some research the other day from the Manaiakalani Cluster and in particular Pt England. Their curriculum is based on 3 principles. "Learn, Create, Share"
With this in mind we wanted to ensure that our Inquiry Model had an element of doing something with their learning, making a difference. So we re-developed the Inquiry Model for our School.

Tuakau Inquiry Model

We particularly value the stage "Keep and Discard'  With the wealth of information available to the 21st Century Learners this stage is really important. In previous Action Learning models I have used with children. They often just find the first source and we really need to spend time looking at what is relevant information, and is their a better source and comparing and contrasting information.
Also the stage "Use your learning to make a difference" is important to our school. With our learners as teachers they  have a responsibility to make a difference to the world we live in.