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School Happens

School Happens. DO YOU. What motivates us to learn?. Interesting lessons. motivate us. Good, kind teachers!. motivate us. Learning from each other. motivates us. The way we learn needs thinking about in new and better ways. We learn best when our work is varied.

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School Happens

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  1. School Happens

  2. DO YOU

  3. What motivates us to learn?

  4. Interesting lessons motivate us

  5. Good, kind teachers! motivate us

  6. Learning from each other motivates us

  7. The way we learn needs thinking about in new and better ways

  8. We learn best when our work is varied

  9. We all learn best when we are challenged and set interesting tasks

  10. We learn best when we are asked to work together

  11. We learn best when we are asked to come up with ideas, answers and suggestions

  12. More chances to suggest what & how we are to learn motivate us

  13. More choice of where and when we learn motivates us

  14. DO YOU We think

  15. Good teachers are open, firm and friendly

  16. Good teachers ask interesting questions

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

  18. Good teachers plan for variation in our work and the way we learn

  19. Good teachers are fun

  20. Good teachers ask us…..

  21. Good teachers make us think !

  22. Good Teachers remember incentives help “make us bothered” – punishments don’t!

  23. DO YOU

  24. More choice means more involvement in our learning

  25. Ongoing projects & challenges allow us more time to learn things well

  26. Mixtures of length of periods for classes would help us learn better

  27. Longer periods for practical classes are more efficient - save time on coursework, more in depth - less rushed

  28. Rethink what is meant by core subjects – have more “extra curricular lessons” in the timetable

  29. Give us more opportunities to work across subjects

  30. More personalised online learning and access to ICT

  31. More work-place & work related learning opportunities for all including teachers!

  32. More choices each week where we can choose to do some in- depth learning……or

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

  34. Link year groups so we can work up or down as we need to

  35. We need more non-sport related extra curricular activities

  36. Give longer for Highers! - S4 exams not needed any more

  37. Right now we are taught how to pass exams and not for learning

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

  39. Accept more folio work - so we can contribute our own ideas not more of yours!

  40. Have more on-line exams

  41. We all

  42. School matters

  43. Most of us work hard

  44. Most of us behave

  45. Most of us want to do well

  46. So what do we mean?

  47. SchoolHappens

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