Category: Doing our Best

To help children think about themselves as learners they have been introduced to some learning characters who have different learning characteristics: resilient, reflective, resourceful and relationships. 

‘Everyone has their own way of learning. We have looked at four different ways to learn and tried to pick the one most like us.’

‘I ask a lot of questions so I’m like Ruby who is resourceful. I ask questions mainly when our class sits on the carpet. I ask about the job we have to do’ said  Youcef.

‘In maths I like to be challenged, so I have chosen Robert as he is resilient. If I’m really stuck I’ll ask questions to the teacher, like Ruby’ said Nadia.

‘I’m like Rebecca who is reflective. When I’m drawing I can just rub it out and do it again.’ Majka K

‘When I wanted to learn how make green my dad told me to google it. This is like Ruby who is resourceful.’ Charley

‘I am like Ryan. He is good at sharing and good at helping.’ Nathan

‘I love challenges. My mums challenge to me was to get three greens (on my chart) and I did it and I’m off the chart! This makes me like Robert who is resilient.’ Brandon

Children need learning to be fun and have important people around them to help them be good learners. 

”Learning is a basic human right. We explored how we learn and who helps us learn by creating learner ID badges.’

‘The people who are important to me in my life are my mum, dad, four sisters and my granny and grandad. When I am sick they look after me and they teach me how to swim.’ Maria D

‘The things I have learned in my life are how to talk, play, tie my shoelaces and make friends.’ Ellie

‘The things I like to do include jumping, parkour and having Golden Time. I would like to work at my dad’s work when I grow up and learn what he does.’ Jayden

‘I like to game, floss and play the PS4.’ Things I like to do are dancing, swimming and playing the cornet.’ Jegors and Sophie

‘I would like to learn how to be a teacher, have a baby and how to be on Youtube.’ Maria B

‘I would like to learn more words and sounds, like ow, ai, ou and oa because they sound great. Room 12 could teach me and then I would know so much more!’ Karolis

‘My mum is important to me because she keeps the house clean and me clean. She gives me everything.’ Azizur

‘I like playing with lego because you can build whatever you want. I’ve made so many cars.’ Viesturs

‘I want to learn how to be a fighter, to not be scared of a lot of things and to be a doctor.’ Max

‘I have learned how to do timetables. I can do up to 7 and 9, 10 and 11. 9 is easy because I have learned about the number pattern.’ Yasin

‘I would like to learn how to ride a bike, how to climb a tree, become a teacher, to be a mum, learn how to go on a plane, become a famous youtuber and dye my hair blue!’ Jorja

Every human being is important and special. We call this human dignity.

‘Human dignity is a feeling, being a proper human. No one can take your human dignity away. They shouldn’t be able to say you are different, ugly or mean.’ Aimee-Leigh

‘Losing your family takes away your human dignity.  Being left behind would be really upsetting.’ Tecee

‘To have food, to have a lovely and caring family, a nice and clean house and surprises gives you human dignity. If you don’t have these things people make fun of you.’ Amy-Leigh

To us, human dignity means:

‘You have the right to do stuff, you feel special and nobody can hit you.’ Nathan, Alexis and Charley

Children have rights throughout their life. The life cycle of a child activity asks children to think about what they need to be healthy, happy and safe at different stages from pre-birth to 12 years old. 

‘I thought about the 12 year old child. It is important for him to get a good education, which is probably important for every stage of your life. Education is important so that the 12 year old can be serious about his future.’ Christopher

‘The 8 year old needs lots of sleep as it is exercise and gives them energy. She needs to be loved because if you never have love you’d feel lonely and you wouldn’t have any family or friends.’ Aimee-Leigh