ACfE In Action

Jennifer Daly (Primary 6 teacher at Cockenzie) comments….

“As a self certified control freak I was apprehensive to say the least about transferring the control of the what, how and who to the children. Only after they all far exceeded my expectations did I have a pang of guilt that I had underestimated them so much! The children were able to identify what they wanted to learn, who they wanted to work with and how they could “prove it”. All were able to write their own forward plan with key questions and method of assessment. As if by magic, the children got into groups where there was a mix of personality, strengths and ability. At all times during our topic the children were on task and appeared highly motivated. It was almost that the topic became a liquid and seeped into all that we did, how we lined up, how they played and how they behaved.  The children responded well to developing their knowledge about World War 2 in Drama, Religious and Moral Education, Personal and Social Development , Language as well as Environmental Studies.

Working with Sheila was exciting and having a supporter to help with the facilitating of the learning taking place was invaluable. Ultimately however, the real planning, teaching and assessment came from the enthusiastic ten year olds themselves”.