Blast off at Pencaitland Rocket Launching & Problem Solving day April 10, 2008
Posted by Bill in : Outdoor Learning , 1 comment so far
I enjoyed a great day today working with theP6 class at Pencaitland Primary School. There was great benefit in having a whole day with a class and using their immediate environment for activities. They worked really hard working in pairs, and small groups to produce some amazing results. A wide variety of problem solving and group activities meant that they all had a chance to get involved and there was opportunities for;
- raising self awareness
- positive self respect for others
- manage themselves and create their own active risk assessment
- make informed decisions while working with others
- communicating in different ways & apply critical thinking
- create and develop ideas independently
- have fun
- achieve success
- lead and organise
The way they organised themselves so confidently, creatively and maturely made me reflect on the previous day at the Challenge For Change Conference and the possible benefits to have leaders in East Lothian train in these sort of environments … possibly with pupils..often pupils can make the more difficult sides of leadership and management look easy!
