Design principles
- Adults understand what children want to learn, and children understand what adults want them to learn. Time is made for both.
- Regular reflections, target setting and teacher learning conversations.
- Children develop a growth mindset about the potential of their own abilities – which creates a positive attitude towards achievement and reduces fear of failure.
- A semi-democratically run school. Young learners are given freedom and responsibility and vote on many school decisions, in line with the community agreements.
Learning Conversations
Bringing our Personal Responsibility Model Together
Teachers and teaching partners support up to 20 young learners and are always on hand to support and challenge learners.
Teachers document young learners learning and keep notes for discussion in the 1:1 learning conversation that takes place regularly with every young learner. This is where young learners set their own goals and evaluate their own progress with the help of their adult mentor, who is also one of their class teachers.