If Walls Could Talk....

I'm doing this a little bit back to front but oh well! One of the questions we were asked to reflect on during Week 1 was "How do we display our understanding of the purpose of education in our classrooms?" I think the purpose of education is to help students to develop the skills they need to actively participate in our rapidly changing world. The photos below reflect some of the key skills and values I try and model to the students:
Collaboration: the hands reaching out together.
Diversity/valuing different view points: our multiple intelligences display
Goal-setting: our superstar wall where students from a range of abilities put their work when they have achieved their individual goals.
Student Empowerment: You can't quite see the top of the poster but it says "When you enter this classroom you are..."