Category: A Look at Learning

• January 19, 2022

  “Making students feel comfortable and welcomed.”

  Over the years, many of our students told us that the hardest part of coming back to education was walking in the door. The first person they meet can have the most impact. Our receptionist Colette plays a hugely important role in helping returning students to feel at ease when they walk in that door. […]
• November 10, 2021

  The City is a Literacy Landscape

  Occasionally with our Friday morning group we have taken the classroom outside. The aim is to use our literacy and digital skills to take pictures of words and signs all around and send them to each other using WhatsApp. What kinds of pictures did we take? Everything from parking meter signs that show days of […]
• October 20, 2021

  Icebreakers and Group Games

  Icebreakers and group games are a great resource in the educator’s toolkit and can serve a number of purposes when working with all kinds of groups.  Usually, icebreakers are used when a group meets for the first time, yet we have been using them regularly in our literacy groups to: Help develop confidence with listening […]
• July 26, 2019

  The Fear is Real

    When we are faced with a daunting task, when we have to complete something under pressure or in public, it can be the fear that gets to us first. We may immediately think it is that the task itself that is difficult. We may adopt a ‘I just can’t’ attitude. Whether it is filling […]