Happy World Teacher's Day!

Hi everyone,

Wishing you all a happy World Teacher’s Day. What an interesting and exciting week we have just had. We are all incredibly grateful for the support you have shown us over the last seven days. Last week was a very important learning experience for us all but ultimately an incredibly rewarding one.

There had been a noticeable atmosphere of anticipation leading up to last Monday's start date. Now we have begun the process of making our imaginations a reality, everything really has taken on a whole new level of significance.  It is all very exciting and most importantly, so far, incredibly fun. Which is undoubtedly how learning experiences for any one in a place of education should be.

This week we were reminded of a famous quote by a modern day genius, which summarises last week perfectly. What a legend he is.

It was so interesting to see the reaction that our statement, to gain 1,000 likes in seven days, had on the students I spoke to around St. James’. It was quite obvious to us all that 1,000 likes was a big ask, particularly as this is the first stage of a process that if all goes to plan will last until Friday 17^th July, the last day of the 2014-15 academic year. It was obvious that as the week progressed and the number of likes continued to rise, students were more and more surprised. Some of us however, were less surprised.

Just so that you are in no doubt, this is the beginning of a learning experience for everyone in Classroom 21, as well as those who have chosen to follow our progress. We are excited to hear your feedback, which will be incredibly important to us. If you would be so helpful as to continue to reach as many people as possible, particlualry our peers and colleagues working in schools, we would very much appreciate it. If indeed this process ends with our vision becoming a reality, this will have a positive impact on us all. 

Even after a week many student’s eyes have been opened to how quickly people with the same interests, likes, hopes and dreams can be reached via social media. All you need is something worthwhile to say and we hope that we have just that. We are all hopeful that this inspires students everywhere to begin imagining what they could do in their own futures.

And what can we say about Harry and Millie, such gifted and talented young artists. Your actions have inspired everyone in Rm 21, we are sure you have and will continue to inspire others. To any students reading this, here is Classroom 21’s lesson number two. Always aim as high as you possibly can in anything you wish to do. Never allow some statistical data, a computer algorithm or a ‘target level’ to tell you the limit of your potential. And if you come up short, you will still accomplish exactly what you set out to do. In Classroom 21's case, to have a great start. How cool.

Next week is a very special week as three wonderful students are writing Classroom 21’s blog post. We are all very excited to hear from them as we hope you now are.