A group of four young people from TAS decided they wanted to develop their rock climbing skills. They researched online and ventured out to the Manchester Climbing Wall. They worked along side one of the instructors from the centre and developed their rock climbing… Continue

SHEAF allotment project, Yr 11 young people spent the morning having a look around and coming up with ideas for the allotment such as, vegetable patch, growing fruit trees, compost areas, tree house and swing, grafitti areas, wood carvings, sculptures, wind chimes, cooking area, chickens, chill out areas, and lots lots more. Ideas have been documented on a huge spidergram ready to present to the SHEAF board. TAS young people are hoping to be able to implement some of these ideas, starting Januar… Continue

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"Why should I learn Algebra...? I have no intention of ever going there." Billy Connolly had a point.

Schooling, despite the concentration on curriculum and assessment reform in recent years, largely still hasn't tackled the main issue: meaningless (to young people) pedagogy. It's not the fault of teachers, of course, but of those who "manage change" not managing to give enough time for teac… Continue

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