Future Focussed Learning

OUR FUTURE FOCUSED LEARNING WHANAU HAVE HAD A GREAT YEAR THIS YEAR!

In Year 9, we worked very hard in the beginning of the year to build up our inquiry learning skills. This meant Mr. Roper and Mx. Chandler provided us with heaps of opportunities to be curious and ask questions, gather information, analyse information, and reflect and evaluate what we had learned. This allowed us to build up to our Term 3 Inquiry - Innovation Station with a focus on Environmental and Social Sustainability. For this inquiry, we were challenged to innovate, be creative, and think about how we could make a positive impact on the world, both environmentally and socially. We used all the knowledge we had gained about Aotearoa and our own identity, and environmental, social, cultural and spiritual sustainability. We also went outside the classroom to gather data and experience our learning in the real world. We embraced the FFL way and have had a great year developing our inquiry skills and playing a key role in our learning journey. In Year 10, we have worked hard to develop ourselves as leaders in the FFL community. Miss Shanks challenged us to take on this role to ensure the Year 9 FFL students got immersed in the FFL way. We are a bunch of proud inquiry students; we understand that FFL is an environment where our uniqueness and differences are celebrated, and our learning styles are appreciated. This term, leadership has been visible in the form of working to develop the FFL vision and mission. As a class, we worked hard with Whaea Alexis, Mrs. Knapton and Miss Shanks to explore all our ideas and ensure our voice was heard in this process. A small group of us also developed a presentation to deliver to our Year 9 peers about this vision and mission. This presentation was also used during our Year 8 Open Day. Whilst learning outside the classroom, we used leadership roles within groups of Year 9 and 10s. This was awesome as it challenged our communication skills and our collaboration skills - two 21st century learning skills that will help our future. During Term Two, we took an indepth look at how sustainable the King of the Mountain Race is, along with other mountain climbing escapades around the world. We explored the environmental, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of sustainability. Future Focused Learning is really excited about changing our name to “Learning Through Inquiry”. We feel this name better suits what we are about and represents the awesome learning in our classrooms. It is bitter sweet to be farewelling Mx. Rebecca Chandler. She will be continuing her educational journey at Pukekohe High School. We wish you all the best, Rebecca!