Thurrock Trailblazer Evaluation 2015/16

What partners said: Pupils
“He was a professional dancer – and international, it was all coming from his
experience. I mean maybe any teacher could have done what he did, but he added
to it his experience, all those stories from his experience.”
“It is a good memory to have.”
“Please let everyone know about Trailblazer – we want more. We should get to see
what is going on and get the chance to choose what we do.”
“It’s a completely different way of learning – live…not just looking at a diagram.”
“It really helped us to apply our theoretical knowledge, we can bring that insight into
our reports.”
“Actually seeing things gives you a better idea of how to do it yourself. I could see
that Victorian games had the same basic ideas as modern ones. It got me thinking
you know...”
“When you make things you remember better.”
“The whole school worked together and it was brilliant. And we got to see our
teachers’ hidden talents.”
“You don’t get into things really by just reading – you need to do it, feel it.”
“Our teachers have learned too – we are starting to see things that they learned in
our lessons.”
“Artists are more imaginative because that is what they do – all of the time.”
“We might get a SATS question about the Victorians and all we will have to do is
close our eyes and go right back (to the palace) in our minds.”
“We learnt that ideas are valuable and you have to protect them.“
“I used to hate school, now I love it.”
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