For our final Quest session of the year we thought about the future. We looked at futuristic ideas and how they come about, and we thought about who can influence our future (mostly ourselves!). We looked at having a goal / plan and what it involves to get to that goal. The 'success iceberg' is good for us all to remember - success is a bit like an iceberg - you only ever see the top part of it, there is a lot more underneath it all. We may see people being successful, but behind success is a lot of hard work, perseverance, time, failure, good habits etc.
We had fun imagining and creating ideas for the future and thinking about the future we would like for ourselves and for the planet. We talked about the space race and how it only happened because people had a plan and worked hard to make that plan happen - designing ways to overcome problems along the way.
We debated whether it would be good in the future to have schools all online and looked at the advantages and disadvantages of that.
My year 5&6 groups were so lovely. As the year 6's are leaving I always give them a little something to think about and to remember Quest. They in turn secretly organised a card and got everyone in class to sign it - I didn't even notice! Actually at one stage I called some of them out for chatting and passing a note around - only to find that it was for me - oops!
I really love that I get to work with many of these children over several years, and I really love their feedback, enthusiasm, great ideas and questions. They really make Quest what it is, and I love that they get to bounce ideas off each other and learn so much from each other.
Enjoy Summer everyone - year 6's and anyone who is moving to another school - I wish you well on your next learning journey, and I'll see the rest of you next year.
Debbie
