Recycling whiteboards into new furniture

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Love the creativity of the NBCS community! In these photos: recycled whiteboard table by Ben Pridmore for the Design Studio; modular stool & table blocks by Chris Woldhuis for the Production Suite; Global Learning Village ‘Racer’ (3-in-1: chair, desk, locker) - concept by Jordan Keller. If we can unleash creativity, passion, empowerment and ownership within a community, there are no limits!

Want to further ignite entrepreneurial and visionary thinking?

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​Want to further ignite entrepreneurial and visionary thinking? Join the 2012 SCIL Vision Tour.

SCIL Vision Tours have to be one of the annual highlights to which I most look forward. I love the SCIL Vision Tours because spending in-depth time with like-minded people who are similarly energised by fresh thinking, entrepreneurial mindsets, creativity and spontaneous dialogue, never fails to ignite new professional passion. This year we’ve managed to link up with some outstanding thinkers, as well as journeying to dynamic places and spaces. I love the intersection of minds as a way of sparking fresh vision – and with people from education, business and entrepreneurial backgrounds. This year the focus is once more on some northern European locations, plus the UK. Last year participants described the SCIL Vision Tour as the ‘best professional development’ a leader can undertake.

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What will schools look like in 2025?

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I’m often asked what do I believe schools will be like in 2025 … this is my best response. The notion of schooling is evolving. I don’t think they will disappear with the advent of online courses or other methodologies. But I do think they will change quite fundamentally. At the core will be relationship.

New furniture for Years 1 & 2

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The Island - a classroom furniture make-over for Year 1 & 2 at NBCS.

Guest blog for WISE (Qatar) on re-designing spaces for learning

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There is a clear movement occurring in education globally right now – a movement that is seeking to shift the epicentre of educational paradigms from an industrial-era experience to something more relevant to the ever changing and dynamic contexts of the 21st century. In the first decade of this new century, much great work has been done articulating what 21st century skills might be – www.p21.org is a great example of this. 

My focus is the key importance of spatial awareness in redesigning spaces for learning. I hope the second decade of this century will be marked by an awareness that redesigning spaces will be as important to change processes, as describing the new skills deemed necessary for learning and career creation in the last decade. I will focus on our journey of change as a case study for education redesign.

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