Introducing Faiza.... Room 4's lifelong learner

In Room 4 we have been discovering what it means to be a 'Life-Long Learner'.

We have discussed that a life-long learner is someone who asks questions, listens, reads, seeks out new information and goes on to to do extra study or learning after they complete their high school years.

In order to be a life long learner we need to be motivated; keen to learn, set high standards, never give up, willing to try anything, lots of energy, excited about learning, has passion, quick to get started and wants to achieve their goals.

You also need to be confident; willing to do it, strive to excel, being brave, you know you can do it, feeling safe, giving it a go and feeling sure of yourself.

And another important quality is be be willing to contribute; having a go at things, sharing ideas, taking part, joining in and helping to make something successful.

All of these qualities are the characterisitics that make up a 'Life-Long Learner' - and this is the vision that our school has for each and every one of us. When we come in, while we are here and as we prepare to leave our teachers are here to guide us to becoming these people, so that when we leave we are ready to be Life-Long Learners and to continue our learning journey long after our school years.

We decided to create our own Life-Long Learner for Room 4 and she now hangs proudly on our classroom wall as a constant reminder of what our school wants for us, and how we can become successful.

We began our creation by drawing around our smallest class member 'Samara', who just happens to be a girl, and so, now our newwest class member is also a girl. Then everybody in the class had opportunities over the next two days to contribute to the collage of our student. We replicated our new school uniform as closely as we could so that she would reflect us perfectly.

We decided to name our student, but wanted her name to be something in keeping with her purpose, so we googled 'names that mean successful' and we got 95 names back to choose from. After a class vote we decided on 'Faiza' which is Arabic, meaning victorious and successful. 

When the collage was complete we added eyes, nose, mouth, hair, buttons and shoe laces to make her as real as possible, and then she was displayed proudly at the front of our classroom. 

Feel free to call in and see our newest class member for yourself - she is really cool!