Welcome to our STEAM Series. Over the next few articles, we’ll be exploring the thinking behind the SPIRIT STEAM Toolbox before sharing the classroom activities themselves. Our hope is that, by the end of this series, you’ll not only discover practical ideas that you can adapt to your own classroom, but also gain a deeper […]

There is something wonderfully honest about the way children play. They become completely absorbed in the challenge before them—thinking, negotiating, experimenting, adapting, celebrating success and learning how to respond when things don’t go as planned. They are not consciously trying to develop resilience, communication or critical thinking. Yet, more often than not, that is exactly […]

As we move into the first of the SPIRIT toolboxes, it feels important to pause and acknowledge something that happened during the development of the project itself. Interestingly, one of our biggest discussions as a consortium was not about whether active learning matters—we all agreed that it does. The conversation centred on something much simpler, […]

Over the past few articles, we’ve reflected on the ideas that lie at the heart of the SPIRIT Framework. We’ve explored the ten transversal skills and the values they seek to nurture, from emotional awareness and curiosity to resilience, empathy and connectedness. We have also considered the importance of seeing the child before the lesson, […]

Throughout this series, we’ve explored the ten transversal skills at the heart of the SPIRIT Framework and reflected on why they matter. But an important question naturally follows: How do children actually develop these skills? The answer is both simple and profound. Children do not become resilient because someone explains resilience to them. They do […]

As we begin moving from the philosophy of the SPIRIT Framework into its practical application, there is one idea that deserves a moment of reflection before we explore classroom activities, traditional games and learning experiences. It is, perhaps, one of the simplest ideas in the entire handbook, yet one of the most important: before choosing […]

Over the past few articles, we’ve taken a step back to explore the ideas that lie at the heart of the SPIRIT Framework. We’ve reflected on emotional awareness, creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, resilience, flexibility, curiosity, empathy, valuing people and nature, and finally, connectedness. Individually, each skill offers children something valuable. Together, they paint a much […]

The SPIRIT Framework is built around ten transversal skills that we believe can help today’s children prepare for tomorrow’s world. Rather than exploring them all at once, this series has taken a moment to reflect on each one individually. Together, these ten skills form the heart of the framework: emotional awareness, regulation and communication; creativity; […]

The SPIRIT Framework is built around ten transversal skills that we believe can help today’s children prepare for tomorrow’s world. Rather than exploring them all at once, this series takes a moment to reflect on each one individually. Together, these ten skills form the heart of the framework: emotional awareness, regulation and communication; creativity; problem-solving; […]

The SPIRIT Framework is built around ten transversal skills that we believe can help today’s children prepare for tomorrow’s world. Rather than exploring them all at once, this series takes a moment to reflect on each one individually. Together, these ten skills form the heart of the framework: emotional awareness, regulation and communication; creativity; problem-solving; […]