Ashoka
Matthew Moss High School facilitates social and emotional development alongside academics. They believe in students’ life-long and independent learning, meaningful contribution to society and exposure to systems thinking. They uphold a unique learning agenda through learner-led classrooms in which students co-construct their learning experiences.
We are keen to engage with other Changemaker schools, as well as schools in our locality, researchers, parents and businesses. We are looking for opportunities such as language exchanges, international projects, teacher training or any other real world learning projects.
Changemaking initiatives:
- My World - Project-based curriculum in which students pursue independent learning on a subject
- Breakthrough to Learning - a programme based on the belief that a more abstract academic language should be used
- Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) - incorporates seven aptitudes: Learning Relationships, Changing and Learning, Critical Curiosity, Creativity, Strategic Awareness, Resilience and Making Meaning
For a brief description of our signature programmes, please see the tab below or for more information on our school/ further publications, please visit these links:
Sarah Doherty
Sarah believes she could be part of a movement working to do things differently and better. She is involved in education because she wants to create environments that enable young people to become lifelong learners. Young people need spaces to learn the intellectual and emotional skills that lead to a fulfilling life and enable them to make a worthy contribution to our society. She is behind the movement which is working to change their school timetable, structures and curriculum to place learners at the centre, with stronger relationships between pupils and staff, greater learner autonomy and a redefined role for teachers.