Welcome To Hogwarts!

A School Within a School

After 2 weeks at Hogwarts the bairns were ready for a change. They asked to keep the potions and the quill writing so along with the fact they have been creating schools during COOL time for weeks, organising lessons, taking on roles, and building their own little learning communities it only felt natural to change to a school. Another option from their role play wish list.

Now, the space has developed into a place where they can:

Plan & Lead Learning – taking on roles as teachers, learners and helpers

Design Lessons & Activities – using their creativity to build meaningful tasks

Collaborate & Communicate – negotiating roles, solving problems and working as a team

Reflect & Adapt – making decisions about how their school runs and what it needs next

The bairns are taking what they’ve been learning in class and using it to teach in their own lessons. They draw on their interests and current learning to design activities, explain ideas to others, and reinforce their own understanding. This not only deepens their learning but is also inspiring some to think about future careers — with a few already saying they’d love to be teachers when they’re older!

This isn’t just play — it’s deep, purposeful learning. Through their “school,” the bairns are exploring responsibility, leadership, organisation, empathy and critical thinking. They shape the space themselves, adapting it as their ideas grow, and each day it becomes a little more detailed and a lot more theirs.

When children are given the freedom to lead their learning, incredible things happen — and this little school is a perfect example of that.