That's the rule established by pupils who have designed their learning environment, not just in their classroom but throughout the whole school. Any teacher, pupil, visitor to the school knows that once on the green path that winds it way through the school, they are obliged to run. What a brilliant idea, and only one of many that comes from involving learners in creating a space in which they feel they can learn.
Professor Stephen Heppell provided a very thought provoking lecture/conversation at last night's Creative Conversations hosted by City of Edinburgh's Creative Learning Network. He gave amazing examples of pupils and students of all ages creating and making their own learning spaces - both inside and outside.
Particularly ingenious was a permanent sign put up outside one classroom that read Classrooms of The Future - Under Construction, for of course they are ever evolving, and never permanent.
The finale fo this year's Emporium will be in the event spaces of CDN. Last year we had the finale inside a Kelpie, so a bit of a difference. But, the space is what we create it, and that's what will be asking educators to do - create a future creative learning space, and exhibit examples of how they have taken risks, played with possibilities and shifted the axis in education.
Check out Stephen's website and be inspired: http://www.heppell.net/
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