“Now, I love a good question and Independent Thinking have set me a real corker - how can I bring a bit of awe and wonder into my class?

Once a Forest

Well, for such an important question, I'd want to start with myself, seeking something that makes me go 'wow!' and that's brought me here to this site which was once a massive ancient oak forest. Now, one day that forest might return, and this is the way to that transformation [shows an acorn].

The Nature Table

It's a remarkable seed, full of potential, and I'd like to grow a nature table with this acorn at its very heart.

I'd share it with my pupils and colleagues and just see what happens. I'd expect some interesting conversations and some observations, maybe even new contributions because in my experience nature tables (a special type of cabinet of curiosities) are like living things and when they have life and energy in them, they grow.

Celebrate Life

So, in answer to the question, I would create a little display, however humble, that celebrates life and its potentials and I'd nurture it and just see what happens...

Let me know how you get on - and remember the wise old proverb ‘Large streams from little fountains flow, mighty oaks from little acorns grow’.

Livestream

I'm Dr Matthew McFall wondering for Independent Thinking - and thank you for watching this live stream…

[Gurgling...]

You can check out all the other 'tracks' on our CPD Jukebox by clicking here.