Service Learning - Case Study 1
Context? Multi programme DP school in the first year of the CP with a priority to design a core where 'each element supports and feeds into the others'
Is service learning timetabled? Yes, in the first term, students use timetabled service learning lessons for the research stage and to identify local ethical issue and needs. Research is built in throughout the two year course with a '360' feedback loop with community partners.
Examples of projects?
Local ethical need identified | Response to local need |
| Childhood literacy in multilingual environments | Convert school library books to digital format with voiceover to share with local schools |
| Ethical supply chains | Use of documentary to raise awareness of ethical issue that was explored for a reflective project |
| Access to sport for disadvantaged children | Creation of tennis tournaments at a local tennis centre to promote access for all |
| Children's mental health i/ssues | Creation of a social media project to counteract the effects of isolation during the pandemic and connect the school community |
Key question for success? 'Are the students thinking about what they think the community needs or what the community thinks it needs?'