Did you ever want to be "Principal for a Day?" What would you do? What changes would you make in your school?

What kind of knowledge do you need to be a productive adult in today's society? What is the best way to get this knowledge? Every kid has the right to get a good education, but this right is not always granted all over the world.

1. What do you like best about your school?

2. What makes a teacher a very special one for you?

3. Do you think school uniforms are a good idea? Is there a dress code in your school? Are you happy with it?

4. Do you have personal space in school such as a school locker for your coats and school bags?

5. What subjects would you like to be taught that are not offered in your school?

6. Do teachers listen to you? Do students participate in the decisions within your school that directly affect kids?

7. What do you think are the biggest difficulties faced by disabled children in your chool?

   

8. Can students in wheelchairs move from class to class in your school? Are light switches in rooms low enough for students in wheelchairs to turn on?

9. Is multicultural education a part of your curriculum? How do you think you should be taught about other cultures?

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    What is being done to help newcomers and foreigners to learn your language and also to preserve their cultural identity?

11. Do you feel that mistakes are allowed in your school? What kind of mistakes are allowed and what are not? What are the consequences when you make a mistake? Do you think the rules are fair?

12. How do you feel in school? Is it a happy place to be? It is stressful? Are students kind to each other? How do you want your schoolmates to treat you? How do you think that you should treat them?

13. Are you learning things that have meaning for you? Do you think the right to education is respected in your Country? 

1. Work in groups in class and describe your "ideal school." Present your school in your webpage in Kidlink. Draw a picture of your ideal school.

2. Make a list of the main rules to follow in the school, which are chosen and shared by you all?
3. Illustrate with drawings all these rules in order to make posters for your classroom.
4. Write texts supplemented by drawings that represent significant moments of your school life.
5. Identify a number of rights that you would like to have at school and in a table identify the respective responsibilities that they entail.

6. Read what others say about their schools. Tell them what you think about their school and ask for clarification about things you don't understand. Is there something in the schools that others have that you don't have? Would you like to have it?

7. Read the MathAnxiety Bill of Rights and compose your own bill of rights for any subject in school.

8. Do a search on the sites listed in the Resources or other of your choice: are there Countries where education is not guaranteed to most children?Draw a map with search results.

• Save your answers, texts and drawings on your page in Student Activities. You can also open your page in the  "Kidlink Gazette" and publish online what you consider interesting.

  
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