Having said what I've said below, I recently came across a school website that claimed that they had all the newest, latest and best facilities. I am wary of the pressure to sweep away the stories of the past in favour of a gleaming, parent/customer-friendly future. Schools are, or should be, places where there is a distinctive heartbeat from old, story ridden uneven furniture which is quickly lost in an Ikea look alike. I suggest that cherishing the roots of a school, the collective wisdom of its history, is as important as pruning and polishing the branches.
I am by no means against change. I could certainly think of a few buildings I’d like to bulldoze! However, I believe teachers should ensure that former pupils are included in preset day school life for the contribution that they have made to the school and for the story they have of their own value formation through participation in school life.
I think it important to think about how schools tell the story of their past as well as how they participate in the present and embrace the future.
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