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Students learn about Pestalozzi through movement, teamwork, and creativity by forming letters and words with their bodies.

Students explore job value and teamwork by debating which careers best embody Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart, and Hands philosophy.

Students explore careers by identifying the Head, Heart, and Hands skills and qualities needed to succeed in different jobs.

Students explore their emotions by mapping positive and negative feelings to understand their inner voice and moral centre.

Students envision their future circles of life, exploring hopes, goals, and relationships inspired by Pestalozzi’s holistic ideals.

Students explore how each part of the body can help others, linking action, empathy, and thought through creative drawing and verbs.

Students reflect on their weekly actions to explore how thinking, feeling, and doing work together in Pestalozzi’s holistic education.

Students create and share true or false statements about actions of the Head, Heart, and Hands to reflect on honesty and empathy.

Students explore how thinking, feeling, and doing work together, reflecting on actions that show care, learning, and kindness.

Students explore positive and negative feelings to understand how empathy and kindness strengthen learning and relationships.

Students observe objects carefully, draw them in detail, and learn to recognise and describe what they see.

Students experience challenges others face, sparking empathy and discussions about fairness, inclusion, and discrimination.

Students explore nature and objects using all senses, creating similes, detailed observations, and descriptions to deepen awareness.

Students reflect on their own arrival, create helpful info packs, and support new students to feel prepared and welcomed.

Students explore how teachers guide growth like gardeners, comparing roles, discussing analogies, and nurturing seedlings.

Students explore the fable’s message about perspective, learning not to judge quickly and to respect different viewpoints.

Students creatively reimagine Pestalozzi’s life stories, exploring empathy, perspective, and moral understanding through drama.

Students explore empathy and character insight by freezing role-play moments and reflecting on emotions, perspective, and context.

Students reflect on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, learning to use their head, heart, and hands to help others.

Students explore how thinking, feeling, and doing connect, understanding how balanced actions reflect holistic moral education.

Students explore positive and negative feelings, learning how nurturing empathy and kindness strengthens the heart’s power to help.

Students recreate key moments from Pestalozzi’s life through drama, exploring empathy, emotion, and historical understanding.

Students step out of role-play to reflect on characters’ actions, exploring empathy, moral reasoning, and alternative choices.

Students bring Pestalozzi’s life to life through drama, exploring empathy, motivation, and moral choices by stepping into character.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s emotions and ideas through drama, expressing inner thoughts and building empathy through reflection.

Students write from a character’s viewpoint to deepen empathy, exploring emotions and experiences through creative expression.

An eye-opening activity helping students understand literacy’s power and empathise with those facing barriers to reading.

A powerful empathy-building game helping students understand challenges faced by others and value fairness and inclusion.

A role-play exploring fairness and discrimination, building empathy and awareness of inequality through real-life social situations.

A reflective activity helping students explore different definitions and levels of poverty through discussion and critical thinking.

A discussion-based activity linking causes of poverty to Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart and Hands approach to empowerment and change.

A creative classroom activity using a ‘tree’ to explore and celebrate Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart and Hands educational philosophy.

Students explore realistic career paths, linking their choices to Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart and Hands approach through presentations.

Students design and fundraise for local projects, learning independence through creative, purposeful giving inspired by Pestalozzi.

Students design and fundraise for local projects, learning independence through creative, purposeful giving inspired by Pestalozzi.

Students explore philanthropy by researching local charities, learning how giving helps communities and reflects Pestalozzi’s values.

Students explore philanthropy by researching local charities, learning how giving helps communities and reflects Pestalozzi’s values.

Students explore and reflect on their home communities, identifying needs and planning actions to make positive, local change.

Students create themed calendars to raise funds, learning empathy, teamwork, and the value of helping others through creativity.

A fact-finding activity where learners connect Pestalozzi’s life events with dates, strengthening reading and chronological reasoning.

Students reflect on practical skills learned and how these support independence, community growth, and lifelong self-reliance.

Students explore local crafts or industries, research their significance, and present how local knowledge supports lifelong learning.

Students create welcome packs and letters for new peers, fostering empathy, independence, and peer-led learning.

Students teach through sensory-based activities, learning by doing and helping others understand through real, hands-on experience.

Students design picture books for young children, using local, familiar ideas to inspire curiosity and joyful, meaningful learning.

Students share their own skills and knowledge, leading active peer lessons that build confidence, cooperation, and independence.

Students share their own skills and knowledge, leading active peer lessons that build confidence, cooperation, and independence.

Students debate the value of different jobs, linking them to Head, Heart, and Hands, to explore purpose, empathy, and contribution.

Students explore the circles of connection — family, community, work, and nature — to understand belonging and shared responsibility.

Students reflect on how they help and are helped by others, learning empathy, cooperation, and mutual responsibility.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s personal and social circles, reflecting on how relationships shape learning, kindness, and citizenship.

Students research inspiring figures and map the circles they influenced, exploring citizenship, community and Pestalozzi values.

Students explore cooperation through a hands-on analogy, learning how teamwork, empathy, and shared effort create harmony.

Students explore global rights and learn how responsibilities and duties uphold fairness, equality, and community respect.

Students reflect on personal growth by mapping their roots, branches, and fruits to explore influences, actions, and aspirations.

Students explore the ‘Circle of Success’ by imagining their future careers and how they’ll give back to their community and Pestalozzi.

Students explore how they help others now and in future, creating a ‘Success’ model that shows the impact of Pestalozzi education.

Students explore local charities, research how they help others, and learn from Pestalozzi’s example of community-focused philanthropy.

Students explore their home communities to identify local needs and learn how to create meaningful, positive change through action.

Students explore realistic career options, creating presentations that explain their job choices, study paths, and community impact.

Students explore what poverty is, its causes and effects, and discuss practical ways people and communities can overcome it.

tudents learn how a teacher, like a gardener, nurtures growth through care, guidance and patience, helping each child thrive.

Students debate which jobs are most essential, exploring value, ethics, and the Head, Heart, and Hands approach. to meaningful work.

Students explore what makes a good professional by linking skills, morals, and abilities through the Head, Heart, and Hands approach.

Students explore careers by researching roles involving people, things, or information, learning about skills, experience, and growth.

Students build empathy and positivity by sharing compliments and kind actions, reinforcing how kindness inspires kindness.

Students explore the different ‘circles’ they belong to—family, community, work, and nature—understanding connection and responsibility.

Students explore how they help and are helped within their families, communities, and nature, learning kindness through example.

Students envision their future roles and relationships, exploring how their actions today can help shape the circles..

Students explore the circles of people and communities that shaped Pestalozzi’s life

Students research an inspiring individual who served their community and map out the circles of people who influenced them.

Students learn the value of teamwork and cooperation by discovering that success comes when they help one another.

Students explore an Indian fable to learn empathy, open-mindedness, and Pestalozzi’s message of seeing truth from many sides

Students explore bias and fairness by examining how appearances can mislead. They learn Pestalozzi’s lesson to seek truth first.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s life through role play, using empathy and creativity to understand his values and teaching approach.

Students explore the balance between freedom and discipline, learning how guidance shapes moral character and responsible freedom.

Students explore emotions and empathy, identifying positive and negative feelings to understand how kindness and love guide actions.

Students reflect on how they use their heads, hearts, and hands—thinking, caring, and doing—to develop balanced, compassionate lives.

Students reflect on honesty and self-awareness by writing true or false “Head, Heart, and Hands” statements for others to guess.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s “Head, Heart and Hands” approach by linking thinking, feeling, and doing to their daily actions.

Students reflect on positive and negative feelings, exploring how nurturing good qualities of the heart helps us care for others.

Students explore basic human rights and link them to Pestalozzi’s work, discussing equality, dignity, and care for the poor.

Students learn that rights come with responsibilities, exploring how fairness and duty help protect everyone’s basic human needs.

Students reflect on their growth by drawing a “Tree of Life,” linking their roots, actions, and outcomes to learning and kindness.

Through the “Niko Says” game, students explore empathy, fairness, and inclusion by experiencing and reflecting on disability.

Through role-play, students explore empathy and fairness, learning how discrimination feels and how to treat others with respect.

Students reflect on how helping others creates a “Circle of Success,” showing how one act of kindness multiplies and inspires more.

Students explore how helping others creates lasting change, showing how one act of kindness can empower many through the Circle of Success.

Students explore local charities and philanthropic groups, learning how giving back strengthens communities and creates lasting impact.

Students explore what poverty means, identifying basic needs and discussing different levels of poverty through a Pestalozzi lens.

Students explore the causes and effects of poverty, learning how Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart and Hands approach empowers change.

Students reflect on role-played events from Pestalozzi’s life, discussing character motivation and behaviour.

Students recreate key moments from Pestalozzi’s life through role play, exploring emotions, actions, and character motivations.

Students explore inequality through an activity that highlights unfair resource distribution.

Students experience inequality firsthand through unequal group resources, sparking reflection on fairness, justice, and values .

Students reflect on their own experiences, then create welcome packs and letters to guide new students, promoting empathy and peer support.

Students recreate moments from Pestalozzi’s life through still images or tableaux, exploring empathy, and the significance of his actions.

Students explore how a child’s growth mirrors that of a tree, reflecting on similarities and differences through drawing and poetry.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s emotions and decisions through role-play and thought mapping..

Students write from the perspective of characters in Pestalozzi’s life, expressing thoughts and emotions through diaries, letters,reports.

Participants explore and prioritise the key aims of a Pestalozzi education through group discussion and collaborative categorisation.

Participants explore how Pestalozzi transformed education by comparing his human-centred teaching methods with traditional approaches.

Groups discuss and rank Pestalozzi’s six key educational contributions, exploring their importance and debating his lasting impact.

Participants match ‘Quality’ and ‘Definition’ cards, act out the traits, and discuss key human qualities in Pestalozzi’s approach.

Groups list key student and teacher qualities, compare with Pestalozzi’s ideas, and link them to holistic, moral education.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s educational approach by sorting and discussing key ideas on teaching, learning, and social impact.

Students create a Pestalozzi Education Tree showing how teachers, learning, and outcomes connect to growth and positive change.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s educational approach by sorting and discussing key ideas on teachers, learning, and social outcomes.

Students build a “Pestalozzi House” wall, adding bricks that represent key values like love, cooperation, and equality in education.

Students explore songs that express moral values, linking them to Pestalozzi’s belief in music as a way to nurture empathy and joy.

Students debate which jobs are most vital to society using a “hot air balloon” game, exploring purpose through Head, Heart, and Hands.

Students explore job skills through Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart, and Hands model, linking knowledge, values, and practical abilities.

Students explore job skills through Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart, and Hands model, linking knowledge, values, and practical abilities.

Students research careers by exploring skills, qualifications, and impact — learning how work connects to helping others and society.

Students write to Pestalozzi peers worldwide, practising English, empathy, and cultural understanding through real-world connection.

Students re-enact moments from Pestalozzi’s life, exploring empathy, emotion, and perspective through creative, unscripted role play.

Students freeze mid-role play to reflect on identity, emotion, and action — deepening empathy and understanding of Pestalozzi’s life.

Students reflect on characters’ choices and emotions after role play, discussing alternative actions to deepen empathy and understanding.

Students recreate key moments from Pestalozzi’s life as frozen scenes, exploring emotion, meaning, and significance through drama.

Students explore Pestalozzi’s inner world by voicing his thoughts and emotions, deepening empathy through drama and reflection.

Students extend role-play by writing as their characters, practising empathy, perspective-taking, and expressive communication.

Students choose a realistic career, explain its impact, and present how it benefits themselves, their community, and the world.

Students link body parts to actions to explore how thinking, feeling, and doing work together to help others.

Students explore basic human rights, ranking their importance and linking them to Pestalozzi’s mission to help the poor.

A language game to experience the challenges of not being able to understand written words, building empathy and awareness.

Students explore the meaning, causes, and effects of poverty and how Pestalozzi’s Head, Heart, and Hands approach can overcome it.

Students imagine and design their ideal school, then compare it with real historical reforms Pestalozzi made to improve education.

Students experience unfair group conditions to explore inequality, fairness, and Pestalozzi’s belief in education for social justice.

Students take part in a quiz exploring global inequality, sparking discussion on fairness, wealth distribution, and Pestalozzi’s ideals.

Students choose a realistic future job and present how it benefits them and their community, linking it to Head, Heart, and Hands.

Students map how they help others and are helped in family, community, and nature, learning kindness through shared actions.

Students learn the value of teamwork through a cooperative game, discovering that sharing and helping others benefits everyone.

Students link actions to body parts, exploring how their head, heart, and hands work together to help others in daily life.

Students share knowledge and experiences, helping peers and new students learn, connect, and grow through cooperation and teaching.

Students use movement to form letters and words, combining physical activity with learning about Pestalozzi in a fun, engaging way.

Students share compliments and positivity in a kindness circle, learning how good actions inspire more kindness and connection.

Students explore their emotions by mapping positive and negative feelings in circles, learning to listen to their inner voice.

Students imagine their future circles, setting goals, identifying people they’ll meet, and planning steps to achieve their dreams.

Students explore how discipline shapes moral character, learning that true freedom grows from responsibility and self-control.

Students learn that rights come with responsibilities, exploring how fairness, respect, and duty work together in daily life.

Students sharpen observation skills through games and drawing, learning to notice and describe details with accuracy and care.

Students explore different meanings and levels of poverty, discussing basic needs and what defines being poor or prosperous.

Students develop observation and descriptive skills by exploring objects through all five senses, comparison, and imagination.

Students explore how teachers nurture growth like gardeners, comparing care for plants with guiding a child’s learning and development.