TWO HUNDRED Year 9 Bohunt School students pulled off a pop-up school event for 100 Swedish teachers inside a giant warehouse in London.

The teachers spent a very busy morning planning a vision for their ideal school, what that meant for learning and teaching two sample lessons. They then taught those lessons to the students who had been brought from Bohunt.

The results were discussed in focus groups which involved the Swedish teachers and various observers: Bohunt’s student leadership group, teachers from the UK and Sweden and students who were in the lessons.

The idea was to focus on the best collaborative learning and teaching activities by stripping away complicating factors such as assessments and the curriculum. The event was the first of its kind and hugely successful – the mix of cultures and the quality of the student insight meant that much was learnt by teachers and students alike about learning.