There is something slightly odd about school.

We spend years teaching young people how to solve equations.
But very little time helping them solve disagreements.

We teach how ecosystems work.
But not how anxiety does.

We explain how societies are organised.
But not how to live alongside people who think differently.

These things are not less important.
They are simply harder to timetable.

Schools are very good at teaching what can be examined.

Life tends to test different things.

Who you are when something goes wrong.
How you respond when you feel left out.
What you do when the world feels uncertain.

These moments don’t arrive neatly labelled.
They arrive on ordinary days, in ordinary classrooms.

Ask adults what they wish school had taught them for life and the answers are strikingly similar.

How to be myself.
How to get along with people.
How to manage difficult feelings.
How to make sense of the world.

Which is interesting.

Because these are the same questions young people are carrying with them now.

Most days in school are already full.

Lessons to teach.
Timetables to follow.
Expectations to meet.

And alongside all of this, other things arrive too.

A child who seems withdrawn.
A disagreement that doesn’t quite settle.
A question that doesn’t fit neatly into the lesson plan.

These moments are not interruptions.
They are part of learning.

In classrooms where there is space for questions like this, something shifts.

Students settle.
They listen differently.
They speak more honestly.

Learning becomes less about performance
and more about becoming.

This is the heart of Learning for Life.

A collection of classroom journeys that make room for what is real.

Journeys that support young people to understand themselves.
To live well with others.
To feel connected to the living world they are part of.

Each journey begins with a simple question.

What does happiness really mean.
What can I learn from other cultures.
What is my relationship with nature.

Students reflect.
They explore.
They try things out together.

A lesson becomes less like a lecture
and more like a campfire.

A place to pause.
A place to listen.
A place to find meaning.

Learning for Life resources are ready to use classroom journeys.

Each one is an editable PowerPoint you can open, adapt and make your own.

They can be used flexibly, for 15, 30 or 60 minute inquiries across the curriculum.

Differentiated for learners aged 5 to 18.

They are offered as a gift.
A starting point.