Terra Conscious School Manifesto

Terra is the school that all of us adults who are part of this wonderful project would have loved to go to. In turn, we have asked hundreds of children and young people how they think schools should be in order to grow and develop in a trulyhappy way. And as a summary, we have elaborated this decalogue of conscious education, which becomes our manifesto.

The essence of our pedagogical methodology:

1. Children are seeds

each one of them is born with a unique intelligence and a different essence. Our role is to create the right conditions for them to grow and flourish organically.

2. Teachers are gardeners.

We accompany children in a loving and respectful way so that they can discover what truly motivates them and develop all their innate potential.

3. The school is fertile ground:

the architecture of the spaces and the environments where children carry out their learning processes are harmonious, flexible and inspiring. They are "the third educator".

4. Love is the best fertilizer.

We lovingly accompany children so that they learn to enjoy a healthy self-esteem, love themselves unconditionally and know how to love and respect others.

5. Happiness is the fruit.

Our aim is that children learn to be happy on their own, discover their true purpose and know how to face life's challenges with awareness and wisdom.

6. Education is plural, mixed and personalized.

We bring together children of different ages so that they can support each other, adapting to the particular needs of each one of them during their evolutionary process.

7. Learning is born out of curiosity.

We do not impose homework. Rather, we stimulate desires. The projects that children undertake are of their own initiative, motivated by their curiosity and desire to learn.

8. We encourage

all kinds of activities related to the body, mind and spirit so that children know who they are and what they want to do with their lives in an intuitive and experiential way.

9. Effort comes from motivation. We accompany

children to discover what they really like (passion), what they are good at (talent) and what motivates them (purpose). Everything else comes in addition.

10. Evaluations are 360º and always friendly.

We do not use traditional tests or grades, but rather qualitative and sensible evaluation methods to measure the growth of each child, who in turn evaluates his or her companions.