Bâtisseurs de Possibles

Les Bâtisseurs is different because it shows us that even if we are small, at our own level we can do many things (…) We don’t really see it as work. We really see it as a game (…) For example, when we have ideas and someone else has another idea, we add them together and that creates good ideas (…) I learned that you are never too young to do something great and that by doing a little, everything becomes possible

Students’ initiative is at the heart of the work that is launched and the projects that are proposed. […] This fits within the framework of school curricula, particularly in environmental and sustainable development education, and aligns fully with the core set of skills and knowledge

The approach requires the teacher to step back […] We go where the students want to go. We are there to help them and facilitate the process […] but we cannot predict the final outcome of the project

On a daily basis, they truly listen to one another. Everyone is given the floor; no one is left aside. […] It’s good — it’s what we want — that they become citizens who think about one another

This confirms the idea that children feel truly involved, that they have a great deal of imagination, and that we need to give them time for reflection and inner development

For me, the programme is about giving students the opportunity to become active participants and therefore to do things they would not necessarily have the chance to do during a normal class

Bâtisseurs de Possibles is about giving meaning to learning, connecting this project with very formal and disciplinary skills, but within a completely different framework that can be playful and experienced by children as far more motivating

It is a project that brings people together. Each student can find their place and use their own skills (creativity, writing, etc.). All these different skills help give meaning to the project and allow it to truly take shape and be carried out. It becomes the unifying link between all the learning that takes place in primary school: bringing everything together within a single project that creates real cohesion in the classroom and gives meaning to all learning

It gives a new dimension to school and to classroom learning. It gives meaning to the work and the efforts that students put in; they see that their projects truly resonate in real life (…) If I had not been supported myself by the approach and the Bâtisseurs team, I don’t think I would have been able to change my teaching practices to this extent. We may want to become facilitators (…), but without Bâtisseurs de Possibles, I find it very complicated. I was very well supported by the team