What if the future of school were in our hands? And what if the future of our hands were in school? And what if the school of the future were in our hands? And what if the school in our hands were in the future? Let’s imagine our school with hands, with lots of hands, like the Hindu goddess Shiva with all those arms. Let’s imagine all those hands, the hands of our school, building a log cabin beside the river to go and relax in. Let’s imagine all these hands growing raspberries, picking them and serving them up in tarts at an event to raise money to organise the next event. Let’s imagine the hands of our school offering to wash, cut and comb the hair of the people in our neighbourhood with smart styles and modern cuts. Let’s imagine all these hands typing, in a polyphony of keys, a youth declaration of universal rights to the air we breathe and the water we drink, or an urgent letter calling for the resignation of all governments that encourage wars and genocide.

Let’s imagine each of these hands taking another hand from another school on the other side of the world. Let’s imagine all these hands, the hands of our school, starting to shake hard, causing an earth movement that can be felt across the mountains, or by shaking even harder and more lightly, all these hands together getting our school to take off. Lending a hand, getting hands-on, handiwork… isn’t it fun just to imagine it? In this workshop we’ll play games of collective imagination starting out from the question of what kind of school we want today for it to grow tomorrow, and also, of course, we’ll imagine how willing we are to cultivate the school of today for it to grow tomorrow.