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<\/a>Kent law School students worked with children from a diverse range of backgrounds including Five Acre Wood School in Maidstone (which is a District Special School for children with profound, severe and complex learning difficulties, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder), Gordon Children\u2019s Academy (Strood), Wayfield Primary School (Chatham), and this year\u2019s winners, New Road Primary School (Chatham).\u00a0 Their tasks were judged by their peers (Taskmasters) from Blean Primary School.\u00a0 New Road Primary School are competing in the regional finals at Queen Mary, University of London on 17th<\/sup> April 2024, alongside three other teams who worked with Queen Mary and the University of Hertfordshire.<\/p>\nParticipating classes were split into teams of 5-6 and competed against each other, and other schools, locally and nationally in a bid to be crowned School Tasking Champions at the Champion of Champion which is being held in June 2024. The Kent Law School<\/a> students formed teams for each participating local primary school, led by Pavitra Gadekar and Wadana Khan (both Law LLB finalists), Yaman Midani and Kimberley Fletcher (both Senior Status Law LLB finalists from Canada) and coached by Johanne Thompson<\/a> (Senior Lecturer at Kent Law School).<\/p>\n After the programme was completed, Wadana commented that \u2018the school tasking was a stimulating and enjoyable experience. It provided me with the opportunity to explore the law with a demographic who aren\u2019t familiar with it. Overall, it was an extremely fulfilling experience!<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n Kimberley added that \u2018the School Tasking programme was a great learning experience that helps nurture young students\u2019 confidence and instil a passion to study law in the future. It was incredible getting to see the personal growth of the kids throughout the process as they became more knowledgeable, confident and comfortable expressing themselves. Likewise, by teaching the material in creative and innovative ways we felt more equipped in our own legal expertise as Kent law students.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Johanne Thompson was thrilled to run an outreach project such as this which included using the format of a TV show, both undergraduate and primary school students and lots of interactive tasks.\u00a0 Current law students at Kent Law School who are interested in participating in this unique experience should look out for the sign up information in due course.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Ella Ten Doeschate (a second year Law LLB student) explained that \u2018I have thoroughly enjoyed my time participating in the school tasking project. Being able to share snippets of the things I am learning in my degree with a fun format was an experience I will never forget. I was also very pleased to be able to utilise some of my hobbies to make the experience even more engaging for the children, such as using juggling as a way of holding attention and making a crocheted doll of Alex Horne.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>She explained that \u00a0\u2018working on this has been extremely rewarding.\u00a0 Not only watching our students take on the role of educators but seeing how they were able to adapt what they have learned at university and to inspire future lawyers from schools from a diverse range of backgrounds.\u00a0 They thoroughly enjoyed working with the Year 5 children.\u00a0 The chance to see Year 5 students produce the tasks they did, was truly inspiring \u2013 our future in law is safe!\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n