“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
- Buckminster Fuller
Panel discussion on personalised learning in the technological age.
A presentation webinar for teachers introducing the beginning of a Da Vinci Life-Skills project.
A presentation of our Biophilic Education Vision and our Da Vinci Life-Skills curriculum.
To celebrate the opening of our first pilot project, we published our first Da Vinci Life-Skills newsletter for our growing DVLS Fellowship.
DVLS Newsletter 1
September 2022 sees the first full implementation of our curriculum and assessment model at Empathy Middle School, Bali and the start of our learning program in Cambridge, UK
DVLS Newsletter 2
July 2023 we are expanding out from our successful Bali pilot to new schools in Bermuda and Cambridge.
DVLS News letter 3
In support of the inspirational Rethinking Assessment project Rosina published a blog - DVQs (Da Vinci Qualifications) – a new model for the future of assessment
A transdisciplinary, contextual, project-based alternative to high-stakes exams.
As you can see above, we have been delivering presentations to a growing number of organisations and individuals to build a collaborative network, so we can work together for systemic change.
Other presentations include:
- BIC Foundation’s international Creative Community of Partnerships group
- Presentation to staff at Bath Spa University on Biophilic Education
- Cambridge Ahead annual meeting for local businesses
And more…
Please do get in contact if you would like us to present and share our work with your organisation on zoom or in person.
Da Vinci Life-Skills co-founder, Zachary Reznichek has published his fabulous Teacher Gamer Handbook, a comprehensive guide on how to embed role play games into your school teaching. Shortlisted as one of 2021’s HundrED most innovative global curriculum initiatives.
We are lucky to have Zach co-creating our curriculum because students will now be able to get an accredited DVQ in Multiverse Games.
RPGs (Role Play Games), LARPing (Live Action Role Play) and game animation are just some of the projects we are offering. These transdisciplinary projects help students explore character creation, world building, strategy, sociology, philosophy, eco-systems, model making, 3D printing, set design, costume making, content creation, coding, and so much more.
The team building and improvised nature of these games help support students social and emotional development. Learning through play is an inherently human trait and it is really fun for young people and adults alike.
Zach held a family event in Bali to launch his book with, role-play games, sword fighting, snakes and more…
Flourishing Education Podcast - Episodes 116 & 117 - Da Vinci Life-Skills showcasing a model for the future of education with Rosina Dorelli.
Flourishing Education Podcast Episode 118 - The Teacher Gamer Revolution with Zach Reznichek
The wonderful Fabienne Vailes interviewed the Da Vinci Life-Skills founders, Rosina Dorelli and Zachary Reznichek on her fabulous Flourishing Education Podcast.
Rosina discusses how the idea for Da Vinci Life-Skills started. Touching on Point Zero Painting, finding creativity, creative retreats, yoga, troubles with school, a vision for what education could be, and more…
Zach discusses his teaching journey and his passion for role playing games at the heart of the curriculum.
In January 2022 Zach took on the role of Head of Secondary at Empathy School in Bali, where we are piloting our full curriculum from August 2022.
Before we opened our first semester on 17th Jan., Zach ran an RPG (Role Playing Games) camp and a teacher training program for the local Balinese staff.
We started term with everybody together for a drumming workshop to prepare for our daily morning 'BE TIME', an improvised time of creative flow and intuition building.
We launched four of our 5 Da Vinci Life-Skills Project pathways: in PRODUCTION our students have been studying Ceremonies, Rituals & Rites of Passage, which began with preparations for a Chinese New Year celebration.
In our FOOD PROJECT this semester, Permaculture Food Forest & Community Cafe students started laying out a school vegetable garden and began designing a local cafe for the school community.
In our ENTERPRISE PROJECT this semester, Biophilic Design, our students began designing and building their new school environment.
Lastly and with extreme enthusiasm, students got an introduction to Table Top RPGs in our MULTIVERSE GAMES PROJECT
The Da Vinci Life-Skills founders Zachary Reznichek and Rosina Dorelli met in Bali, Indonesia, in January 2021 when Rosina's daughter was at the amazing Green School, Bali. Plans for a new curriculum, new assessment model and UK school were hatched.
On returning to the UK in April 2021 Rosina met Farhaan Mir, a corporate finance entrepreneur, who was also inspired to build a new kind of school.
Da Vinci Life-Skills Ltd. was created by Rosina, Zach and Farhaan in July and officially formed as a company on 17th September 2021.
In March 2023 we changed our name to Biophilic Education Alliance (BE All), we are still building our Da Vinci Life-Skills curriculum, BE All has been created to expand our partnerships and the services that we offer.
From first meeting Guy Claxton and Derry Hannam in June 2021 we have been gathering an extremely talented group of experts to support and advise us in the creation of our groundbreaking curriculum and assessment model.
It is wonderful to have such an incredible mixture of knowledge, skills and different ages to support our development.
We completed the outline for our five transdisciplinary project pathways and formative assessment model.
We completed our business plan and financial model to present to investors.
On 21st Oct. 2021 we launched Da Vinci Life-Skills on LinkedIn and the mission to build a Biophilic Education Movement. -
'For a sustainable future we need a Biophilic Education System...(read more)'
Please follow our progress and join us on LinkedIn.