Pool Academy Knowledge Organiser takes far too long to complete. When most of us get home we have too eat, put our things away *and* do KO work (which takes an hour). This leave almost no time to ourselves! 

Although there are a few positives to the KO there are many downsides as well. This includes; 

 - No personal time which may cause people to skip the KO or stay up longer which will affect in - school work.

- Many teachers disagree with how much homework we are set.

- English Teacher believes that the English part of the KO shouldn’t just be full of facts and a massive table and should be proving the skills that people have learnt.

I believe that we should either stop the KO completely or at least slow the amount of work needed. Mr. Ward does not listen to suggestions on the KO at all so I believe that this was the only way forward.

Although we as students can see many negatives with the KO there are still some positives such as;

- Students may remember some details from the KO

- It is a good way to make sure that students are remembering what they’ve learnt.

In my opinion I believe that we should talk about how the KO could be changed for the better and make it so that it is not something to dread when getting home.

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Shaun Buckley