Inquiry - Based Learning

Inquiry-based learning is new to our staff. We have had an introduction to inquiry-based learning by Jan, our ICT facilitator at a staff meeting which was very helpful. Reflections from this workshop showed that one teacher was very keen to begin her journey and implement inquiry in her class programme. Other teachers are still exploring what inquiry is to them and what does inquiry look like in action.

Jon & Ani have also attended an ICT workshop delivered by Jan-Marie Kellow from Opoutere School who shared with the cluster her school's Inquiry-based learning journey and also work she has completed through her ICT fellowship. We are now at a stage to trial our own Inquiry-based learning approach/ models and through trial and error design a model that displays our school's vision for learning through inquiry.

This term we will implement some of the ideas that Jan-Marie shared with us, also look at some inquiry models that we may adopt or adapt, we also are exploring some thinking tools that we can trial/ practise. Lots of new learning.....