Thank you to all the staff of Lourdes for opening their classrooms to a rather large group of people. It was an enjoyable day and was fantastic to see the excitement of the children.
For me I got three things from this day that I wish to 'creatively swipe' and bring back to our learning environment.
Inquiry Newsletters
Thought this was a great way to keep the community informed. It would provide a platform for discussions at home and also will keep the language of learning and inquiry in use after the childrn leave the classroom. I can see this idea being transferred to other areas as a useful tool of communication. A great idea.
Learning Wall & Sharing booklets
It was great to see the journey recorded with such pride and on display for the children and parents to see. This would promote ownership and will keep the inquiry on track also.
We did the journals once, but staff did it under protest, so were scrapped, however can't help but thinking that this would be a great tool to ensure staff understand the process of inquiry and would also become a valuable reflection tool aswell. Will definately be discussion this with the staff at one of our many meetings - hehehe:-)
Templates
This is all about providing scaffolding for the learner. This reaffirmed the importance of having schoolwide scaffolding for the learners as they progress through inquiry, the more children practise with these, the more proficient they will become. We are developing a set of thinking tools to use with inquiry but also need to think about those areas that are not covered with these tools.
Once again thank you for a great day
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