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Slide 1: Inquiry Learning Nelson Central School - our journey so far

Slide 2: What is Inquiry Learning? o Student-centred o Worthy problem, question, idea, conflict or issue o Thinking and research skills o Authentic context

Slide 3: Why the need to change ? o Knowledge changing. o Need to be able to locate and use it.

Slide 4: o Successful life-long learners need to develop research skills and to develop and utilise higher order thinking skills through carefully scaffolded learning opportunities.

Slide 5: Many models of Inquiry… o Trevor Bond’s model - SAUCE model. (Other schools in our area are working with the SAUCE model.)

Slide 7: The SAUCE model… S - Setting the scene …It provides a context for the learning, and involves initial interaction with the task and identification of prior knowledge.

Slide 8: A - Acquire … Acquiring information (& validating it).

Slide 9: U – Use … Application of the knowledge in the context of the task.

Slide 10: C – Communicate … Presentation of the result

Slide 11: E – Evaluate … Evaluation of process.

Slide 12: Tasks o Task writing crucial. o Key words & phrases embedded in task. o Task requires application of the information.

Slide 13: In 2007… o A Baseline questioning survey. (To be repeated each year…)

Slide 14: 2008… o School target of improving the quality of children’s questions.

Slide 15: Questioning o Questioning Rubric. o 7 levels of questioning. o Need to promote effective questions that will provide useful answers

Slide 16: Ineffective Questioners… o Ask non-relevant questions which do not contain contextual key words or phrases ( E.g. who did it?) o Write statements rather than questions .

Slide 17: Effective questioners… o Identify information needed o Write a range of relevant questions o Can use the questions with a variety of appropriate sources (– Google, encyclopaedia, people) o Edit/adapt questions o Persevere until they have the information they need.

Slide 18: Also in 2007 …… oVisits to other schools What does Inquiry Learning look like in practice ?

Slide 19: We found that… o Different topics use different types of resources. o Hard-copy, ICT and people. o Implications for resourcing and resource management. o Syndicate or school-wide tasks.

Slide 20: o Planning is up-front. o On-going staff commitment . o Inquiry takes teachers out of their comfort zone.

Slide 21: At Nelson Central… oCombined Inquiry Learning with over-arching theme.

Slide 22: o The theme for 2008 is Globalisation. o Our catch phrase is Local, Global and Connected.

Slide 23: The theme will develop over the year… Rationale Thinking at a global level can facili tate our thinki ng about who we are and where we fit in the bigger picture. Globalisation - It can broaden our understanding and experience of others, and allow us to Local, global and situate our experiences of life i n new and connected remarkable ways. Key concepts to address Discovering Trading with Understanding Celebrating our others our pl ace our diversity Connectivity in connections economies & way of life Me, my famil y, my Convergence class, my school towards developed My class, my What our town has to Production, marketing, country norms community, our offer making trade work, Our NZ i dentity country trading partners Other cultures Producti on and Transport, mapping, consumption My class, my country, trade routes our world Measuring globalisation Rich T 1 ask Draft format Effects of Rich T 3 ask Rich T 4 ask - to be Rich T 2 ask globalisation Enhance the confirmed i n Market Day Food & culture school entrance Public display to late January festival Attitudes towards wi th identity be decided globalisation concepts

Slide 24: Term 1 ~ Knowing ourselves and our place . o Examination of identity. o Our rights, roles and responsibilities.

Slide 25: Term 1 school-wide Rich task “Enhance the school entrance with Identity concepts.”

Slide 26: Syndicates and topics… o Slightly different focus. o ICT used differently.

Slide 27: Kowhai Syndicate o o 2 x New entrant classes o o 1 x Year 1 class o o 2 x Year 1-2 classes

Slide 28: ICT Tools used … o Digital cameras o Voice recorders o Inspiration & Kidspiration software

Slide 31: Kahikatea Syndicate o 3 x year 3 & 4 classes o 1 year 2 & 3 class o 1 year 1-3 class

Slide 32: “Central Rocks” o Rights and responsibilities focus. o Interviewed ex pupils to find out… 1. What they gained from their time at NCS 2. What they contributed to NCS

Slide 33: The task… “ We are going to make a display to show our community what Nelson Central School means to us. Design and create an image that depicts what our school means to you.”

Slide 34: Resources and skills o Main resources ~ people. o Focus ~ Interviewing ~ need to ask “good” questions

Slide 35: ICT Tools used… o PowerPoint o Digital Cameras o Pod casting o Voice recorders o Moviemaker o Word processing

Slide 36: Results…

Slide 37: Totara Syndicate… o 4 x Year 5 & 6 classes o 1 Year 4 - 6 class Task o Students design and create a visual symbol to represent their identity.

Slide 38: o Focus ~ developing concepts of identity. o ICT used to provoke ~ Setting the Scene o Identity concepts presented in a variety of ways.

Slide 39: ICT Tools used… o PowerPoint o Digital Cameras o Dreamweaver o Audacity 2 (Sound )

Slide 40: Term 2’s focus… o Discovering our connections with the rest of the world o Making new conections.

Slide 41: ICT use likely to be more extensive. o Building on Term 1’s skill base Plus: o Blogging o Google searches o Email