Thoughts from the Chatsworth Primary Hallway

LEADING FOR INQUIRY LEARNING

One of the articles I shared with the teachers this week was a blog piece by Kath Murdoch an inquiry guru from Australia.  Kath talks about what needs to exist for teachers, students and school communities to lead inquiry classrooms. A few of the words from her blog that stand out for me as I think about what inquiry teaching and learning looks like here at Chatsworth are relationships, passion, curiosity, nurturing, collaboration, time.  When I spend time in our classrooms observing lessons or simple when walking through, I see passionate teachers, curious students, nurturing environments, teachers and students collaborating, students and students collaborating and lots of time spent learning rather than working!  I feel proud of our learning community because we are a community who works very hard at being the best for our students.  Kath has a number of nutshell statements about inquiry, all of which are applicable here at Chatsworth.  Read the nutshell statements in her blog, and you too will recognise Chatsworth in many, if not all of them.  This week’s pictures show inquiry in action.

Mario Gauci

Head of Primary