Prep-1 Inquiry Learning

In Prep-1 our classroom provides lots of opportunities for exploring ideas and making new discoveries.

We are working hard to become confident, positive learners as we focus on building our Maths and English understandings.  

Apart from the times where we come together for specific teaching of literacy and numeracy concepts our classroom is always full of opportunities for practising and mastering new skills. 

Our nature and indoor independent inquiry times give us the chance to build important skills for life like learning how to work as a team, staying focussed, experiencing failure through trial and error, building resilience, asking, and answering questions, solving problems, and learning how to self-regulate.

The children can often be found working on their own projects which allows them to practice their numeracy and literacy skills in new ways.

Inquiry learning supports the children to view themselves as thinkers, it guides them to understand the how of an answer, it strengthens their oral language and skills of communication, it promotes problem solving and gives them the tools to learn across all curriculum areas.

There are different types of Inquiry that you will see in Prep-1.

Free: where the children choose the inquiry with the adults in the room supporting the process.

Guided: where I intentionally select the inquiry with the children exploring in their own way.

Structured: where the children follow my lead, and we all do the same inquiry commonly in the curriculum areas of Science or HASS.

I hope that you enjoy hearing a little bit about Inquiry Learning and that you value our photos showing the authentic, hands-on learning that is happening in in our classroom alongside the more formal learning that takes place.

    Mrs Gleeson, Meika, and the children of Prep-1