Louise

In Room 5 my own personal success so far has been just getting my head around the inquiry process and how I can most effectively implement this into my classroom practice.

We are still in the exploring stage of our inquiry. This has been a time for us to share and learn about each other as we explore story books to prompt discussions and activities. I have found the use of picture books to be an effective tool for motivating discussion and ideas. Some of the books we have looked at have been; The Treaure by Melanie Drewey, The Talking Stick by Dot Meharry, Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Partridge by Mem Fox. These books have all provided valuable starting points for discussions around what we value, what stories do we want to tell and what memories do we have.

A challenge is finding the time to fit Inquiry in our timetables with other activities taking up he afternoons.

Next week we are going to start asing questions and developing ideas around what questions we have that we want to find out about.