Our Learning Focus
2018
Collaborative Inquiry
Collaborative Inquiry Groups
Many of these collaborative inquiries were presented at the 2019 ToD.
How can we more effectively support our students, pastorally and academically, to achieve their potential?
Group 2 - Affective - Facilitator: Jill JillM@stjohnsmairangibay.school.nz
Beverley Harper
Adrienne Williams
Natasha Luxford
How can a play-based learning approach increase motivation and achievement in writing both inside and outside the classroom?
What strategies can we implement to move students’ mindset from fixed to growth.
Group 4 Cognitive - Facilitator: Catherine cmackisack@carmel.school.nz
Navin Kumar
How can we implement strategies to enhance student comprehension of visual learning in our curriculum area?
Group 5 Cognitive- Facilitator: Catherine cmackisack@carmel.school.nz
Paula Pierce
Henry Whipp
Olwyn Hobman
Fiona Sahinkaya
Catherine Mackisack
How can we help support students to develop coherent reasoned and purposeful writing (including arguments) across curriculum areas?
Group 6 Cognitive - Facilitator: Jill JillM@stjohnsmairangibay.school.nz
Anna O’Farrell
Marion Roser
Jill Marsh
Tracey Law
Retention of facts - vocabulary, basic facts.
What effective strategies support deeper cognitive thinking in students to retain facts?
Group 7 Cognitive-Facilitator: Helen hperry@carmel.school.nz
Tina Peters
Hone Heke Ngapuia Rankin
John Smith
How can we establish a framework for cross-curricular projects to enhance students’ connections between learning areas.
Group 8 Metacognitive-Facilitator: Irene ijudge@carmel.school.nz
Irene Judge
Mandy Verdonk
Michelle Zazulak
Suzanne Zaisluik
Liz Walker
How can we implement self-regulation strategies to enable students to identify their learning steps and take responsibility for their learning pathway