How Swell is SWELL Realisations with the Ridgway Crew Our learning journey

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How Swell is SWELL?Realisations with the Ridgway
CrewOur learning journey
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Process
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Process

• Our interest in Inquiry Learning was a result of
  taking part in a research project with Digital
  Learning Objects in 2007.
• Inquiry Learning with Jane Hossack from Island
  Bay School.
• Cooperative Learning with RTLBs and Houghton
  Valley School. Used as a tool for Inquiry
  Learning.

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What is the point?

• SWELL is our primary professional development
  focus.
• To minimise unwelcome extra work we decided that
  Inquiry Learning could be used to weave our
  entire years learning in topic together. This
  would encompass Camp, Science Fair and Take
  Action for Water.
• We created a big idea, for our first topic
  camp, with the hope that it will apply to our
  subsequent topics.

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Big Idea

• We spent two staff meetings with Jane Hossack
  creating our big idea and beginning our planning.
  This process was slow and involved a lot of
  wailing and knashing of teeth.
• We started with the idea What are the essentials
  for life?
• This evolved into Personal responsilibity for
  ourselves, others and our environment enables us
  to operate successfully within our world.
• Each of the four classes involved chose different
  provocations.

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Rubric 1
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Rubric 2
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Student self assessment
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Camp Meeting

• To develop and
• demonstrate personal
• responsibility the students
• Planned and organised school camp
• Presented camp organisation and information to
  parent helpers attending camp.

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