
Investigative Play”, based on Walker Learning, has been introduced into our Kindergarten classrooms.
All kindergarten teachers have participated in hours of professional learning, via Zoom, through Early Life Foundations. Early Life Foundations is a specialist team providing professional learning in Walker Learning. Walker Learning promotes child-focussed inquiry learning, based on child development research and neuroscience. Evidence shows that investigative play not only increases student engagement and motivation, but also oral language, literacy and numeracy. Many primary schools across Australia and within CEDP have implemented investigative play, with positive results. Early indications suggest that St Michael’s evidence will be similar.
At St Michael’s, each Tuesday to Friday, Kindergarten learning starts with investigative play. Teachers set up ‘stations’, indoors and outdoors, each with clear developmental and learning objectives. Investigative play is rigorous: Teachers, and teacher assistants, engage with the children to support their learning through open-ended questioning and discussion.


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06 Dec 2025
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🎶 Warming Up for a Magical Night 🎶 Our school choir is all smiles and soaring notes as they warm up for the St Michael’s Parish Carols tonight! ✨💛 The students have been practising beautifully and are ready to share the joy of music with our community. 🎤🌟 We can’t wait to hear their angelic voices fill the church! 🎄🎶 #SchoolChoir #ParishCarols #ChristmasSpirit #InspiringKnowledgeFaithLove #ProudSchoolCommunity #StMichaels #PrimarySchool #BaulkhamHills #CSPD #CatholicSchool05 Dec 2025
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🌟 Celebrating Term Achievements! 🌟 A huge congratulations to our Student of the Term and Citizen of the Term award recipients! 🎉✨ These amazing students have shown kindness, dedication and a wonderful commitment to our school values. We are so proud of you! 💛👏 #ProudSchool #StudentOfTheTerm #CitizenOfTheTerm #SchoolSpirit #InspiringKnowledgeFaithAndLove #StMichaels #PrimarySchool #BaulkhamHills #CSPD #CatholicSchool