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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08 May 2025
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📚✨ Lunchtime Library Magic! ✨📚 There’s nothing better than curling up with a good book on a grey afternoon ☁️🪑📖! Our students love spending their lunch breaks in the library 🏫💛 — diving into stories 🌍, exploring new worlds 🚀 and enjoying a quiet moment to relax and recharge 🧘♀️🧘♂️. What a beautiful way to nourish our minds, bodies and souls — one page at a time 💫❤️📚! #LoveOfReading #LibraryLife #LunchtimeReads #BookwormsUnite #PrimarySchoolLibrary #StMichaels #PrimarySchool #BaulkhamHills07 May 2025
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🤐Shhhh… it’s a secret! 🤫 Our brilliant Year 5 students have been hard at work creating something very special for their wonderful Mums! With Mother’s Day just around the corner 🌸💐, they’ve poured their hearts ❤️ into this surprise — filled with love, creativity and care ✂️🎨🖌️. Only a few more sleeps 💤 to go, Mums… we can’t wait for you to see what they’ve made just for you! Stay tuned… and Mums, act surprised! 😄🎁 #MothersDay #Year5Magic #SchoolLove #PrimarySchoolJoy #CreativeKids #SurpriseInTheMaking #HandsOnLearning #CuriousMinds #LearningJourney #PrimaryPride #StMichaels #PrimarySchool #BaulkhamHills