Curiosity – the desire to know something

Curiosity makes your mind active instead of passive, making it stronger. This term in Enrich, we want to encourage and inspire our students to be curious!

As part of the inquiry-based learning in Enrich for this term, students have started exploring mistakes made by humans. This will prompt them to consider an area of interest that they would like to advocate for and communicate their knowledge about.

Some classes will explore an area of interest chosen by their teacher and learn together as a group, whereas others may explore more individualised topics. Some topics we have seen selected so far include:

• NAIDOC Week
• World Environment Day
• Life Below the Line

Students will also focus on:

• Reflecting on Term 1 achievements and revisiting their P4PA (Planning for Personal Achievement) to set goals for Term 2;
• Familiarising Year 7 students with strategies in numeracy, literacy and test-readiness in preparation for NAPLAN in Weeks 4 and 5;
• Exploring inquiry-based learning;
• Critical thinking and communication skills;
• Maintaining positive relationships;
• Building House Spirit for our Athletics Carnival in Week 10.

Ms Sihvola, Ms Schroeder and I look forward to continue seeing students engaged in their learning, as well as being curious learners and during Enrich in Term 2.

Ms Vickers

Head of Department – Teaching and Learning