Discovery Learning

Our Discovery Learning time allows our students to engage in inquiry learning; incorporating Humanities, History, Science, Civics & Citizenship and Economics.   Big ideas are drawn from the curriculum and students engage with ‘essential questions’, with a focus on deepening their knowledge, understanding and promoting critical and creative thinking skills to solve problems.  Students participate in at least 2 hours per week with themes embedded into their literacy program.

Instructional time in Discovery Learning 

Students in prep attend our ‘Discovery Learning Room’ where they engage in play based activities that are specifically designed to promote the growth of children’s physical, cognitive, language and social-emotional needs.  Students are explicitly taught how to interact positively with each other and form relationships.  Play provides an opportunity for students to learn to express their needs and wants, manage their emotions and develop empathy for others.  Students are stimulated by planned experiences to encourage the development of language and literacy skills as well as opportunities to strengthen their fine motor skills. 

Students in Years 1 - 6 engage in our student led inquiry program where students are active participants in the thinking and learning process.  They form their own questions, plan and implement ways of finding information and use these experiences to build answers to their questions. Inquiry learning is a student-centred approach prioritised by students taking an active role.  Students are immersed into the inquiry through hands-on activities and develop knowledge through exploration.  This may include excursions, guest speakers, interviews, experiments etc.   The teacher scaffolds students' thinking and provides tools and resources to guide the learning.  Students gather data and challenge ideas, beliefs and values.  They justify, form viewpoints and decide on ways to present their learning in print, oral, visual or use of multimedia devices.