Spotlight on Student Research

Our students are building research skills through their units of inquiry. Across all grade levels students ask questions, explore resources and gather information at developmentally appropriate levels. Students engage and navigate with a variety of print and electronic resources available in both our physical and virtual libraries.

Pictured below, Primary and Grade 1 students investigate worms. After encountering worms in the playground and Outdoor Learning Area, students had many questions about worms' habitat, life cycle, diet and bodies. 

Students worked collaboratively to collect and share information from books and databases. Our youngest researchers love tools such as PebbleGo that read aloud to them, allowing our emerging access to sophisticated Science content.

 

Students used graphic organisers to gather information about worms by drawing and labelling picture and/or writing words.

Our Grade 2 and 3 students can be seen below researching insects and plants as they ask questions about how our ecosystems are connected. Students considered what information was important, what was surprising, what new words they encountered and what they wondered as they explored nonfiction print resources.

A highlight for our Grade 2-3 learners was investigating land forms and bodies of water. Students discovered a variety of databases such as PowerKnowledge Science, which allowed them to research in their home language. Students gathered and synthesised information from multiple sources and presented their research findings on through models and video presentations.

Our students are learning to formulate questions, identify reliable sources of information, gather research and share their findings. Research skills are essential transdisciplinary skills for students as they grow and develop along their learning journey. We can't wait to discover what our budding researchers will wonder and discover next.