This practical, two-day workshop provides educators with an opportunity to take a deep dive into the power of inquiry with a particular emphasis on the design of inquiry journeys across a year.  We will explore practical approaches to designing inquiry journeys with and for our learners with an emphasis on striking a balance between forward mapping that attends to the curriculum and responsive planning that takes into account the needs and interests of students.

Across two days of active learning, we will explore the following questions:

·What classroom routines and structures can we develop to support the inquiry process?

·What are the characteristics of an effective inquiry?

·What contexts lend themselves best to inquiry? How can we use both local and global contexts to ensure inquiries can be more authentic?

·How can we design inquiries to develop skills and dispositions as well as knowledge and understanding?

·How can we use collaborative planning time more effectively to design and implement inquiries?

·How can we design inquiries to meaningfully integrate the curriculum?

·How can we ensure that inquiries are more conceptually driven?

·How does a 'cycle of inquiry' work and how can it support both our planning and the learning?

·How can ongoing assessment support the planning process?

·How can we involve students in co-constructing or co-designing for their learning?  

·What documentation processes support inquiry? How can we make the learning visible as an inquiry unfolds?