Inquiry Learning

At Coley Street School we have been developing our Inquiry Learning model over the past four years. The adventure started when three of our staff attended an ICT conference in 2004. Our Inquiry model has changed and developed over the years and we review, adapt, and make necessary changes to our model where needed.

The initial model we used was a train which had 7 carriages, Ignition, Wonderings, Discovering, Reporting, Creating, Take Action,  and Reflection. Teachers found that this model was to "Linear" and that children left reflection until the end of their inquiry when reflection needed to be taking place constantly throughout the inquiry process. With reflection as the focus for change we have developed our new Windmill Model which encourages reflection at each stage of the process.