From the Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning

St Andrews Inquiry Based Learning

This is the inquiry model incorporated into  teaching and learning. 

Inquiry Learning at St Andrews College is a pedagogy that supports effective development of students’ knowledge of self, knowledge of others and knowledge of their world, through student centred, teacher facilitated learning. 

The three elements integral to the development and delivery of the inquiry process are:

• Questioning Frameworks
• Information Literacy and Information Seeking Processes
• Action Research Cycles

As you can see, questioning and asking the right questions is across all three areas of our inquiry framework. 

Over the following weeks, students will be immersed in questioning techniques using the Pearsall Questioning Framework. From the questioning frameworks, students develop their own skills in questioning. 

Inquiry Questioning Framework (Pearsall Model)

This is the questioning framework all students will be engaged in and consequently being able to use themselves. 

75,000+
The number of students studying one or more courses in 2020.

This represents a significant number of our young people, who are heading towards their HSC Examinations despite very significant concerns outside of their control. The challenges for every student this year has been unprecedented. However our students need to understand that maximising their efforts towards their Trial HSC Examinations and in their final weeks will set them up for success. Considerable work in each subject before the Trial Examinations enables each student to set their rank, however after the Examinations EVERY student can lift results. If a student has performed poorly during a course, they still have every chance at achieving personal success in their HSC Examinations. Therefore after the Trial HSC Examinations, students are encouraged to support each other towards improvement. 

HSC Minimum Standards Year 10

Students have sat for their Writing and Reading Tests and all students will have completed their Numeracy Test. It takes at least two weeks for the Writing Test achievement levels to be accessible for students, whilst the Reading and Numeracy Tests are available for students on the day they complete the test. 

I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Year 10 on their Reading Test achievement levels - every student has achieved level 3 or 4 in the Reading Test, with most students achieving level 4. 

The following is an example of level 4 achievement descriptors: