OUR JOURNEY:

LEARNING WITH ICTS

OPOHO PRIMARY SCHOOL
DUNEDIN
 OPOHO
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
• READINGS

LEARNING STYLES

• HABITS OF MIND

• KATH MURDOCH

THINKING TOOLS

• QUESTIONING

• I.W.B.s - Sitech

• INQUIRY
 PLANNING
• The internet is
increasingly
becoming a time
saving resource for
teachers.

• How do we take
advantage of the
excellent inquiry
plans and resources
available to us
without re-writing &
re-inventing?
 OPOHO INQUIRY
MODEL
Opoho School
recognised the
value of
personalising an
inquiry model
based on successful
models.
 TUNING IN

As in most inquiry
models, tuning in
refers to finding out
what children
already know and
the initial
springboarding of a
topic.
 TUNING IN

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 EXPLORING
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knowledge
activities the
children will require
for deeper
‘wonderings’.

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RESEARCH
This stage is more
child directed and
encourages children
to gain deeper
information for their
‘wonderings’.
 IMPACT
• Refers to the
inquiry conclusion
and its impact on
the learner and
their community.

• The “so what?” and

reflection of our
learning.
 CHANGE
• Dr Michael
Fullan suggests
there is an
‘implementation
dip’ when
introducing
change

• Opoho is no
different in this
regard -
integration of
I.W.B.s reflected
this model
consistently
FOOD & DRINKS