Assessment in an Inquiry-based learning environment
The overall focus of our inquiry-based curriculum is to encourage children to:
- Make choices and decisions
- Use materials in flexible and imaginative ways
- Initiate inquiry and ask questions
- Work collaboratively with others
- Sustain their interests and extend their knowledge
- Develop understanding of themselves and the world around them
Assessments of a child’s development and acquisition of skills are conducted on a regular basis by teachers, using varied assessment methods that will allow children to demonstrate their achievement.
These include:
- open-ended, problem-solving activities
- creative summative tasks
- investigations
- hands-on experimentation
- reflection
Our close partnership with parents is an integral part of our school philosophy. We place great importance on regular communication to fully support the development of our students in a positive and consistent manner. We provide detailed school reports two times in the academic year.