Blockhouse+bay+Intermediate+L2I


 * Blockhouse Bay Intermediate** - Literacy Coordinator **David White

Our Aim :**


 * Devise a school-wide inquiry research model that all students and teachers will use and understand
 * Identify key thinking skills that BHB Int will focus on and integrate into units
 * Set up a bank of resources
 * Provide staff meetings and professional development on a range of thinking skills and tools

Thinking skills team synthesise various models and collaborate with staff to create a model. Create visual posters for classes. Draw from models and use the school strategic plan and charter to decide on thinking skills to integrate into units. Create an interactive bank of resources on the intranet. Plan staff meetings/Breakfast meetings to introduce and develop use of thinking skills and tools.
 * 2007 Action Plan :**

Thinking Skills team developed school wide inquiry research model : Tuning In, Deciding, Gathering, Sorting, Sharing, Reflecting. Distributed visual posters of Inquiry research model to all classes. Collaboratively planned concept units with Enduring Understanding, Essential Questions, and high order thinking skills built into Learning Intentions. Inquiry learning as focus of units. Thinking Skills Team met and created list of thinking skills to be integrated. Under headings Caring, Critical,Creative thinking. Staff surveyed on knowledge of thinking tools/skills in order to plan professional development. Interactive resource developed with links to skills and the tools to teach them. Questioning, Metacognition and Reflective thinking added to headings. 16 habits of mind to be integrated in 2008/9 - Two per term will be covered over next two years. They have been matched up with relevant units. Posters created to distribute to classes.
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 * 2009 Action Plan

ENERGY concept unit term two** [|BBI Ice Hands Scenario.pub] [|Energy Learning Intentions 09.doc] [|Menu of Learning Experiences 2009. NEW.doc]

[|Climate change - Menu of Learning Experiences.doc] [|Climate change learning intentions.doc] [|The lorax - cause and effect.pub] [|The environment thinkers keys.doc] [|The environment thinkers keys reflection.doc]
 * CLIMATE CHANGE concept unit term three**