Learning & Teaching

Inquiry Learning at St Joseph the Worker

Learning, Life and Faith is an inquiry - based approach to Religious Education in which other curriculum areas are incorporated to strengthen our knowledge and understanding of the world, both past and present, and our role in it as people of faith.  We use a concept-based approach to Inquiry Learning which provides students with opportunities to investigate, analyse, evaluate, and respond at deeper levels. 

Conceptual learning encourages students to go beyond facts and connect knowledge to ideas of conceptual significance. It enables students to make connections with their learning across the curriculum and across their years of schooling. 

We believe that students learn best when they are actively involved in their learning. 

In the words of Benjamin Franklin “Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." 

Our Inquiry approach which is based on the model by Kath Murdoch enables this engagement. Students move through the stages of inquiry which include Tuning In, Finding Out, Sorting Out, Reflecting and Acting and Evaluating to build their knowledge and understanding.

The following is our two-year cycle of the key conceptual throughlines across the school (Prep- Year 6)

We are currently working on the Year B cycle.