Reply To: Year 2 (Grade 1) Signature Work Inquiry @ Blanchelande College
A lot has happened since I started this topic.
Firstly, the lesson to relate the field trip to the process of Heroic Inquiry (click on image to enlarge).
In preparing for this lesson, I came across the following map of Herm (click on image to enlarge), which provided us with a focus for our field trip/ heroic inquiry.
Secondly, the field trip itself, which coincided with ideal weather conditions (which proved significant to our inquiry). We developed the following questionnaire (click on image to enlarge), and we were able to interview a wide range of exceedingly friendly and helpful Herm Island staff (8) and visitors (8). I was deeply impressed by how inquisitive the pupils were and how keen they were to document their experiences on the field trip, in both writing and drawing – I will share samples of this later.
Thirdly, the lesson following the field trip. I created a chronological presentation of the field trip, which included a word cloud of responses to our questionnaire (click on image to enlarge) – note that I did not separate residents from visitors.
I was very pleased that we are able to use another map that found to calculate that we had walked about 2 miles during our field trip (click on image to enlarge).
We are going to produce a field guide to Herm for the next cohort of heroic inquirers to use and develop further, and pupils will each capture a personal highlight of their field trip in a drawing accompanied by a written reflection (click on image to enlarge), which will help shape next year’s field trip.
I will update on progress towards the field guide in due course.
