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On Monday 21st April all the teachers in the Digital Daze Inquiry Cluster met at Taradale Intermediate School for our inaugural teacher only day. We began the day with a presentation by Emily Nelson calling us to aim for 'intrepid' inquiry development in our schools. For more about what this could look like check out Emily's PPT below.

We were privileged to have four presenters share with us the inquiry journeys they are on in their schools. Perry Rush, Principal of Island Bay School inspired us with his passion for inquiry and for the stunning examples of classroom inquiries he shared from his school. Brian Eales (Principal), Sheryl Scott and Linda Petherick from Clive School led workshops taking junior and senior teachers through inquiry at Clive. Clive School uses Trevor Bond's SAUCE model and teachers were treated to examples of how this model looks in action in junior and senior primary classrooms.

Feedback from teachers attending the day has been overwhelmingly positive and we all came away with ideas and examples we are keen to include in our own inquiry developments this year.