The development of curiosity within pupils is a fundamental part of creating a learning experience that is both exciting and memorable. This course explores the theory behind promoting curiosity and offers practical ways to put this into practice within the classroom setting. It is ideal for both teachers and teaching assistants from EYFS-Y6 who are looking to explore different approaches and think about how different resources can be used to develop enquiry and exploration.

 

Target Group Teachers and teaching assistants from EYFS-Y6

Course Content

This session will aim to allow participants to:

• Examine how promoting curiosity in the classroom from pupils acts as a hook to learning and consider simple structures for introducing this as a whole school.
• Look at practical ways in which the school curriculum should engage pupils and examine tools to evaluate the effectiveness of engagement from EYFS-Y6.
• Unpick current research around engagement linked to SEL.