UISG: Primary October-November 2016, Edition 14 | Page 2

Opening address

Joan Philp

Albert Einstein said

Inquiry focused teachers actively seek, plan and create opportunities that encourage student participation. Teachers design lessons that excite students to show initiative and explore their own ideas. They provide activities in which students who are young and hungry for knowledge can grow through play, experimentation, investigation and discovery.

is the key to success.

Engagement only takes root when students are deeply involved in the learning process by showing a willingness to learn new things and to take positive action.

Head of Primary

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

Student engagement