RECENT LEARNING

2024 - Present:

Cook is a community that deeply cares as demonstrated in our Cook Cares Model which has been in practice for several years. From collegial discussions, we came to an understanding that care cannot be dismissed, yet we can continue to build on the importance of social emotional learning while building in an ethos of academic learning.

WHY:

Together we saw the need to support our learners with literacy especially since we have many learners coming from different parts of the world and need solid foundations in literacy for future success. 

WHAT:

Thus, we are pursuing a new inquiry and asking ourselves Where to next with our learners when it comes to reading? Our hunch is that we will need some time to further develop "determining importance" when reading both fiction and non-fiction texts. After our DART assessment in November, we will have data to prove our hunch and help provide a path forward.

HOW:

Using the DART assessment, we will get baseline data to help us focus on one reading area to further develop as a whole school with the intent to build consistent use of language and approaches. We plan to assess that one reading area again in May to see what progress we have made over time.

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Cook School Inquiry 2023 - 2024:

What can our learners do, know, and understand when it comes to READING specifically in the area of making connections?

Cook School Inquiry 2022 - 2023:

What does our Cook Cares Model look like and sound like? 

We continued to explore this in more depth and considered how do we know that our Cook Cares Model is working? Is there anything from the Model that needs re-assessing? How can we build upon the Model and align this with our academic learning?

Cook School Inquiry 2019-2020:

How can we better support our students with “hands on, minds on” learning opportunities to increase student engagement and communication skills?