Pymble Institute Dr Sarah Loch, Director of Research and Development at the College has been working hard over the past 12 months to establish the Pymble Institute (P.I.). The P.I. is the College’s home of research, innovation and professional learning and an element of the new Strategic Direction in the Academic Intelligence domain.
INTRODUCING THE PYMBLE INSTITUTE The overall goal of the Academic
They will use a specially designed
Intelligence pillar, of which the P.I.
Pymble Research Curriculum and
is a part, is to inspire students to explore
themes which include Researchers
what matters to them and to see
as Curious Thinkers, Researchers as
themselves in futures they may not
Detectives and Researchers take Action.
have imagined. The P.I. holds the goal of conducting, sharing and applying
Junior School students have recently
research and professional learning which
completed a whole-College survey on
can drive our thinking forward.
student wellbeing. Exploring Research as an Academic Skill, another part of
Innovation is a perfect partner with
the Pymble Research Curriculum, a
research and professional learning as it
group of students will work alongside
brings to mind the importance of using
Dr Sarah Loch, Mrs Kate Brown and Mrs
learning and research to explore new
Nerissa Davey to consider their results
and better ways of doing things in an
to questions in the survey relating to
increasingly diverse and complex world.
bullying. The Junior School has a strong culture of kindness and friendship which
How do students connect with the
makes bullying and conflict stand out.
Pymble Institute? The initials – P.I. – give a clue! As ‘Pymble Investigators’, Preparatory We are curious about what students School students will soon begin exploring
think of their results in this area and what
inquiry in scientific thinking.
action they would like to take to continue to improve their school community.
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