Nurturing Our Future: Generating Cognitive and Emotional Growth by Inspiring Creative and Critical Thinking

Conceptual frameworks can and do ignite the power of exploration and inquiry provided educators create opportunities that offer the development of new understandings from learned experience and explicit teaching. Utilising innovative programs framed in ways that place students at the centre of learning whilst honouring the curriculum requirements has supported all learners and their giftedness providing holistic, equitable and inclusive educational opportunities. An overview will be shared of the practical tiered examples of the nurture of our student community to secure cognitive growth through academic rigour whilst enabling positive social and emotional experiences for these students in our ever-changing world.