Lambton High School

Light The Way

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Lambton Learning Ladder

What is the Lambton Learning Ladder?

The Lambton Learning Ladder (L3) is a future-focused skill development program currently running in Years 7 and 8 at Lambton High School. It uses Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) to build essential skills while addressing outcomes across multiple areas of the curriculum.

Each year, the program culminates in students presenting an IBL project based on a real-world driving question they have designed:

  • Year 7 students work in teams to present their project to their class and mentor teachers.

  • Year 8 students present individually and provide evidence through an interview panel made up of a teacher, student representatives, and community members.

Research (Hattie, Zhao, Neumann, Friesen, Scott) shows that students who engage in structured, guided, and independent skill development increase their engagement and develop a deeper understanding of learning. At the heart of IBL is self-directed, hands-on, minds-on research into authentic, real-world issues.

Through these projects, students develop life-long, future-focused skills, including:

  • Communication

  • Critical thinking and problem solving

  • Collaboration

  • Creativity and innovation

  • Organisation and planning

  • Information and media literacy

  • Initiative

  • Global and community awareness

  • Civic engagement

IBL tasks always culminate in a final product that addresses the central issue, with students presenting their outcomes to an authentic audience..