Investigator College

Investigator College strives to build happy, confident, well-rounded leaders who are grateful for their opportunities. As an Anglican College, Investigator College has strong links with Adelaide’s finest schools as together we strive to provide the richest education possible for our students.

Investigator College is a world-class ELC to Year 12 co-educational Anglican College, located in beautiful Victor Harbor, south of Adelaide. Currently with approximately 700 students, the College has earned a reputation for academic excellence, outstanding wellbeing and service programs, broad subject offerings and strong community engagement. The College also boasts an Eco Sustainability Trades Skills Centre on the banks of Currency Creek.

Our school-wide pedagogy focuses on the learning that happens both inside and outside of the classroom every day. Led and supported by outstanding teachers and underpinned by our mainstream Anglican values, our students navigate their way through their lifelong learning journey, empowered by their own choices and connections, striving to continually improve, while always maintaining a wonder about the world around them.

We focus on the learning that happens inside and outside the classroom every day. Led and supported by outstanding teachers, our students navigate their way through their lifelong learning journey, empowered by their own choices and connections, striving to continually improve, while always maintaining a wonder about the world around them.

In our classes you will expect to see:

Navigate

• Teachers who are experts in their chosen fields
• Discussions between students, groups of students and teachers about learning
• Subject specific resources to facilitate learning
• Relevant and up-to-date support materials Class debates
• Teacher–led and self-directed learning tasks
• Teacher-student discussions and planning
• Varied assessment including peer assessment

Strive

• Encouragement for all students to participate, to take risks and to reflect
• Recognition of effort- a “Growth Mindset”
• Recognition of high standards
• A focus on continual improvement
• External feedback opportunities for R-12, (e.g. ICAS, NAPLAN, standardised testing)
• Regular feedback from teachers and peers
• Showcasing of work via portfolios and collections
• Multi-level tasks, promoting success and extension

Empower

• Inquiry-based learning tasks
• Multi-modal learning, including virtual settings Exploration and play-based learning
• In Junior classes
• Invigorating curriculum tasks that allow for individual development
• Creative and imaginative tasks
• Clear connections with work and further study

Wonder

• A wide range of subjects
• Creative thinking
• Cooperative learning groups
• Meaningful conversations
• Assessments and tasks that include formal student planning and reflection
• Community-based learning tasks
• Celebration of Australia’s wide diversity of ethnic, religious and social make-up