Our school is using the play/investigative based learning. It's certainly very different to the traditional style when I was at school.

We have found it to be very effective for our kids. They learn based on their interests and often don't realise they are learning for numeracy last week they were building trains for example and comparing who has the most carriages rather than having to use the little blocks we used at school.

Dd1 has carried her interest in dolphins from last year over to class work this year, the idea came from looking at the woolie's animal cards in class. It has involved a lot of research and she now knows a lot about them!

Dd1 learns from interaction and a hands on approach. She gets easily distracted and would probably have fallen behind in a traditional classroom. Dd2 doesn't like the pressure of being told you must do something and this is how it's to be done. So it has suited them both. Not sure how ds will cope with this kind of learning he is definitely further along academically than both his sisters so I am hoping that given how they teach he can be extended and given the appropriate level of work to prevent boredom.