I began my professional birth in the world of Education, but my professional growth did not begin until I moved into the World of Learning. There was no catapult from one world into the other. It was and is a journey of relationships, attachment and reflection.
Read MoreRemote learning has been hard on everyone but with a little creativity I turned it into an engaging opportunity that I thought I would share with you…
Read MoreHere’s the perfect opportunity to positively affect the education of the country and bring black and white Australians towards an understanding of each other. The United Nations has designated the 2022 to 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages – calling the world to ‘take urgent steps…
Read MoreIt is often remarked during the design process for new spaces and buildings in schools that learning precedes pedagogy which precedes space. At its best, a participatory design process will air all the aspirations and challenges, all the constraints and frustrations…
Read MoreWe all know someone who’s a sceptic. Not in the tin-foil-hat, ‘the moon landing was fake’ sense of the word. Not even in the ‘cynic’ sense of the word. Just more in the way that they like to see things with their own two eyes…
Read MoreSchool life typically revolves around exams, classrooms and instruction based learning. But, is this routine enough for young minds looking for guidance, insight and future direction for their lives.
Read MoreChristina Keeble is an Autistic & ADHD teacher with a Master in Special Education, a background in Psychology and experience working in special education settings since 2003.
Read MoreI flip all of my classes. After several years of flipping some of my Mathematics classrooms, I decided at the start of one particular year that I could not justify not flipping the lot.
Read MoreOpening lines are important. Some of them are short, like that one, and some are much longer. They carry as much weight as any line in a book because an opening line is our first real impression of a story’s tone.
Read MoreI’ve heard it said that boys don’t read, and there might be many who don’t read. It’s been fascinating to see how reading and book clubs have grown over the past few years at Padua.
Read MoreAustralian primary and secondary schools receiving funding through the NCCD scheme are required to keep records when they adjust or implement a teaching plan at the individual level.
Read MoreWhat comes to mind when you visualise a classroom? The posters on the wall, the chitter chatter of students…
Read MoreAs the review of the Australian Curriculum is underway, with Digital Technologies and Mathematics being the first subjects in this process, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the opportunities that this review brings.
Read MoreYou are not imagining it; you are probably overloaded…
Read MorePeople can be created or destroyed by words, the words you say about others will influence who they become.
Read MoreAnimals and books have always been intrinsic elements of my life. You could say they’re in my blood.
Read MoreLet’s face it. This year has been very difficult not only on the kids but the parents, teachers and admin as well! We have all persevered!
Read MoreAll the students in my class are exactly the same...said no teacher ever. That's right. Students are different. They look different, they behave in different ways, and they think differently. But it's our job, as teachers, to develop a student’s learning by at least one year (possibly more if we can).
Read MoreSame old, same old. Does student writing all seem the same? It can be frustrating – not to mention boring!
Read MoreTimes are very different at the moment. The world has been turned upside down as a result of COVID-19. Sanitizer, face masks and keeping away from people has become the norm. It’s isolating. It’s lonely
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