On April 25, as a nation, we commemorate Anzac Day and honour those who had served or are serving our country. In preparation for this meaningful day, we’ve put together a collection of Anzac Day activities and teaching resources for you to use in your lower primary, middle primary or upper primary classroom. In 2018 we will commemorate…
Since 2013 children across Australia have been attending kindergarten for 15 hours each week. For eight years they have been the beneficiaries of a funding partnership between the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments. These children are now teenagers in their first year of secondary school! It’s a partnership that has enabled more children to engage…
Pom-poms. Maybe there’s a jar full of them in your classroom closet, or maybe you just can’t resist them in the $1 bins at Target? It seems as though these little balls of fluff are as much a classroom staple as pencils, dry erase markers, and tissue boxes! While they are a familiar sight to…
Honestly, who doesn’t love a weekend trip to Bunnings? A leisurely stroll around a massive hardware warehouse, cool concrete underfoot, coffee in one hand, and a red basket in the other… it’s blissful. Teachers are loving Bunnings, using their creative superpowers to transform everyday household items into inspiring teaching tools! Bunnings PVC Pipe Whisper Phones…
Honestly, who doesn’t love a weekend trip to Bunnings? A leisurely stroll around a massive hardware warehouse, cool concrete underfoot, coffee in one hand, and a red basket in the other… it’s blissful. Teachers are loving Bunnings, using their creative superpowers to transform everyday household items into inspiring teaching tools! Bunnings PVC Pipe Whisper Phones…
Educators are in positions of enormous privilege in the relationships they share with young children and their families. Such relationships are built on trust and respect, even when early childhood education and care may also be a necessity for the family concerned.—Jackie Brien For many families of young children with disabilities, their experience of the…
Filling a classroom library with diverse books is a win for every student. But maybe you’ve noticed your classroom reading nook could use more children’s books representing the Asian American community? We’ve got you covered. No doubt you already know the values of diverse classroom books for students. They form what Ohio State professor emeritus…
There’s no denying it – teachers are always crawling to the finish line when the school holidays are in sight. So, we decided to do a little recap of what teachers tend to do on the school holidays, and no, they don’t live at the school as some kids think. A Typical School Holiday for…
There’s no denying it – teachers are always crawling to the finish line when the school holidays are in sight. So, we decided to do a little recap of what teachers tend to do on the school holidays, and no, they don’t live at the school as some kids think. A Typical School Holiday for…
Through Australia’s bushfires, COVID-19 and a number of other highly stressful events in the past few years, educators, learning communities, families and children have shown resilience and supported each other’s mental health and wellbeing. However, the uncertainty, rapid change and accompanying feelings we might have experienced—anger, grief, loss, shame or the feeling of being overwhelmed,…