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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Mindful communication is pretty simple: It comes down to being conscious of what you say and how you say it. Being empathetic, tactful, thoughtful, and compassionate on the other hand? Those are learned skills. Children don’t just show up on the first day of pre-school knowing how to mindfully communicate! So often as teachers we…
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So no one told you teaching was gonna be this way… But, if there is anyone that totally understands what teaching is like, it’s your fellow teaching besties. With that, we thought, “What better TV series to sum up just why our teaching buddies are the best than the much-adored 90s hit show – Friends?”…
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School holiday breaks can sometimes feel super long for casual relief teachers. Aside from preparing your relief teaching resources for the next term, you can sometimes find yourself at a loss for things to do, not to mention your next paycheck is quite a while away… Here are some ways you can stay busy and…
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